Life's more expensive

I'm not too fond of calling this a 'tax'. Tax money goes to funding actually useful things. Conservatives want you to think that giving money to the government and throwing it down the toilet are the same thing.
- Good point. What I wonder what word would fit better: Fees, dues, expenses, charges, bills
  
  Just cost? It’s what it is. The cost of having adhd
  
  Extra charges, because that is what those are.
  
  Copays and deductibles

I want to laugh, but it’s too close to home.
I’ll add:
Missing appointments, rescheduling and then missing that one too.
- And still paying for the appointments that were missed

I make it a rule to only start inexpensive hobbies.
Once they have progressed, and I'm getting good at it, they turn to expensive hobbies.
This triggers the end of the hobby cycle and a new hobby is targeted.
- I just started magic the gathering as a hobby, lol
  My wallet feels this.
  
  Cheaper option: invent a time machine. Go back 30 years. Buy up all of the cardboard with the word Mox on them, and everything with a black border. Travel back to 2025. Sell cardboard and retire!
  
  Proxies. I have several full decks that are all fake cards printed from high quality proxy printing sites, ~$30-40 per 100 card commander deck, not sure how tariffs changed the cost, haven't ordered recently, but it was not a US based site. Obviously not legal in competitive play, but I only play casual amongst friends

Yk, this is the ONE time living in the ass end of nowhere has been good for my wallet.
I've wanted to paint minis for a while now, and the one mini I got is a small blueberry I haven't even painted because I'd need to buy the tools and paints, which aren't sold here.
If I were stateside I'd be drowning in orc and salamander minis. Or more likely yet, primed but not painted, and tossed aside like half the hobbies I pick up until the moment I got the jist of what its about.
- Or more likely yet, primed but not painted, and tossed aside like half the hobbies I pick up until the moment I got the jist of what its about.
  I feel personally attacked
- I got 300 eur worth of ifninity minis, lost a shitty painting competition and now ive put it off since i need a paint booth.
  Ive picked up airsoft now. At least airsofts cheaper.
  
  Oof, isn't airsoft a money sink as well?

Oh shit I just 100 percented this game. What do I win??

Get disposable virtual credit cards.
I just delete my credit card right after I sign up, and then I don't have to remember anything.
It's also much easier to unsubscribe you use a new card for each merchant, and if you no longer want to use amazon just delere the card. No need to go jump through 10x hoops to cancel

Oh hey, I do all of these on a regular basis. And regularly got in trouble as a kid for being forgetful, despite the fact that I was a smart kid with good grades. Maybe I should talk to a doc...

Luckily my wife pays the bills in the house or I be a mess.
- This is me too. I don't think I could survive on my own.
  
  I'm pretty good at making money tho. I'm even good at investing. But paying a simple bill requires 2 doses of Ritalin

*well-off ADHD tax.

I must be kind of in an ADHD sweet spot. I've had tons of hobbies through the years, but also an aversion to spending a lot of money on them. I prefer cheap activities where I can make most of what's needed. When I do invest in special tools etc. I tend to stick with those hobbies a lot longer. But I've definitely seen people who jump in feet first - 3d printing is a good example - and throw thousands of dollars equipping themselves and then upgrading and modding their equipment, without ever doing much with it. Some people refer to that as being a collector instead of a maker.
- Yeah same, I've tried many things but I managed to always justify to myself the purchase to make sure I'm not wasting too much money on stuff that will just use space and be unused. Still happens, but could be much much worse. Some things I come back from time to time, when the hyperfocus cycle brings me back to it, like musical instruments. Some things I only ever get the entry level stuff because I know I will move on way before reaching some stage where I need better equipment...
- While I recognise some of this dysfunction in my life, I think it is possible to avoid the worst excesses. I have a workshop and a tool fetish, which can be expensive but most of my tools have paid for themselves several times over considering the money saved doing things for myself.
  We have bad impulse control but we're also good at improvising, it's not all bad. I don't actually care that much about having an attention deficit, I just want to be treated compassionately, the way I treat other people.
  
  Tools can often pay for themselves even with just one project. Bonus: they spawn new projects to create tool storage!

Bingo....I got all the ADHD squares covered

Easy fix. Just make sure you make enough to pay the adhd dues

Last week I forgot to pay for one of the items in my bag. Like genuinely forgot that I had it. Had to pay 165€ for shoplifting.
Also: meds cost the same amount as my phone bill. Adds up, too.
- I dread this constantly.
  A few months back I used self-checkout for a cart of groceries and instead of getting out my wallet to pay, I just got distracted and walked away...
  When I got home, I was putting the groceries away and suddenly realized I didnt remember paying. Panic attack time. I was so sure of this that I called my wife at work and asked her what to do (I am not able to be rational when panicked.)
  So I drive back to the store and tell the Customer Service desk that I think I walked off without paying. They literally didnt believe me, but humored me after I insisted. Eventually they located the Store Manager. 30 seconds after she showed up, she had my order pulled up, confirmed it was me and then had me swipe my card.
  That whole thing could have gone much worse in any number of other ways. This kind of shit happens to me all the time. Eventually I will end up dead or in jail because of this shit.

Just obsess over making everything yourself for your hobbies and they cost a lot less. Shit now I need more tools.

uhhh. >_> who should I talk to about getting diagnosed?
- I'd speak to your disability support network at work if you have one, or doctor, or anonymously speak to HR. I say anonymously cos they exist to protect the company not you

washing clothes twice
Ha. I'm lucky if I remember to wash them once!

These all hit home 😳

Oh I HAVE A BINGO !(unfortunately)

I'm a 5/9
- I'm not diagnosed and I'm 9/9

arent you suppose to buy something after losing it? eating out is not allowed for nonadhd guys? is this suppose to be a meme or something?
- Neurotypical people don't lose things as often. And when they do, they often remember where they misplaced it by retracing their steps.
  Neurotypical people have their shit together so they find time and energy for cooking meals more often than people with ADHD.
  I definitely find myself in all of these, except for the one in the middle of the last row.
  
  i get it now. the picture oversimplified this.

spends
\sigh

- Yeah everyone forgets things but how many people have ever had their car repossessed while also having enough money to pay off the whole loan because the crappy bank that gave the best interest rate doesn't have a convenient autopay system?
  I don't think people are thinking of absolution when they recognize these kinds of things are part of their disorder. It's commiserating with your fellow sufferers on the absurd, counterintuitive, and inconsistent nature of the damn thing.
  
  Your bank almost certainly has a way to mail checks on a schedule.
- Except that "forgetting things" is the most salient symptom of ADHD, while "being an asshole" is nowhere near the autism spectrum.
  
  Right? "Forgetting things" is one thing...but whenever I have a home project I spend more time looking for my hammer multiple times than I do actually working. As an example.
- So you're just an asshole then?
- Fuck off. This community literally has just the one rule.