Is this an ADHD thing? I used to have a job where I started at noon. It was horrific!
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I don't know if it's strictly ADHD but my brain can't relax at all if I have pending appointments. At least if I remember them.
Because if you do relax you WILL forget
It's not strictly an ADHD thing (is anything?), but it's a product of poor time management and anxiety, which are common with ADHD.
It feels pretty accurate to my own experiences. No matter what time I start work, I have to make sure I wake up no more than 90 minutes before it's time to leave. For instance, my current shift starts at 5:30 P, so I wake up at 4:00 P. Otherwise, the longer I'm awake, the more time I have to convince myself of reasons to call out for the day.
No they're bloody not, that would mean I had to be up in the morning
Yea seriously, that just moves this whole charade to the night before and ruins my sleep.
For real. I always end up being wide-fucking-awake until like 3AM prior to many early-morning appts. Even if I go to bed at 9 or 10. Doesn't matter how long I keep my eyes closed; either something itches every couple of minutes that requires significant body movements, or I gotta pee what seems like every 30 minutes, or I just. Can't. Sleep.
Hey that was last night for me. Currently waiting for my appointment. Still.
That's why I make all my appointments as early as possible. Get them over with!
Then I worry I’m gonna oversleep and miss them. So I prefer the afternoon. Then I’m anxious all day because I did get up on time anyway.
This is me
I don't sleep that much.
This happened to me today.
AND THEY NEVER ENDED UP CALLING
Bastards! They owe you a whole day!
ADHDs staying up late and demanding all appointments are early so they can lose sleep and die faster.
If I have too much time before an appointment, I will be late. If I do everything at the last second, I’ll usually be a little early.
Used to be like this. Now I'm like how much can I cram in before 2pm.... Annnnnnd I'm late.
You need a bit more anxiety stirred into your mental illness stew
If I've got something at 2, all day in thinking about how's I have to get ready for 2.
I could pay a video game, but then I might be late. So I'll just think about why I can't do all the things I could be doing with my day instead.
Does anyone know what the "cause" of this is? Like, why does the brain do this? It's one of the things I most wish to change about myself.
I don't know whether any particular medication helps, but you can get into the habit of setting an alarm for X duration and just allowing yourself to enjoy an activity until the timer goes off. A lot of managing ADHD is setting rules and a schedule and doing your best to stick to it. It's not something you can just wake up and do, but it is something you can get better at over time. It's important to not be discouraged by failure, which is also a challenge in itself.
The last day of vacation is usually shit when there is a flight I have to catch. Extra shit if it's in the evening. I can't do anything relaxing or productive on that day until I'm at my destination.
literally burned an entire morning because I have a shift that starts at 13h 🙈
I was waiting for a call for an appointment to be made. When they said I have to be there at 8am, it was great. First thing in the morning and done for the rest of the day? Thank fuck.
I'm pretty sure I don't have ADHD but having any midday appointment turns my mornings into this.
I don’t have ADHD either, and I succeeded in getting out of it. Mainly by scheduling other stuff earlier, and over time just getting in a pattern of getting stuff done. Took a whiiiile (like a year or two of conscious effort) and still often takes a bunch of alarms being set.
early morning is the only time I can do appointments. waiting for shit is the worst.
This is why, for all that getting up at 5 in the morning sucks, I'm glad my job has an early schedule. Having a closing shift effectively erases all the free time that exists that day