I’m unsurprised with your unofficial ADHD-ness, not in a bad way at all! I’m almost certain I have it, certainly coping mechanisms for ADHD help me as well. Sometimes I amaze myself at what I can get done in hyper focus mode, and other days I can’t understand why it takes me so long to get around to things. I’m trying to embrace it, and am thankful I don’t have it to the debilitating degree others do. Ps that car is super cool!
Funny how like minds cluster. :-) I did think of you when I was writing this. I’m pretty sure you can put down a lot of your success and amazing catalogue of work down to this rollercoaster ride.
🤣 Well if you agree with my diagnosis I know I’m onto something. It’s certainly a rollercoaster ride! My husband asked me recently why I don’t want to go to the GP and start trying to figure out what’s going on…basically, I’m aware other people have a very hard time with this and it’s just something I’m used to now, plus I don’t see why I should take medication for it. So going through the process seems like a waste of time for me, and taking up resources needed more by others. I’ll just keep trying to figure out how best to ride the wild horse of my brain, I suppose!
I feel the same way but I was told that if you take the meds while tacking a project it can feel a little like a super power. The medication does not have to be all the time. If my procrastinaty moments increase I'll consider it . But like you say... I've managed it for this long.
What’s available is much better than speed. (Fewer side effects) I am by no means recommending anyone do this but an academic once let me try a small amount of his prescription and it felt like adding a composer to orchestra mind. Instead of everybody tuning up, they played in unison.
I had thoughts over the years about it regarding your potential diagnosis but never raised it as I thought it was just part of you, I also consider this more “high functioning “ rather than deficits or disorders, also because of the greater understanding of autism (my son having it helps me a lot) I read somewhere that rather than labels of autism , adhd and asbergers it’s more that is one long scale just like light, and everyone is somewhere on there.
I’m unsurprised with your unofficial ADHD-ness, not in a bad way at all! I’m almost certain I have it, certainly coping mechanisms for ADHD help me as well. Sometimes I amaze myself at what I can get done in hyper focus mode, and other days I can’t understand why it takes me so long to get around to things. I’m trying to embrace it, and am thankful I don’t have it to the debilitating degree others do. Ps that car is super cool!
Funny how like minds cluster. :-) I did think of you when I was writing this. I’m pretty sure you can put down a lot of your success and amazing catalogue of work down to this rollercoaster ride.
🤣 Well if you agree with my diagnosis I know I’m onto something. It’s certainly a rollercoaster ride! My husband asked me recently why I don’t want to go to the GP and start trying to figure out what’s going on…basically, I’m aware other people have a very hard time with this and it’s just something I’m used to now, plus I don’t see why I should take medication for it. So going through the process seems like a waste of time for me, and taking up resources needed more by others. I’ll just keep trying to figure out how best to ride the wild horse of my brain, I suppose!
I feel the same way but I was told that if you take the meds while tacking a project it can feel a little like a super power. The medication does not have to be all the time. If my procrastinaty moments increase I'll consider it . But like you say... I've managed it for this long.
We could always go retro and just try taking speed? (I never have and can't say it appeals these days 🤣)
What’s available is much better than speed. (Fewer side effects) I am by no means recommending anyone do this but an academic once let me try a small amount of his prescription and it felt like adding a composer to orchestra mind. Instead of everybody tuning up, they played in unison.
I had thoughts over the years about it regarding your potential diagnosis but never raised it as I thought it was just part of you, I also consider this more “high functioning “ rather than deficits or disorders, also because of the greater understanding of autism (my son having it helps me a lot) I read somewhere that rather than labels of autism , adhd and asbergers it’s more that is one long scale just like light, and everyone is somewhere on there.
Yeeeeah had crossed my mind too! In only good, superpower kind of ways :)
Ha!