Hey hey fellow ADHD folks and anyone else who regularly needs post-its or other written reminders! YouTube just put this in front of me. It's a band you can write on with a ball point pen, wipe off using friction (water won't remove it), and it snaps to your wrist.

It was originally designed for nurses in Japan who write notes on their wrists. But I can imagine about a thousand ways that a person who struggles with executive function could use something like this!

The website for the company is wemo.earth, and you can buy the bands on Amazon if you need that convenience, or also at japantrendshop.com as an Amazon alternative (they ship worldwide). They're about $18 USD.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/013OleNZW8I

#ADHD #AUDHD #Autism @actuallyadhd @autistics

Jeg er alene hjemme hele dagen og har aflyst skrivegruppe for at passe på mig og gøre ting, som er nemme og gode, og som jeg har lyst til hele dagen.
For en time siden var jeg glad og energisk og tænkte på al den tid, jeg har med mig selv og mine sysler, jaaah hvor dejligt, jeg elsker dagen.
Nu er jeg blevet trist og handlingslammet og ked af mit liv og sidder bare her og får ondt af mig selv. Imens går al den dejlige tid til mig selv med ingen verdens ting. #ADHD #AllTheFeelsAllTheTime

Did you know that neurotypical folks just can not think about anything for a period of time? Yeah, me neither.

#Autism and #ADHD lead to less synaptic pruning which results in a higher density of synaptic connections. This leads to brain hyperconnectivity, which is the cause of sensory overload and reduced filtering of irrelevant stimuli. It is as well a reason for difficulties with executive functions.

I wish I sometimes just could NOT think.

I’ve often wanted to make an ADHD screening test, written by me and other ADHDers (totally a joke yet also totally real), where you give different scenarios and then options for how things will turn out.

Like, oh, say, this one:

You have an amazing convergence of luck and executive function, and realize that a beloved old friend’s birthday is in three weeks (in case she’s reading this: the friendship is old, not you). In another unusual stroke of luck, you get a card, sign it, even remember to have your husband sign it, find that you have the perfect stamp, and address the envelope.

What happens then? Do you:

A) Put it on your desk, intending to mail it in a few days when it will arrive just in time for her birthday? And then...actually do that?

B) Put it on your desk, intending to mail it in a few days, then forget about it, lose it, find it in six months, mail it, after texting her an awkward yet skillful (thanks to years of practice) apology?

@actuallyadhd #ADHD

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The edge of a letter tucked into a shelf on a very messy desk, its heart stamp sticking out.

@Lightfighter

Welcome to the late-discovered club. Pull up a chair if you can find one that doesn't have a pile of books on it...

I had the exact same reaction when I found out I'm auDHD (autistic came first, then ADHD got tacked on because, wow). So much of my life makes sense now. It doesn't make any of it better, or the results go away or lessen really. But it all makes sense and having a label to put on that is amazing.

Some tags and a group to follow and use on your own posts as you dive in:

#ActuallyADHD #ADHD
@actuallyadhd

I have a friend who has made comments that I have #ADHD for years. Just every once in a while. I never thought much of of it until last weekend when I decided to look into it.

Holy Crap! That makes so many things make sense. From struggling in elementary school, why I frustrated my parents so much, why what they tried was like torture for me, serial hobbies, and so much more. Here I am getting close to 60 and I am just figuring this out.

they need to make a tv show called “does this button do anything?” where someone with #adhd goes to random factories when no one’s around and tries to figure out what all the machines do

Third survey from Dr Neff for her upcoming book about #AuDHD

https://neurodivergentinsights.notion.site/Survey-3-5-Energy-Rhythm-and-the-Double-Mask-334a17a4bb8b80f68636fa43528d5098

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD

TIL that it is likely that trauma that I experienced (associated with the COVID19 pandemic and my being diagnosed with autoimmune disorders during the pandemic which kicked another layer on my CPTSD) caused an epigenetic shift that resulted in latent ADHD and ASD evolving into clinically significant symptoms. Then menopause cranked that shit up to an overclocked 11.

#adhd #asd #cptsd #ptsd #covid #trauma

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Image of a man in a comic book and geek accessories store trying on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inspired turtle shell backpack. Items like these are a LOT harder to resist buying and using now.