Amy

This? This isn’t a bad spoon; it’s a serving spoon.
Yes, there’s a difference. It’s the wrong shape and doesn’t fit in my mouth.
No, I’m not being picky. You try eating with it!
Oh, you don’t want a spoon that big? That is exactly my point, thank you.

Ahhh yes, good old Windows Entertainment Pack.

I remember one level where you had to skate around a maze that required you to find the route by trial and error and memorize it. Don’t think I ever finished the whole game; it got pretty difficult later on. At least for 11-year-old me.

Yeah, it would be nice if I could get some stimulants too to help when I really need to get something done, but I can kind of work around it with large doses of caffeine. (I live in Japan where even most doctors can’t prescribe amphetamines)

I dunno if I (41) count as a kid, but I got diagnosed last year and put on atomoxetine. It’s got the jumping-from-thought-to-thought under control so I can concentrate on something if I get started, and I guess making phone calls is a bit easier now. But I’m still very much ADHD, just under control a bit.

Just shy of 6 months - you’ve got me worried now! I did find it took a couple of weeks to start working, so I ramped up pretty slowly to my current dose (75mg). Also I’m pretty sensitive to being tired and my brain starts jumping all over the place if I didn’t sleep well.

Yep. The nice thing about getting on meds (atomoxetine in my case) is that at least for tasks I really want to get done, I’m now able to ignore those interruptions and keep going.

Oh yeah, I totally get that.

When I’m doing something for fun, I’m far more interested in the process than the end result, so I’ll do everything from first principles. And probably never finish before I move on to something else. But that’s fine.

If it’s something I need to get done, on the other hand, then by the time I’ve started we’re probably already into crisis mode, and so getting it complete as quickly as possible becomes the goal. Then I’m all for finding whatever shortcuts I can.

Fortunately I’ve explored a enough topics (particularly in programming) for fun by now that I have enough background knowledge to be good at it for a career. Experience does build up, and even if you’re jumping around all over the place, eventually you’ll start to see the bigger picture.

Ouch, this one is too real!

Well I’d kind of known since forever in a “ha ha, but everyone feels like that though, right?” way. Then some ADHD memes randomly came up on Youtube, and I realized that it was me, exactly. The same thing happened with egg_irl a while earlier, and since doing something about that had made my life much better, I went to see a psychiatrist, who immediately agreed that I had ADHD and prescribed me some drugs.

It also didn’t help that I’m predominantly-inattentive type, which is apparently more common in women (surprise!)

Same.

Me: Oh! A chance to do all the things that have been building up on my checklist!
Brain: But what about all these other things I just thought of? And you still haven’t even started learning Korean…

Many fond memories of using RISC OS as a kid. It’s good to know that it’s still alive!

Got my first programming experience on the BBC Micro at school! (We never had anything as fancy as a Master though). Those heavy cube monitors and the “beep-boop” startup sound are iconic.