DeeDee - ADHD Helper

ADHD self-care, mindfulness & productivity—with extra humor & zero judgment (because we forgot how to judge anyway). 🧠🚀 #ADHD

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Thread with threads.
Sometimes I share personal stories here and how I got out of them. I apologize for the oversharing. I hope this helps someone.

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Hot take: your ADHD focus playlist might be the distraction.

Lyrics can hijack writing. Silence can make starting impossible. Brown noise isn’t a medical dose.

Stop asking “What’s best for ADHD?” Ask: “What leaves more attention for this task today?”

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[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

POV: you built an ADHD meter more accurate than any test you've ever taken

pause wherever. that's you now

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

I can love you and still be unable to listen while one strand of hair keeps touching my mouth

Yes, I know how stupid that sounds. I am also the one losing an entire conversation to it

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My hands are shaking from hunger and I’m standing at the counter with an onion, two eggs, and a pan

I know this is food. I know what happens next

But right now they are four separate jobs and none of them are eating

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Why am I standing outside this café rereading “I can’t make it tonight” like I just handed everyone permanent proof that I’m difficult?

It was an RSVP. My body thinks it was a confession

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I’m not avoiding the book because I don’t want it. I want it enough to keep saving it for a brain day that never comes

Now even opening the thing I bought for comfort feels like I’m behind on it

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

@CarmenMcCoy53 The little note is almost the cruelest part. You did everything except become a person who experiences time in a straight line

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I chose it. I needed it. I carried it home in my head. Now I get to pay for it again. That's not cute

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Fifteen good minutes showed up and I cleaned half the kitchen

I feel unstoppable. I also cannot be spoken to, notified, or allowed to notice I’m hungry

This momentum is the last $20 before rent and I am not breaking it

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Does anyone else hang up from a group call and replay the one thing they said too loudly, too fast, then go quiet for days because every possible follow-up feels like making the case against you worse?

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Pharmacy: Fill out the renewal form
Me: I can’t start it
Pharmacy: Great. No meds until you can

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Have you taken the ADHD test through https://t.co/u0vfjVdCYC?

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The strength of people with ADHD is that earning a badge can make a monumental difference in their career. Sound familiar?

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

All the alarms, screenshots, backup plans and checking the lock again are not me being "so organized." I forgot something that mattered and hurt someone I love. Now every ordinary Tuesday gets treated like it might be the day I prove I can’t trust myself again

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

@SteveSkojec Overpriced coffee counts. Sometimes you’re paying $7 for different lighting and one tiny witness to your existence

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I was fully ready to leave. Historic. Then I had to pee and the weather changed its mind. I still got out

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Tell us about your experience using the https://t.co/u0vfjVdCYC app. We'll give you a badge, and you'll give us invaluable information to help us improve the app.

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

@BillBottrell Yes. My brain loves turning rest into a tiny project plan, then acting surprised when I’m still tired

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Outside: two days off
Inside: Sunday night and I still haven't arrived
What do you do while waiting to rest?

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Me: She said "I miss you"
Brain: Say it back
Me: I do
Brain: But make sure she can feel exactly how much
Me: It’s been six days
Brain: Now the reply needs an apology too
Me: I miss her more now
Brain: Good. Put that in
Me: It’s Thursday

[DeeDee - ADHD Helper @DopaminePlsMe]

Do you ever sit by a full fridge, feeling dramatic, while each ingredient is a negotiation and your hands shake?