ADHD Grad Student

Ph.D. student with ADHD diagnosed at 29 #NeurodiverseSquad

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

Dear new followers,

Welcome! I'm very glad to meet you all.

I am a Ph.D. candidate with #ADHD. Hopefully, this explains why I sometimes have trouble with tweeting consistently.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@scottplumerias I got diagnosed halfway through my Ph.D., right around the time I was about to quit. And then it all suddenly made sense: 20-page papers written in the last minute, atrocious GPA for the first half of undergrad, being told I daydream too much since I was six...

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

Dear new followers,

Welcome! I'm very glad to meet you all.

I am a Ph.D. candidate with #ADHD. Hopefully, this explains why I sometimes have trouble with tweeting consistently.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@Tweedyteacup Doing all that already.. At the moment baking things provides fleeting relief but nothing seems to spark lasting joy anymore.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

Does anyone else find themselves dreading the weekends these days? I just keep working like a maniac, because I feel too numb to actually get pleasure out of any leisure activities that are still an option..

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@GrayFinnch I don’t know but we better figure something out soon.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@adhdNatasha My thoughts exactly. Also guess what, my doctor is working from home right now, so I have no idea who if anyone the pharmacist ended up talking to..

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

So the pharmacist just gave me a side eye and said they need to call my psychiatrist because they are “not familiar” with my doctor. That just makes me feel so great.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@blkgirllostkeys It helps when I manage to direct it at work. And it does the opposite of helping when I accidentally open Twitter too early in the day.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@What_WasISaying @danidonovan @Finnattentive @ADHD_Alien @adhdandUK @ADHDelaide @AdhdLondon @101Adhd @adhd_politics @AdhdArtists On top of, you know, being sick, I always feel super guilty for not being productive, not working out, not following my routine, etc. It's exhausting.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

I'm seeing some tweets about tenure-track faculty getting an extra year on their tenure clock and that's definitely a good idea.

But! What about grad students? Are we expected to just carry on doing research? We need that extra year too. Also, a living wage.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

I am ok with working from home since I already have a pretty good routine.

BUT! This routine fully depends on my meds and my psychiatrist doesn’t seem to be available at the moment.

I have about two months’ worth of meds if I ration. No idea what to do when I run out😱

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@What_WasISaying @adhd_politics @AdhdLondon @Finnattentive @adhdandUK @danidonovan @ADHD_Alien @ADHDnMe @ADHDelaide @101Adhd @ADHDpositiveuk @adhdNatasha @blkgirllostkeys I love birthdays, so I usually remember the important ones. Mostly because I start worrying that I’ll forget like a month in advance.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@ealepping Damn, I teared up a little.

I think I have internalized this feeling so much it's going to take years of therapy to accept that it's not true.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@What_WasISaying @ADHD_Alien @ADHDelaide @danidonovan @ADHDsurprise @me_and_adhd @AdhdAngsty @adhdandUK @adhdult1 @Finnattentive @adhd_politics @AdhdLondon @101Adhd @ADHDpositiveuk @blkgirllostkeys I know, it’s like quicksand.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@What_WasISaying @ADHD_Alien @ADHDelaide @danidonovan @ADHDsurprise @me_and_adhd @AdhdAngsty @adhdandUK @adhdult1 @Finnattentive @adhd_politics @AdhdLondon @101Adhd @ADHDpositiveuk @blkgirllostkeys Well, last night, I spent hours lying on my couch, hungry and tired, yet unable to put my phone down and either eat or go to bed. Ended up falling asleep at 2 am.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

Yes yes yes yes yes. 100% this.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@Finnattentive Totally. I still do sometimes, to be honest.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

@blkgirllostkeys So sorry this happened to you.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

I failed a subject that I am now teaching — and getting glowing evaluations for it too!

I think failing to understand something at first makes one a much better educator in the long run. You gain a lot more insight into different ways of approaching the subject.

[ADHD Grad Student @AdhdGrad]

In-class exams are such a strange and inefficient way of testing knowledge.

-We want to know how well the students understand X.

-I know, let’s have them recall several weeks‘ worth of material under time pressure!

What exactly are we testing here?..

[Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics @ADHD_Alien]

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