My love/hate relationship with ADHD

I'm sitting here watching Seinfeld on a Friday night, just ate a bowl of popcorn - this has become my new weekday ritual. I had been thinking about something that happened recently, for a couple days now, and figured it would be a good thing to write about: Accept your flowers. I was working out one morning - it was lower body day, had hip thrusts on the menu. I like to refer to my exercises for the day as "on the menu" lol - i don't know, seems cool. Anyway i loaded the bar, had four plates on each side. That's a total of 405 pounds. I believe i had to do 3 sets of 5 reps that day. My newest gym friend, B, was nearby wrapping up her workout, finishing with abs. We were laughing, cutting up, then i hopped into my first set. She was watching, like you would your child performing a new gymnastics move you two have been practicing for a while; watching for form, completion, waiting to congratulate after nailing it. I went in, hit 5 solid reps, one after the other. I ...

 Hey all.. So it's been about 3 months since i started anxiety meds. I was being patient (Me?! Patient?! HA!) and waited about 8 weeks to let the meds do their thing, but yesterday during my appointment, i thought to myself, "Are they working? Do i notice a difference? How can I tell?" So i talked it over with my doctor and got a better understanding of how I should be feeling, how I should react to certain situations, etc. to better notice if the meds are working or if I need to increase my dosage. After talking we decided to increase them, but that I may not need to go higher after this adjustment. I dunno, we'll see. So here's day 1 of increased meds. In the meantime, I have always been a creative. I have ADHD, what do you expect? I can be very crafty when I want to be. My latest crafting has been with the Cricut cutting machine. This thing is pretty cool! You can be as basic or intricate as your imaginative brain allows. I've practiced and made cards, stic...