I was diagnosed with ADHD and started on medication at 12, but not really told anything about what it meant for me or how to deal with it, and when I was 18 -literally when my parents dropped me off at college- was told I was autistic

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  • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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    4 years ago

    Oh my god you have just changed my entire fucking life. I thought I was just a lazy asshat. That is me. Like. Completely. Just....holy fuckballs.....

    If they are allowed to follow their own schedules, e.g. sleeping from 4:00 am to 1:00 pm, their sleep is improved and they may not experience excessive daytime sleepiness.

    If left to my own devices, I sleep from like 3am-noon give or take...

    A chief difficulty of treating DSPD is in maintaining an earlier schedule after it has been established, as the patient's body has a strong tendency to reset the sleeping schedule to its intrinsic late times.

    I work opens (6am). It takes me weeks to get myself going to bed on time and getting up on time....and one fucking day to destroy it.

    I am serious. I am sitting here just mouth agape. I did not know this was a thing. I didn't know I was, if not normal, at least explainable.

    • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Right? That's exactly what I was feeling. It sucks too because I am a heavy, heavy sleeper. Right now, I sleep through my alarms which include: My phone alarm, two alarm clocks, a thing that vibrates my pillow, and a garage light on a timer positioned about 3 feet from my head

      • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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        4 years ago

        Yep. Just read the whole wikipedia thing and am feeling really called out right now (Insert Facebook "I'm in this image and I don't like it" meme)...I have 2 alarms plus my fitbit that vibrates, captchas to turn the alarms off, and a horrendous addiction to coffee.

          • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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            4 years ago

            It keeps me alive at 6am until I actually 'wake up' around noon at work. Otherwise, it doesn't do much for me, either. I seriously wish I could convince my psych that just cuz I can function doesn't mean that I wouldn't appreciate not having to put quite so much concentrated effort into it. I know I'll always have to work harder with executive functioning and crap but I really would like a wee bit more help.

            • Janked [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Hey y'all are also me and have unlocked yet another piece of my undiagnosed ADHD, holy shiiiiiiiit