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The experience I've had on versus off my meds says different.
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Absolutely true, yet then at least I would feel at ease with myself if we agree to the terms. All cards on the table and I won't have to feel bad about myself because I procrastinated on filling 37.12 .xlsx files with the detailed diary about my work.
What kind of terms do you mean? Opening with "I might procrastinate" will make interviewing much more difficult - many companies will disqualify you regardless of their mental health initiatives.
Well, of course I don't do interviews like that.
But keep in mind one thing. If I go and say that I wrote at least one application in (probably more but, let's size it down) in 25 different languages people usually think I'm a con. I can't say I use the technology X and I'm expert on it neither because I'm going to be asked about some obscure thing that I don't care and it's the end.
What I always find the funniest is that the interviewers always sees the worst of me during interviews. Anxiety of evaluation is often breaking me. Most of the high profile interviews I had followed the schema: get nervous -> can't sleep -> sleep 1h/night prior to test/interview -> after 2 interviews forget basic math due to exhaustion -> uneven performance -> bye
However I'd like to be transparent about it, so that I can get a partner and feel better and deliver (as even though I procrastrinate it's not something I want - I'd love to deliver 100% of the time), so I help you, you help me.
And I do have a rather good rep sheet, thus throwaway. I believe people would feel cheated if they'd know otherwise.
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#23If you're an employer reading this and thinking "how can i help make my company adhd friendly" then i highly recommend you check out the welfare pack from adhduk [1]. i had a chat with the ceo of the charity when i got diagnosed to see if i could help and he is one of the few people i've spoken to in the space that is actively considering adhd in the workplace. my favourite parts are: - before criticising timeliness,…
For many it helps to be clear about what deadlines are real.
From what I see the worst there is seems to be "you can do this anytime you like". That means never, because an ADHDer, helpful as they typically are will be busy from now on until eternity with whatever seems to be more urgent.
Some ADHD-ers are amazing at meeting deadlines as long as there is one at a time and they are somewhat realistic.
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#24Sorry not fully related to your question, but I've been asked a couple times in the past whether I've got ADHD because I'm constantly humming or tapping my desk while I multi task on 4 things, or when its time to work on new projects I just go 100% beast for a day or few days, getting a lot done, and then just crashing (sometimes for a whole week) because I can't focus on anything. Do I just ask a doctor to test me? How do I even approach this
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#25Sorry not fully related to your question, but I've been asked a couple times in the past whether I've got ADHD because I'm constantly humming or tapping my desk while I multi task on 4 things, or when its time to work on new projects I just go 100% beast for a day or few days, getting a lot done, and then just crashing (sometimes for a whole week) because I can't focus on anything. Do I just ask a doctor to test me?…
Yes - please don't self diagnose.
ADHD in adults is somewhat new and some specialist either don't know or downplay it so keep that in mind. I'd suggest getting to the ADHD Adult specialist/clinic in the area. Depending on the country it might take short or long time to get diagnosed (for myself it took around 6 weekly 1.5h meetings, tests and family interviews), but I know this might vary depending on where you live.
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To be honest, I don't think neurotypical people can really understand ADHD. And it's probably even harder for people who believe that brain is just some kind of a tool that we have 100% power over. And that's a problem because this lucky people who won on genetic lottery are often in power. I think like over 50% of my life problems are not because of ADHD but because whole world tries to convince me that it is my fault. And yet there are hundreds of research papers that conclude that you can't just fix someone with ADHD. There is no therapy and no medication that can cure ADHD.
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#29Sorry not fully related to your question, but I've been asked a couple times in the past whether I've got ADHD because I'm constantly humming or tapping my desk while I multi task on 4 things, or when its time to work on new projects I just go 100% beast for a day or few days, getting a lot done, and then just crashing (sometimes for a whole week) because I can't focus on anything. Do I just ask a doctor to test me?…
Yes - please don't self diagnose. ADHD in adults is somewhat new and some specialist either don't know or downplay it so keep that in mind. I'd suggest getting to the ADHD Adult specialist/clinic in the area. Depending on the country it might take short or long time to get diagnosed (for myself it took around 6 weekly 1.5h meetings, tests and family interviews), but I know this might vary depending on where you live.
My girlfriend was diagnosed with bipolar in her childhood and her whole life was a cycle of new prescription drugs and stop taking them when she realized they change her way to much without helping a lot.
I basically diagnosed her with ADHD (no specialist) we found out someone else already did before me but they never looked into it (mostly because you can barely mix meds for bipolar and adhs)
So essentially we got her a ADHS specialist who confirmed my idea and gave her ritalin.
Totally new person. It's 100% her, not 30-50% her depending on the day. They just started to even stop other medications to focus on ADHD more.
Point is: Yes it's somewhat new, and yes it likely would help a lot of people.
I too have ADD but I don't like amphetamines so often. I essentially went the way to turn my life upside down to build my own environment I enjoy to work in.
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The experience I've had on versus off my meds says different.
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I think this is a misunderstanding. People with ADHD don't really want to be medicated. Taking stimulants whole your life is not nice. There are many side effects. But we have to. We don't have a choice most of the time. Without meds ADHD is often a fatal disease. Not for everyone of course.