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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Certain medicines take regimines to reach full effect, either because they need to build up in your system, or because they allow your body to recover while you are on them, which eventually causes a net gain. I believe stimulants are usually the latter.

    When I’m unmedicated, fatigue builds up faster, which makes me more miserable overall, and that compounds. One dose of my med isn’t enough to wipe away all the exhaustion from being unmedicated for weeks. I have to be on it for a while before I get the full effect, which is essentially just being in a good mood most of the time ime.

    I was recently sick myself, and did the same where I stopped taking my med. I now think that’s actually a mistake. I spoke with my wife about it, who has been on ADHD meds a lot longer than I have, and that’s what she told me as well. Your meds help your body function. Not taking them while you’re sick is counterproductive





  • Then if the tool is just for managing the problem with your ADHD, I would say your manager’s question was inappropriate.

    “My concern is, would you be able to follow the process and do the task if you were to lose access to this tool you have built?”

    If that tool was a wheelchair, do you think they would be asking the same question? They’re clearly misunderstanding. The tool exists because it’s already known that, without it, you can’t follow the process and do the task, due to your disability. Really, they should be providing you with these accomodations. Allowing you to develop them yourself is the bare minimum



  • Is there a reason you showed your boss the tool? I would expect any given coworker to keep something like that to themselves, both so it doesn’t get stolen, and so they don’t potentially get accused of “slacking” as it seems like your manager might be hinting at.

    If your tool is too good they might make it mandatory, and then everyone will speed up, putting you in the same hole you started in. Imo, your personal accessibility tools and systems are your own concern, and are only to be shared if you so desire.