Executive dystfunction is a symptom of ADHD and one that I have a hard time explaining to others. Most people I know don’t understand that even if I actually want to do something, sometimes I literally just can’t start doing it or I have to do weird shit like this to like talk myself into it.
Getting medicated helps a lot if you find the right meds. Honestly the current meds I’m on don’t help as much with focus, but they do help with just being able to fucking do shit and that’s the greater benefit in my opinion. The fact I can just think “oh I should do the dishes” and then start doing the dishes without having to think about doing it for half an hour before starting is still mind blowing to me sometimes.
I’m pretty severe ADHD and my wife has it too. Honestly unless someone either has ADHD or has had someone important in their life with it I’m not sure they truly understand executive disfunction.
Evidence indicates both disorders co-occur with a high frequency, in 20-50% of children with ADHD meeting criteria for ASD and in 30-80% of ASD children meeting criteria for ADHD.
Also in the past, at least in US with DSM-4 it was thought that ASD and ADHD are mutually exclusive, so there’s probably a lot of people incorrectly missing that diagnosis.
Yea i would definitely use that power sparingly lol. My dad was undiagnosed with ADHD till his 40s and he used rage/anger to get things done all throughout his younger years and he has a lot of stomach problems due to a number of factors such as severe reflux and other similar things. Not saying they were all directly caused by the anger, but it’s pretty accepted with my family and others that the anger probably exacerbated things.
Also, i feel like in some, not all, regards ADHD and Autism can be two sides of the same coin. I’ve definitely wondered before whether I might be at least a little bit on the spectrum.
Yeah this is the biggest thing that drove me to get diagnosed. I just wasn’t doing anything I enjoyed because I couldn’t get myself to do it. I would just watch YouTube instead. Now when I’m medicated I actually do the stuff that I’m interested in.
Yeah, it’s weird explaining to people that every fiber of my being is screaming “DO THE THING” but something just gets…stuck along the way and I spend like 30-60 minutes hyping myself up to complete a 5 minute task.
Just to add for anyone reading, and I’m not diagnosing anyone, ADHD shares a ton of symptoms with anxiety, depression, autism, and C/PTSD. It’s also common to have multiple of those at once with a compounding effect.
I’ve always had a mild level of executive function difficulty(presumed ADHD, undiagnosed) but then i had acute anxiety+depression and saw how bad it can get. The comic is a story of the one good day you might get in a week.
Executive dystfunction is a symptom of ADHD and one that I have a hard time explaining to others. Most people I know don’t understand that even if I actually want to do something, sometimes I literally just can’t start doing it or I have to do weird shit like this to like talk myself into it.
Getting medicated helps a lot if you find the right meds. Honestly the current meds I’m on don’t help as much with focus, but they do help with just being able to fucking do shit and that’s the greater benefit in my opinion. The fact I can just think “oh I should do the dishes” and then start doing the dishes without having to think about doing it for half an hour before starting is still mind blowing to me sometimes.
I’m pretty severe ADHD and my wife has it too. Honestly unless someone either has ADHD or has had someone important in their life with it I’m not sure they truly understand executive disfunction.
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If the source is to be trusted:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20148275/
Also in the past, at least in US with DSM-4 it was thought that ASD and ADHD are mutually exclusive, so there’s probably a lot of people incorrectly missing that diagnosis.
DSM-5 superseded that in May 2013.
Yea i would definitely use that power sparingly lol. My dad was undiagnosed with ADHD till his 40s and he used rage/anger to get things done all throughout his younger years and he has a lot of stomach problems due to a number of factors such as severe reflux and other similar things. Not saying they were all directly caused by the anger, but it’s pretty accepted with my family and others that the anger probably exacerbated things.
Also, i feel like in some, not all, regards ADHD and Autism can be two sides of the same coin. I’ve definitely wondered before whether I might be at least a little bit on the spectrum.
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Yeah this is the biggest thing that drove me to get diagnosed. I just wasn’t doing anything I enjoyed because I couldn’t get myself to do it. I would just watch YouTube instead. Now when I’m medicated I actually do the stuff that I’m interested in.
Fuck I might have to get myself checked then.
Yeah, it’s weird explaining to people that every fiber of my being is screaming “DO THE THING” but something just gets…stuck along the way and I spend like 30-60 minutes hyping myself up to complete a 5 minute task.
Just to add for anyone reading, and I’m not diagnosing anyone, ADHD shares a ton of symptoms with anxiety, depression, autism, and C/PTSD. It’s also common to have multiple of those at once with a compounding effect.
I’ve always had a mild level of executive function difficulty(presumed ADHD, undiagnosed) but then i had acute anxiety+depression and saw how bad it can get. The comic is a story of the one good day you might get in a week.