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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 16:24:08 JST goatsarah

   Noticed when driving on Elvanse that I have to actively scan for hazards which I just knew about before.

   This is making me be super careful when driving.

   For those who don’t have ADHD, it’s really badly named. We don’t have an attention deficit at all. We just can’t control what it’s focusing on for long.

   Basically our brains are constantly processing the entire input stream from our environment. All of it. You have no idea how utterly overwhelming this is until it switches off for the first time.

   And then there’s a moment of clarity, before which you were listening to every radio station in the world simultaneously and always have been.

   And now you’re just listening to one.

   But with driving, I think that was actually making me a safer driver because it’s hard to become target fixated when your neurology basically can’t do that.

   Something for me to be aware of. Now I have to choose to scan for hazards.

   Or drive unmedicated.

   Apparently if you’re a pilot with ADHD, your medical requires you to fly unmedicated. I now understand why.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 18:20:56 JST goatsarah

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     • Momo
     @momo Interesting how we’re both experiencing this differently!
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     Momo (momo@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 18:20:57 JST Momo

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     @goatsarah
     Before medication I had about one minor accident per year where I bumped something while parking or smaller stuff like speeding because I didn't notice the sign.

     That immediately stopped alltogether. For about 5 years now: Zero accidents and no tickets while driving medicated.

     One night my son fell out of his bed and hit his chin on something he build from lego, receiving a big laceration. Usually we clamp those ourselves but that one was too big for us, so I put him in my car and drove to the hospital at 3am. Unmedicated. I rushed over at least one red light, probably two. I was the only car out there that night so nothing happened. But I was shocked anyway.

     The doctor saw the laceration and said "Well, I would not clamp that one either, this needs stitches for sure!" so we did the right thing. 😅

     Next time this happens I'll take one Medikinet for the road...