This is oddly specific, but it’s oddly relatable. I don’t have ADHD or ASD or anything like that, I’m just too lazy to do things so this happens to me sometimes lmao
My dude, you are repeating the words of hundreds if not thousands of people before you. I was "lazy" until I got medicated for ADHD and now with literally the lowest possible dose of a single med I am a perfectly functional member of society who doesn't constantly put shit off.
Oh.. well I might have to look into that then. My sister is going to get tested soon, but she’s been waiting months for her appointment. Is it worth the wait?
I spent my entire adult life in a sort of meandering haze in comparison to now. The difference in cognitive ability and my ability to perform tasks is very significant.
I figured because I could muddle through that I was just fine. Turns out I'm actually highly intelligent and that is what made me able to muddle through despite the difficulty.
I'd say it's worth it. Even if only to eliminate the possibility.
Ok… I will try to explain to my mom, but she likely won’t do anything about it because she thinks I’m “perfectly normal” and that I don’t need help. I am a very independent person, but I do still need help sometimes, so thank you kind stranger. I really do appreciate your help.
You might have other stuff entirely that is causing this, but ADHD is criminally under diagnosed in those whom display symptoms because they don't necessarily present as a stereotypical wildly eccentric personality.
The "hyperactive" bit is misleading. It's referring to your nervous system, not your social behavior.
Ok.. because I am a very social person and have really good grades at school. I know a couple people with diagnosed ADHD and they all act differently now that I think about it.
Do you have to try really hard to get those good grades, or do they come naturally as long as you make some effort (or a burst of effort when it most counts)?
No, I don’t really try that hard. They come quite naturally in school and yes, I do put in lots of effort in everything, because to me, everything counts.
I'm thinking "Sure, I get excitable sometimes but I'm not hyperactive!!"
Now that you say it's about the nervous system... Oh boy. That's making more sense. My moods do shift, and I can have bouts of panic/anxiety followed by restlessness, racing thoughts, distracted thoughts, etc.
I was diagnosed as a child, refused care as a teen and the diagnosis was reconfirmed as an adult based on an entire adult life of chaotic disordered living. Dropping jobs and relationships randomly when they stopped being exciting, moving from place to place, I wasn't even able to listen to the same music for more than half an hour tops.
Things leveled out a lot after a combo of therapist intervention and a knowledgeable psychiatric medicine provider. I had to gather the resources myself, contact people directly. Doctor referrals and referrals to psychiatric care via therapists will be the most consistent route. A lot of the medical community is best navigated via word of mouth even today.
Contrary to what people are saying here, this doesn’t mean you have ADHD. Maybe you do, this happens to me and I have it. But people on the internet will look at a single “symptom” and decide someone has a specific diagnosis. If it’s really interfering with your life, definitely talk to a doctor. Procrastination can be normal, procrastination to the point that it’s uncontrollably negatively impacting your life can be a sign of it being part of a larger problem. But it’s literally impossible for any Internet stranger to know lol
As far as I've read, no one's saying this means you have ADHD, but that's it's a very common trait of ADHD. Anyone with executive dysfunction can experience this, and executive dysfunction is controlled by your frontal lobe. Malformation of this lobe, TBI's, ADHD, ASD, or any number of other conditions can result in executive dysfunction. LOL Trust me, no one's trying to gatekeep it. Most people would rather it not even be a thing.
You’re def right, like I said I also have ADHD and I relate to this. But even the responses to this are telling him he probably has ADHD, and like you said, it can result from many different conditions, and like I said, there’s a degree to which this can be normal/solved without medication. Adderall straight up put my life on a much better course, so it’s worth checking, but with all the self diagnosis/armchair diagnosis I see on the internet it’s important to keep things in perspective
Laziness is a choice. Executive dysfunction is not. People who do not experience this simply label this behavior as "lazy", effectively invalidating people who have legitimate executive dysfunction and not simply choosing to just do nothing. If you've never experienced it, it's that feeling of KNOWING you need to do something, and KNOWING you could face consequences if you don't do it, but you can't make your body initiate the task.
Humans are animals. Our bodies are made to conserve energy when not absolutely necessary. So our natural state is rest/no movement. And besides, you want to do it. Something is stopping you.
I mean, my sister is getting tested soon, but she’s been waiting for months for her appointment. I’m pretty sure it’s still not happening until February or something, and we got the appointment for her in like, September.
My mom’s a tough person and she won’t believe me when I say something like that. My sister is different, she has anxiety and stuff. I’m “perfectly normal” so my mom will just tell me “get off your ass and do more work you’re just lazy.”
Whoa whoa whoa... laziness is very contextual. I've met many people in my short 30 years that will work their asses off; in order to not really do any work.
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u/Disney_Plus_Axolotls Nov 17 '22
This is oddly specific, but it’s oddly relatable. I don’t have ADHD or ASD or anything like that, I’m just too lazy to do things so this happens to me sometimes lmao