Depends on the video, but if it’s for learning, like a tutorial on how to use a piece of software, I’ll usually have to speed it up or I can’t focus on it.

Just able to decide what they are going to work on and actually put it into action

This is my biggest benefit to taking Ritalin. I have actually been able to do stuff. And not random crap like … researching Roman politics or interior commercial architecture because my interest was suddenly piqued, but actually doing things I want to do.

But there’s also a problem, as @coelecanth described below… I can focus too much. I have to make an effort to stay away from my PC after work hours and during weekends, because I’m so into learning things and finally having the ability to direct my focus leads to me overusing it and my brain actually gets sore.

There’s a more recent post on ADHD about building good habits which … it’s really the other side of the coin to this. If you can finally run for the first time in 30 years, it’s not good to run all the time. You still need to have balance.

(As an aside, I recently had to do some quite difficult things that caused me a super high level of anxiety, hands shaking level, and I really struggled with that, like moreso than I would have normally perhaps.)

That’s actually pretty common in places like Italy. A half-pinch of salt brings out the coffee flavour.

Alexa for short term reminders and a calendar for long term reminders. I will forget my own funeral if I don’t have it written down somewhere.

Good tips, thanks! will try that next time

Used to have an Outback. Not sure on the seats in my Mazda, but I do sit on a towel because after an hour they get pretty dam uncomfortable. I will change seat position sometimes during the drive.

enjoy it.

That’s the key. Actually, I have driven for a lot longer on unfamiliar roads which are interesting, so I don’t feel tired. It’s when it’s the same road I’ve seen a million times already that I get tired.

Wierd… Ritalin for me feels like almost nothing at all. I am just able to concentrate on tasks better and able to motivate myself to do things.

I drink 4+ teas per day because apparently I still need the caffeine.

I’m going to try a different med, and see if that helps me more, I still struggle with a lot.

Yes but luckily not too frequently

Fuck yes

I should have written more.

Oh well, I am keeping a vague journal now of improvements / progress.

I have noticed that the music that plays in my head constantly is a higher bitrate now. I have Backstreet Boys ‘Tell me why’ playing with perfect clarity.

Well, as a first step I would recommend not putting it off for 20 years, but if you have ADHD well… good luck.

For me (diagnosed 3 days ago), I booked in with a psych and waited the 4 months until I had my appointment.

During that time I tried to note down the things I struggled with because I knew I would forget everything when I got to the appointment. Then just explaining the issues I have while there, and voila.

I pick up meds later today and tomorrow I’m going to pick up that guitar again and bloody stick with it.

/s

No thanks, Almalexia is getting my vote.

oh you must be northern hemisphere based

… you don’t just sleep on top of the warm clothes?

wtf ‘fake’ expectations? They were real expectations! What even is a fake expectation? Like, expectations from an AI???

Hahahaha yes I get this.

I’ll be absorbed and my sister will walk in and be like ‘blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah?’

And I’ll be like: 😶 🤨 😀

All g! most of it is some kind of metal because that’s what I know, hopefully there’s something you can enjoy in there though!

I’ll try add those, I just get carried away!

Sweet, just added 5 more posts of album covers I can actually remember seeing

Definitely!

Haha nooo, not the sump. If it somehow got in there I’d still be up at night wondering where tf it went.

Nope, it was just sitting in the pan and neither of us noticed.

When we grabbed the tools etc, we used the oil tray as a box. Guess neither of us took out the tool before draining the oil.

I have a similar issue, where some things get put off because I get obsessed with something else.

If you ever feel the obsession urge, may as well just indulge it right then. That’s how I clean my room.

Do you have one you can recommend?

Holy shit!

Yes but when you walk out of the room and get distracted, you can’t hear the oven timer.

Wierdly, when I do put a timer on, I can. I suddenly realise it’s been about 17 minutes and I’ll check and the timer is 20 seconds off ringing. Only happens when I actually put a timer on though, and I can’t intentionally do it.

What kind of rice are you cooking?

I am definitely an idiot and an amateur sometimes so you’re not wrong

hmm… Yeah maybe I should get another one of those.

Duuuuude. I can relate a bit.

I’m usually super chill, and I can count the times on one hand that I have directed my anger at a person.

But a couple weeks ago, I went to push the rack back into the dishwasher and the rubber seal came off the edge again and I lost it.

Loud swearing, ripping the whole seal off, throw the rack on the ground, swear at it some more.

It doesn’t happen often, but I do get that super rage build up and because I was alone I just let it out.

There’s another post with the poll

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Something on exploding heads might fulfill this criteria hahaha

Where is the data stored, and is it easily manageable?

This is my current idea. I have been asked by my family to get a private messaging solution so we can all share pictures etc, basically facebook but we have control of our own data. Friendica is close and takes care of the web side, but doesn’t have an effective messenger.

So, the idea is to use this https://github.com/mesibo/messenger-app-android and integrate it so it uses the profiles configured in our Friendica instance.

When this is done, Friendica will be a truely viable alternative to Facebook that anyone can use. Long term goal is a one-click installer to set up all of the above on AWS or something, so that any family can have their own private facebook and federate with their friends.

What’s your skill level?