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woman with #ADHD sharing strategies for being #NeurodiverseAtWork 🧠 | loser of things 🤷🏻‍♀️ | maker of #art 👩🏻‍🎨 | skater of boards 🛹

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

Allow me to introduce myself -
- I’m Cat (she/her) 👋🏻👩🏻‍🎨
- I have #ADHD 🧬🧠
- I love #art 🎨 & #skateboarding 🛹
- I work a #corporatejob in big #tech 👩🏻‍💻
- I started this account to share strategies for managing #ADHD & being #NeurodiverseAtWork 🦸🏻‍♀️

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

*drum roll*

and the winner of the 2023 #ADHDGames is…

this fierce competitor found her lost keys in her own apartment 24 days later!!!

*crowd goes wild*

*bows head to receive gold medal* 🥇

#ADHD #ADHDAwarenessMonth #ADHDProblems

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

@danidonovan I have lived at my residence for two years and have only gone once. Can’t be bothered.

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

the ADHD urge to avoid anything that involves a trip to the post office 📬

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

ADHD is basically just rotating through various states of “stuck”

• stuck doing absolutely nothing
• stuck researching my latest obsession
• stuck staring at my phone
• stuck cleaning everything in sight
• stuck waiting for a meeting to start (in 3 hours)

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

How does the #ADHDmedicationshortage affect my health?

I can’t do the things I need to do to keep myself healthy w/o meds.

-Forgetting to drink water for DAYS
-Not remembering I need to make myself dinner until 11PM
-Haven’t been able to walk or exercise
-Increased stress

/4

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

The #ADHD Medication shortage in the US is affecting millions.

People depend on #ADHDmeds to keep their jobs. Many have to ration or go without meds + change doses/pharmacies/med types to get access.

This is NOT acceptable.

@FDA_Drug_Info

Read more:
https://t.co/TOJNPwlmpK

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

The way this affects me is tasks are piling up. It’s becoming unmanageable.

At work - my memory, productivity, energy levels = inconsistent.

At home - my partner is picking up the slack

Friends who? Haven’t been able to respond to their texts to make plans.

/3

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

@empirestatesun @HowtoADHD Wow I do that too, but my med takes effect in about 30 min. Works for me!

[Jessica McCabe @HowtoADHD]

The #ADHD tax is the financial penalties those with ADHD get hit with for...well, for having ADHD.

It's the extra money we end up spending on late fees, rush shipping fees, impulse buys, replacing lost things, even ADHD treatment itself.

what have you paid the #ADHDtax on?

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

The ADHD urge to abandon a project and lose all motivation once you can see the finish line.

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

I just found out my dental insurance and my regular insurance have the same deductible and I have already reached it. 🙏🏻

[laina loo *:･ﾟ✧* @dreamergirl2727]

she’s a 10 but she quadruple texts you in every conversation bc she has too many thoughts

[Rua M. Williams @FractalEcho]

Why I don't do point deductions on late work: it's discrimination and it leads to segregation. People who turn in late work are more likely to be neurodivergent students, poor students, students experiencing grief or trauma, students with categiving responsibilities, etc.

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

@5minutesformom Thanks for sharing! ♥️

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

@paraschopra Health insurance that covers physical therapy & mental health treatment

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

Women with #ADHD experience an increased risk of unplanned pregnancy for a variety of factors.

As a country, we must do better to protect the choices & futures of women.

#ProChoiceIsProLife #Roe #WomenWithADHD

https://t.co/C1yl4mLJcq

[Cat @LOSTMYSELFADHD]

@No_Job_Required @AskADHD Contributes positively to my creativity & ability to find a way to solve a complex problem.

Contributes negatively to my time management & repetitive task completion.