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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, noticing and remembering that you're hungry isn't the given that most people consider it to be when you have ADHD..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

So true, even if I realise I'm hungry and have enough impulse control to put something in the oven instead of ordering in or resorting to a protein shake for dinner, there is an 80% chance that I will both forget that I'm hungry and completely forget I haven't eaten, in the time it takes the food to cook.

40 minutes later I'm sitting at my desk thinking "why have I got such a bad headache? why do I feel so groggy and cranky? Wait, do I need a nap!? I probably need a nap... Hang on, Why can I smell smoke?"

Why do I always assume I need a nap, even if I haven't eaten all day!? I have to basically run through a flow chart to figure out why my head hurts. Food, water, full bladder, sleep, eye strain? Why do I feel bad? Who knows?

It's a mystery only neurotypical people can solve!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

ok maybe I don't have ADHD because my hunger is definitely stronger

or hunger is my first assumption just like a nap is yours

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm awaiting assessment, but there's a strong chance I have both autism and ADHD (my brother and father are both autistic, I was never assessed because it wasn't as obvious growing up as a girl that I struggled with similar things, but it's hard to know without an assessment because my ADHD was undiagnosed for so long so there's a lot of overlapping symptoms from all the maladaptive coping mechanisms I've developed)

I know poor hunger signals are a big part of autism too, so maybe I've got a double whammy 🤷‍♀️

But it also sounds like your sensitive to hunger signals the same way I'm sensitive to fatigue/drowsiness signals, so it sounds like the same underlying interception issue, just two different outcomes of that attempt to listen to our bodies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I've somehow managed to train myself out of this, but it was basically my entire 20s.