Top 5 ADD Moments Today
Some people might mark their day by the one ADD moment of the day. I like to try the top 5. Yes I am over ambitious but when you have so many why not pick the 5 that stand out.
1. On way home and was supposed to get wife diet coke. Very important task. Someone calls - what was I supposed to do? - Sure I can meet you and talk about that. 40 minutes later wife calls - Where are you and where’s my diet coke.
2. Made a list of things I was going to do today. Can’t remember where I put it. That will teach me to write it down instead of using my rtm.
3. Turned into Grinch because of kids chaos. - Oversensitivity to the sound and stimulus - Turned me from a normal fun father/husband to the grinch.
4. Sent email to team for work and forgot the project leader on the email.
5. Trying to work on website and saw a link - 2 hours later I have no idea what I’ve done.
Playing With Medication
Recently I’ve made a discovery about the medication my doctor prescribed for my AD/HD. On the weekends I split my prescribed daily amount in half and I have almost all of the benefits of the full dose during the week. In my job I handle dozens upon dozens of issues everyday. Personnel, project related, emergencies, ideas, future project issues, etc. It can be overwhelming. Most days it was. Since being diagnosed and realizing what the weaknesses are and adjusting to compensate for those by routine changes and including medication I find the capability to overcome.
I don’t think most doctors or pharmacists would tell you to play with the dosage amounts, but then they have lawsuits to prevent. Unlike a lot of drugs that require you to build up into your system dexedrine based medications are here today gone tomorrow. There might be some residual but generally it’s 24 hours and it’s out from what I’ve read on the pharmaceutical sites. I don’t need nearly the amount of focus at home, but the medication helps so much in calming my sensitivity to my surrounding.
Why, as I type my 2 boys are running around laughing and banging things all over. I know it’s going on, but I don’t feel like it’s going to split my head open from stimulus. I don’t know about other people and their various cocktails of medications they use. I know some people don’t use medication at all and rely on their natural temperment and routines. They probably don’t have 3 boys all under the age of 6.
So on the weekends I play with my medication dosage and during the week I work like the energizer rabbit - channeling my natural energy into my focus and tasks to accomplish the near impossible.