Item
Monster Pyramid: Caffeine and ADHD
Title (Dublin Core)
Monster Pyramid: Caffeine and ADHD
Description (Dublin Core)
I am submitting this image of a friend’s empty energy drink collection because it is indicative of how some people with ADHD use caffeine to deal with their symptoms when medication is inaccessible. Grim is not currently in a position to get the sort of support they need for their ADHD because of the pandemic, so they have taken a gap year from school and are working in the meantime. This is a small part of the collection of empty cans they have from the daily energy drink they have to help them function at home and work.
Not many people know how hard it is to get support for ADHD as an adult, especially as someone who was assigned female at birth, so this object serves to show the ways that some neurodiverse people cope, especially now that Covid has made it that much harder and daunting to get non-emergency related doctor’s appointments.
This object shows the ways medical care has changed due to the virus, fear keeping people from going in and hospitals and clinics being overwhelmed with people and unable to provide as much care as they once could. It also shows how the pandemic interrupted or changed the plans of many students to continue their education.
Not many people know how hard it is to get support for ADHD as an adult, especially as someone who was assigned female at birth, so this object serves to show the ways that some neurodiverse people cope, especially now that Covid has made it that much harder and daunting to get non-emergency related doctor’s appointments.
This object shows the ways medical care has changed due to the virus, fear keeping people from going in and hospitals and clinics being overwhelmed with people and unable to provide as much care as they once could. It also shows how the pandemic interrupted or changed the plans of many students to continue their education.
Date (Dublin Core)
December 9, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Grim Franke
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Megan Bateman
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST241
Partner (Dublin Core)
Suffolk University in Boston
Type (Dublin Core)
photo
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Health & Wellness
English
Food & Drink
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
#CovidMiniCollection
neurodiversity
ADHD
working with ADHD
caffeine
energy drink
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
#CovidMiniCollection
#CovidAndNeurodiversity
ADHD
#WorkingWithADHD
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
12/16/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
1/26/21
2/25/2021
This item was submitted on December 16, 2020 by Megan Bateman using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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