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It is exhausting running around circles and accomplishing nothing when shit gets real.

Recently moved from my little apartment to a house. I started out organizing and writing the contents of each box on the top. Very quickly I found myself just throwing random shit into boxes because I was taking too long. My landlord suggested the move because I have 4 kids and I needed more space. He was nice enough to put me in a much bigger place for only 20% more than I was paying.

I was already exhausted when I decided I needed to take my old toilet seat, which has two seats, a little one for little butts, and then lift that for the regular one for regular sized butts. I removed it from the toilet, put the small bits in a ziplock bag, and drove directly to the house. I walked a straight line from the car to the bathroom, took off the other seat, and then I couldn’t find the little square parts that mounted the screws. I didn’t have much backtracking to do. Walked back to the car, couldn’t find them. Searched from the entryway to the bathroom, nowhere to be found. Carefully checked the ground around the sidewalk. Nothing. Drove back to the apartment, nothing. I managed to keep my temper, but I was ready to blow my brains out on the emotional end of things.

After losing 2 hours searching frantically for the parts, I went back in to put the other seat back on and give up. There they were, just laying there beside the toilet in a spot I had checked a thousand fucking times.

And then guess what? Fucking lost the screws to the other seat and repeated the whole goddamn ordeal. Wanna guess where they were? In the SAME FUCKING SPOT as the other pieces I had lost.

I’m so fed up. My doctor won’t treat me because he’s old school and because I have a history of drug abuse (which is how he came to be my doctor in the first place). I can’t move to a new one because I don’t have the time to establish myself in the program. When you start a drug treatment program you begin by going daily, then weekly, then biweekly, and then finally, monthly. They all require you to do AA/NA/CR. It took me years to get out of all of that crap and I do not have the time to do it with all of these kids. I hate going to group, and after enough time passes with no failed drug tests you can get out of it. I haven’t been in 5 years. I don’t want to go now.

I’m going to beg my doctor at my next visit. I am exhausted living like this. I’m tired of being a burden to everyone around me because I can’t hold focus on anything for a minute. Entire days go by and I’m just in some void without even realizing it.

I just had to get it off my chest. I’d give anything to be like the people around me.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Holy money, getting ADHD meds is already enough of a hassle without the additional steps you have.

Not being able to see something right there is so damn frustrating. Meds helped me a lot, but they don't work 24 hours a day.

It doesn't fix anything, but your frustrations are valid and you are definitely not alone. When anyone tells you to overcome these things through sheer will remind yourself that the last 'D' is for disorder and they obviously don't get it. They don't know how much we are already kicking ourselves for things out of our control and we are trying as hard as we can.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

My 16 year old daughter is on a non narcotic medicine. I’m going to bring that one up next Thursday.

[–] oleorun@lemmy.fan 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am here for you mate.

I have a good doctor, one that took forever to find, and she is amazing. I hope you can find a different provider that listens and understands. It took me years to find this one.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I appreciate you.

Problem is, even if I do find a different provider, they’ll cut off my other meds if I can’t get them on board.

It’s a mess.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's frustrating enough having to live like this in normal times. Now we've got literal Nazis dismantling our way of life (with the average American on the streets either being unaware, or simply don't care), and I'm supposed to just get up, go to work, and walk around doing shit like everything is fine.

I feel like I'm losing my goddamn mind. I'm like constantly screaming in terror on the inside these days, it's exhausting.

Suffice to say, you're not alone.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know. It’s insane, and people are just carrying on like it’s no big deal.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. It's not normal.

Hang in there.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 8 points 3 weeks ago

Oh god, the amount of times I’ve had something right in front of me and can’t find it. It’s like a running joke in my house now. My only saving grace at work is having AI do the grunt coding work that bores me out of my goddamn mind and I can never focus on.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren't there non-stimulant drugs they could have you try? I'm using one called bupropion which is for depression but has off label use for ADHD. I doubt that it has an abuse risk.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That’s what I’m hoping they will do. I have never had an issue with amphetamines, as a matter fact, the one time that I did abuse amphetamines, I called the poison control center because I had such a terrible time. My issue was always opioids.

Of course, I say that to my doctor and he thinks I’m bullshitting. Anything, any help I can get I would be so fucking happy.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

(No help, just sharing)

Seems like my life. Except I live with my mom and she's a hoarder. I've assembled three metal racks in place of piles of stuff where those were unbearable. So - I had some place where I wanted to stick the fourth, except I can't remember what it was, it doesn't seem to fit anywhere (racks are a desperate measure, actually furniture should only be thrown out here). And the usual with getting perpetually distracted from work (at least I kinda get it done).

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh my God, I cannot imagine living with a hoarder. I have problems with collecting things, but I certainly don’t hoard things.

I could have easily developed that problem if I hadn’t met my wife.

I have a friend who is a hoarder and she has lost the use of her bathroom recently. It is so bad that she now has totes stacked up along the back of her house full of crap that she will never use. She has to shower at the gym. Every day, she drives to the gym in the morning and take a shower.

I just cannot imagine living in that world. I don’t know how you do it. I would lose my damn mind.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh my God, I cannot imagine living with a hoarder. I have problems with collecting things, but I certainly don’t hoard things.

Kinda similar. I have construction materials or junk laying around for long, but in general places under my exclusive control are kinda livable. If chaotic a bit.

I have a friend who is a hoarder and she has lost the use of her bathroom recently.

That's the main reason for the rack in the bathroom. To be able to maybe sometimes shower normally. Two things - 1) place to put stuff so that it wouldn't fall down, 2) no place to hang plastic bags filled with various crap.

She has to shower at the gym. Every day, she drives to the gym in the morning and take a shower.

Been close to that.

I just cannot imagine living in that world.

I think you've just did, judging by the emotion.

I don’t know how you do it.

Counting days, months and years of wasted life.

I would lose my damn mind.

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