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I storm so many brains... remember none of them (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Me in meetings:

Other people talking = dozen of awesome relevant ideas running through my brain.

When other people ask me for my awesome ideas = crickets

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Notebook

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Brain: *has awesome idea*

    Me: *goes to write it down*

    Brain, as soon as pencil hits paper: *crickets*

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    That is an insane level of forgetfulness. I'd take medication at that point.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    It's something about the act of going to get a pen and paper / pulling up the app and making a note that, by the time I've done it, I've lost the train of thought that was giving me the idea.

    they make Vivance and other AuADHD medications for a reason, lol.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Absolutely. I personally prefer to stay off of medication, but I have some other advantages that help me level out the playing field, plus my ADHD is not the kind where the main thing is forgetfulness. I have that too of course. But honestly if I couldn't hold a thought for 2 seconds, then that would not be viable for me. I'd need meds.

    I specifically want to say that a notebook, best with a thread to keep your place, is a billion times better than a phone, which you gotta unlock, scroll to find the apo, get a notification from duolingo, yells at you for low battery.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I appreciate the advice but I also have neuropathy that has affected my hands pretty bad. So writing is a struggle for me.

    I tend to use a note app. Miss having a Samsung Note for the pen and had a Surface book from when I went to college that I used to take notes in class with the touch screen and pen but sadly the phone broke and couldn't get a replacement while the laptop I need to find money for the charger which I lost in moving around a lot. Being able to copy paste and move things around was such a boon for me.

    Also the devices had good writing-to-text features which made the notes legible, lol

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