#medicated adhd

Stimulants affect people with ADHD differently because our brains are not processing the naturally produced dopamine as effectively as a neurotypical brain would. The stimulant helps boost us to a 'normal' feeling level.

This is why when a neurotypical person takes ADHD medication they have extreme bursts of productivity and write their thesis in one night or I dunno remodel their house, while an ADHD person might just take them and be like 'Hooray I managed to wash my clothes and hang them up in the same day!'

Being medicated is like, omg the thought is still there? What the hell?

massive hyperfocus (on the wrong thing)

a solid steady sleep cycle (in the wrong way)

who needs food or water ever

more massive hyperfocus (on the wrong thing)

body eepy body need 7 nap body will feel good after 7 nap trust me

The dog wants to go on a walk, it wants to go do something.

The cat is saying no, we're going to do this because we can't go on a walk right now.

But the dog NEEDS to go on a walk, or even just be given a task!

And that cat is still saying no! We have to do something else.

And now you feel like you're panicking but you're also not.

I don't remember the last time I acutally initiated cooking something that wasn't a pack of ramen.

AND I actually did chores without planning them ahead! I know it sounds insane but like if I wanted to do i chore, I had to think about it for 3 days before it happened. But I just passed the annoying corner cupboard we have that won't turn without a significant amount of force, and I said, "huh, lemme fix that."

Is this how neurotypical people actually live? Without the planning and agonizing and stressing before actually doing?

I'm still working on the not forgetting to do stuff if I dont do it in the moment but this is like a 200% improvement for me.

I think I'm gonna go cry happy tears now!

Side note, my creativity is going bananas too and I'm mad cause I cant do my digital art due to my replacement power cord not getting here until Monday lol