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Jen- I just read these threads and your posts do make me chuckle. Your energy is infectious and fun. I’m a little lost though as to where you are on your meds now. Have the headaches subsided with the Methyl?(I’m gonna call it ritalin since its easier to type.)
I’ve always been a little like you re: messy house, spinning wheels, never making progress. I know for me, being home alone all day left to “my own devices,” I would sit around, surf the net, watch tv, (smoke pot argh, just ONE more glass of wine with dinner, heh), make grand plans that fizzeled out as a new one popped into my head. My ex never thought I contributed, which I thought was nonsense, thinking my being the moral compass of the family and getting my kid off to school was enough! But, its hard to appreciate those things when you cant even find a clean shirt, etc. so I guess in the end, he had a point. I see that now.
I noticed in your more recent post that you seemed to get a lot done in one day (was this while on ritalin?). Thats progress right! Of course, everyone is different, but since taking ritalin I take advantage of that initial charge of energy in the am and get stuff done that normally would have been shuffled around, stepped over, excused as not that important, etc, The mount Vesuvius of laundry downstairs is slowly dwindling away and the clean clothes actually make it into drawers! (so THATs what those dressers are for, doh).
Maybe raising a kid on my own who is depending on me was the biggest impetus for change, and I am 50 this year so, time is a’tickin and my kid needs me after 16 years of having a flake for a mom. You have such great character that shines through that I’d hate to see you end up like me at 50, wondering where the hell my life went. Wish I had this knowledge at your age. I’m still and probably always be not the neatest person in the world and who gives a flying fig, as long as I maintain enough order for me to function. Love to hear an update on your meds situation and how you’re coping.
Anyway, curious about where you are now.
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