#hypoactivity

Yep!

Hypoactivity is common with us inattentives. It feels like your mind is floating in honey and its hard to think anything. 

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It’s one of the reason I suggest looking for projects to keep our minds busy. 

Without something to keep our minds active, our mind starts slowing down.. becoming more lethargic and I also find this makes me physically sleepy.

As hypoactivity builds, so does my mood.. and if it worsens, I find myself struggling with depression, like you said.

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We ADHDers aren’t just HYPERactive, we can be HYPOactive too.

Its when your brain feels sluggish, unalert, tired and like you’re running underwater (it genuinely makes me feel actually sleepy).

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Its called different names.. brain FOG.. fuzzy thinking..

But it all refers to that hypoactivity that’s common with inattentive ADHDers.

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I call it zombie mode (or the ughhh). Some call it robot mode.

I was in zombie mode most of my teenage years. My mind was so unalert that  would feel dissociative. 

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Sometimes the fog would lift temporarily but Id have little  memory of last six months.  

Medication is really good at reducing how often I feel foggy.

More than that, I start feeling this way when I finish my projects (this also used to happen when I wasn’t  hyperfixated on anything).

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Non ADHDers have a ‘stand-by’ mode… or a ‘low power mode’, where they aren’t fully focused on anything but they can start their focus faster.

Think of it like neutral gear in a car (vs engine being off) or a tv being off (vs unplugged).

ADHDers don’t have a mental ‘stand-by’ mode. So our attention ebbs and flows with our interests.

(in terms of mental inertia, its like non ADHDers never go to 0 but we do)

I need to be thinking about something all the time or my brain turns off its engine and it takes a while to turn it on again.

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