@faraday I wish I could, but I work full-time so I can't actually teach him myself. I can't even really sit down with him as our schedules are largely opposing.
@too-old-for-this Oh believe me, I sympathize. I work full-time too, and I'm a single mom. It's insane. But I don't know what else to do when my kid is just spacing out for the entire zoom call. They're not getting any of the material or doing any of the assignments.
@faraday Thankfully mine is in high school, so his zoom meetings demand a level of attention and response. But yeah, as soon as it moves to 'work time', he just sort of zones, or starts playing a game. And I don't know how to help him engage in the work.
I go see my PCP today, to talk about (in part) something different for the ADHD.
The Wellbutrin helped VERY short term. A few months, maybe 6? And it was an improvement, but not like what I've heard/read from others about their medications.
So I'm ready to have to fight for adult ritalin, or something. But fuck, I'm nervous.
@macha said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
The Wellbutrin helped VERY short term. A few months, maybe 6? And it was an improvement, but not like what I've heard/read from others about their medications.
So I'm ready to have to fight for adult ritalin, or something. But fuck, I'm nervous.
I wish you luck at it.
Personally: I went to a one-time visit with a specialist on ADD. He was out of network, and it was not an inexpensive ~30-minute conversation, but it got me documentation of a diagnosis.
This has been useful. Hopefully your PCP can and will help, I've had to do some shopping around for doctors.
@insomniac7809 Well, other things in my life decided to tell me fuck you in a maaaaaaaaaaajor way today, so I didn't get to go.
She won't do a telemed appointment, even though I've already been diagnosed with ADHD.
@macha Sending the good vibes and <3.
@macha Shit. I'm sorry.
...as far as noticing the differences with the medicine goes, for what it's worth, I've never noticed a big difference myself. It's people around me who've noticed that I've decided that means they're dumb and I should stop taking them. So, personally, not feeling the major changes I've heard other people describe didn't mean it's not being a help.
Finally getting formally tested. I'm guessing my psych wants to pin it down since it exists alongside medical and other psychiatric fun. I'm a book!
There's an artist who goes by Adhd_Bri on Twitter that has a bunch of these.
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And instead of doing any of the things on the wheel, you spend 8 hours staring at a video game*, having made almost no progress despite the time that has elapsed.
Oh hey, ADD, depression, anxiety collision site.
This is not good, y'all.
@too-old-for-this "I need to do <thing that needs to be done>, so I can't do <thing I want to do that involves time commitment>. I'm going to get right on <thing that needs to be done> as soon as I take a minute on <zero commitment time sink>, on which I will certainly not spend my entire day without doing the thing I need to do or the thing I actually want to do."
My ADHD is running on hyperdrive. Not hyperfocus, either. I am thinking about so many things on so many levels right now, that I'm completely overwhelmed, bursting into tears repeatedly because of the chaos in my head - and I CAN. NOT. STOP.
@macha Panic ASSttack fun. 
I'm sorry.
@wretched I'll survive. Only a few more days.
And instead of doing any of the things on the wheel, you spend 8 hours staring at a video game*, having made almost no progress despite the time that has elapsed.
