r/adhdwomen • u/krissym99 • 1d ago
Cleaning, Organizing, Decluttering Spring cleaning on Vyvanse!
I'm 43, was diagnosed in February and started Vyvanse, have lived in a 1300 sq foot house with my husband (and later son) for 20 years. Over the past few weeks, I started purging and cleaning. These bags are filled with books, clothes, kitchen stuff, and toys which were picked up for donation this morning! (Plus there's been a lot of garbage and recycling too.)
Judging from some of the stuff in my nightstand and under my bed it had been a solid decade since I last cleaned my room and it was not thoroughly done then. My husband has been patient and tolerant of this, but I know it's been getting to him the more things accumulated.
I'm a little emotional that I'm getting all this stuff done. I can get into my bed without climbing over piles of clothes. I see FLOOR.
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u/NeptunianInvasion 1d ago
LET’S GOOOOOO! I bet you feel amazing!
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u/krissym99 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes!! I lived like that for so long. It's still a work in progress but I'm getting there. I never thought I could ever do this.
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u/NeptunianInvasion 1d ago
You crushed it! And you inspired me to reorganize some kitchen cabinets that weren’t functional. So thank you!
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u/Random-taurus 1d ago
Congrats ! Im very proud of you stranger
I’ve been diagnosed for just a few years now and my piles and piles of stuff are still haunting me somehow.
I imagine with a whole family, the work is colossal. You could see at as the literal weight off of your shoulders now x
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u/krissym99 1d ago
You could see at as the literal weight off of your shoulders now x
Yes, absolutely. Thank you!!
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u/question8all 1d ago
Helllll yes 👏🏼 fellow highlander owner and I too did 5 purging trips to a hospice thrift store via a higher adderall dose that I desperately needed 💗
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u/SeaweedFair873 14h ago
I did the EXACT same thing once I started medication. Felt amazing. About 3 months ago I started to worry it was all just from being new to medication and it would taper off... I'm happy to report this has not been the case and I'm still really on-top of home clutter.
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