My friends and I dropped ADHD meds at an outdoor concert. They were having fun and having a good time and I sat down in the grass and replied to some school emails and did a handful of tasks that I have been putting off.

It was the first time in my life that I wasn't unintentionally listening to everyone's conversations at the exact same time and solutioning their problems all at the same time.

I ended up going to Mexico and going into a reputable doctor and purchased ADHD meds. I later in life went to a doctor and got diagnosed.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

Wait wait wait. Is the hearing all the conversations around you an ADHD thing? Are you serious? I just thought it was like, an ability.

[–] jojo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's a curse

It puts my brain to 150% processing and I just wanna listen to one conversation and aaaaaa

Even when I can't listen to the dozens of voices due to them being nearly inaudible it still enables the part of my brain to try to decode them, so about 75% is used to try to listen to words that I don't even wanna listen to

This is why ANC is heaven

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Oh man. Mine actually is able to listen and understand each conversation. My brain will not only listen but mentally join that conversation. Lord help me if a few people in earshot are having technical problems with their phones or computers. I will literally pull my phone out in the middle of dinner with a friend and start finding the solution for multiple people's problems while my friend is like WTF, you were just telling me about your day and abruptly stopped talking and went into your phone.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

African National Congress is heaven?

[–] jojo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Active noise cancelling

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago

I can't do noise cancelling because then I get in my head about not being aware of my surroundings, and what if I needed to hear something in order to not die? Hey, it's possible.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh cool. those bose headphones saved my ass when was forced to work in open cafeteria style tech offices

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