Women with ADHD, from your experience how do your hormones affect your ADHD symptoms? And do you notice the effectivity of your meds on your symptoms change with your hormone cycle?

#ADHD feels like a contradiction. We have severe difficulty focusing on some (boring) things but can also obsessively focus on some (interesting) things. This apparent dichotomy stems from the same issue: we have difficulty controlling our attention.

I'm imagining a NT parent hearing their ADHD child saying that eating is too much effort. You know they're gonna call the child lazy. But that doesnt make any damn sense. Sure if it was once or twice. But regularly struggling to eat? How can laziness possibly make sense?

ADHDers struggle to keep their minds alert in between tasks.. what I call the 'standby mode'. It's like your phone locking when not used for some time. You're not actively using it but it still get alerts when something happens. ADHD phones just turns off due to inactivity.

We ADHDers are often underestimated. I mentioned this to my friend in conversation and I really liked his interpretation. And it's true. It doesn't matter how competent you are for big stuff, people underestimate us because of the small stuff, which we struggle with.

Mental health issues/ disorders are often genetic. You'd think a parent who experienced the same issues as you would be helpful, but if they didn't get any support, they might invalidate your struggles more ("everyone has those issues!"). Its a shitty circle of invalidation.

Guys share your favorite ADHD memes! (Nothing too over done, like just the 'ADHD squirrel!' meme please)

ADHD is an executive function disorder. So we struggle with setting goals, planning it out, with sequences and such. One of the things that ADHDers struggle with is following instructions. As such, when given instructions I tend to follow the most direct interpretation.

This one isn't one of mine. I just like it.

The 'worst' part about trying is that you have to deal with things constantly. People, feelings, thoughts, all the time. When I didnt try, I was stagnating and felt worse but I could just stop. Trying is infinitely better but fuck, life never stops.

The best ADHD meme I ever made.