Articles like this focus on kids but these shortages also impact adults. ADHD doesn't magically disappear when we grow up. Losing access to meds affects our ability to work, to drive safely, to manage our families - all things that require executive function. Not to mention wasting time trying to fill prescriptions!
#ADHD #ExecutiveFunction

https://www.salon.com/2023/09/03/parents-reeling-as-adhd-shortage-stretching-into-10th-month-collides-with-starting-school/

Latest #ExecutiveFunction problem #ActuallyAutistic: the people it's most interesting to talk to come onto Mastodon around midnight. I'll miss them if I wait until the next day, and certainly can't have a meaningful conversation.

My job starts at 8AM, and for various reasons I take ages to get up.

Ideas? I guess the obvious point is most of them are Americans?

Maybe I could take a nap after work. But by that point I'm getting hungry.

For all of us ADHDers who feel like failures because we fail at something everyone else says is easy - creating habits.
#ADHD #neurodiversity #ExecutiveFunction

https://www.tiktok.com/@domesticblisters/video/7253246024477691182

Hey @actuallyautistic friends, can you please share the tips and workarounds you've discovered and developed for #ExecutiveFunction issues?

What are your methods when you need to executively function in order to survive?

I've had this happen for things that I normally wouldn't even find difficult - at times I'm completely unable to identify what triggered it for a specific task.
#ADHD #neurodiversity #ExecutiveFunction

So some interesting #bipolar #executiveFunction updates. As you all know, therapists continue to be worse than useless for my cognitive problems. Lately I've been tinkering around with language models and chat bots, and I decided just for the hell of it to create a therapist bot for myself in character.ai and see what happens. They have an unsettingly good language model, so it seemed a good one to try this with.

Today I launched a new client website focused on tutoring and professional coaching for people with diverse needs.

Very proud of this project that has been months in the making.

#ADHD #Dyslexia #socialanxiety #executivefunction

https://www.abramoadvising.com/

@stavvers as a person with severe ADHD, I sometimes think of my executive function as the hostage CEO. They’re in the office but tied to a chair and under guard. #adhd #executivefunction

So I need suggestions for #executiveFunction friendly ways of cooking steak. Hoping some #actuallyAutistic or #adhd folks can help.

I need to up my intake for iron-level reasons (I’m already on supplements, it isn’t enough, I know steak works well, not looking for medical advice thanks). I get really tired of the same 2-3 ways of cooking it, but also anything too fiddly absolutely won’t happen. Things like spice blends or marinades are great. What’re your favourites?

When I tell em to use an #adblocker my partner dismisses me saying ey sometimes see things ey want to buy because the ads are so well targeted to em.

But it's not the content of the #ads that's the problem; it's that they are there, taking up my #attention. The more targeted they are, the more of my attention they absorb which encourages the #advertisers to advertise more.

I block #advertising to defend my #executiveFunction, and disincentivize unhealthy platform behavior.

@btaroli @actuallyautistic
"Part of me is actually surprised at how others evaluate my #performance when I know how much of a serious #struggle some of it is, especially #executivefunction"

The thing is, we tend to evaluate ourselves against an ideal. And sure enough, we fall short, feel bad & expect blame. But managers & others likely evaluate you with respect to normal human performance. Most folks are inefficient even without the high/low spikes of being #actuallyautistic .

Good job, me. I did the hard thing. Now to wait for Amazon to do their thing.

Next big difficult executive function thing is to move my hosting provider and registrar for 3-4 of my less important websites before the domains expire. I tried to do it last year but got hung up on something and wasn't able to complete the transfer. Really dreading that. #ExecutiveFunction #ExeFunk

@knezek <<If you struggle with #ExecutiveFunction paralysis, what do YOU do to get yourself moving?>>

I wait until the logjam of stuff not getting done behind it bursts and the momentum carries through to that paralysed thing. Otherwise known as extreme procrastination!

Remember #The100DayProject? So do I! And I’m back at it just in time for 069/100 of #100DaysOfArt2023 Nice. :blobcatcoffee:

I think the looming reality of multiple shows coming up sent me into a mental tailspin, and I got stuck there for a solid week. Now I NEED to get a couple pieces finished so I can get applications in for the shows in question…

If you struggle with #ExecutiveFunction paralysis, what do YOU do to get yourself moving?

#KnezekArt #Watercolor #Miniature #MastoArt #FediArt

Remember #The100DayProject? So do I! And I’m back at it just in time for 069/100 of #100DaysOfArt2023 Nice. :blobcatcoffee:

I think the looming reality of multiple shows coming up sent me into a mental tailspin, and I got stuck there for a solid week. Now I NEED to get a couple pieces finished so I can get applications in for the shows in question…

If you struggle with #ExecutiveFunction paralysis, what do YOU do to get yourself moving?

#KnezekArt #Watercolor #Miniature #MastoArt #FediArt

Exercise For Better Executive Brain Skills: Best Of: Feb, 2019
Exercising regularly not only tones your muscles but also the executive control center in your brain. #aerobics #executivefunction #cognitiveimprovement
https://youtu.be/w9mEqbEMQt4

During those rare periods where my #executiveFunction actually functions it feels like my brain is in some sort of magical trance where I accomplish these superhuman feats of thought and action such as "I just noticed the trash can is full. I will now do the things that have to be done to address that situation. Oh look I'm actually doing the things that have to be done to address that situation."

I need breakfast #help.

I used to eat oats, but started putting more fruit in it than there were oats.. which wasn't great ( #diabetic and fruit has a lot of sugar) and was getting expensive.

I had muesli and yoghurt for a while, but the only muesli I can eat also pushes my blood glucose too high.

Then I started eating weetbix, which is ok for my #diabetes but I'm now at the point where I'm adding sugar to it, which is bad.

I have a #ChronicPain disorder, #MentalHealth issues, #audhd with #ExecutiveFunction issues and I'm pretty sure I have #PathologicalDemandAvoidance. I have #SensoryIssues with some foods.

Does anyone have any suggestions or help? Because I can't keep eating rice crispy treats for breakfast...

Thank you! 😊

#food #health

(also, please don't give me advice on how to lose weight. I'm just trying to feed myself in a way that won't make me sick)

A really simple litmus test I use to assess how my #executiveFunction stuff is doing: what do I do when I see that the kitchen trash can is full? When things are working right I just put my shoes on, take the bag downstairs, and put a new bag in with barely a thought. When things aren't working right I'm just like "gaaah I comprehend that the can is full but I'm totally lost as to what to do with that information and when." It's like night and day.

For the most part gpt-like tools are on my shit list, but I do see some use cases, and here's one I'm contemplating for purposes of my #mentalHealth, particularly for my #executiveFunction problems.

One of the casualties when those circuits fall apart is my memory. I can remember things like numbers just fine, but verbal memory suck--if characters on a show are saying something or my partner is telling me something, often by the time they're halfway through a sentence I've lost the beginning.