30 Comics Of An Adorable Dinosaur Character Showing What It's Like To Have ADHD As An Adult

"I've been writing them down since the night I was diagnosed with ADHD"

Maryjane

• Published in Comics
• March 30, 2023

The brain behind this comics is someone who has an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The artist's everyday battles with ADHD, along with those of many others, are the subject of the webcomic ADHDinos.

The artist recently received an adult diagnosis of ADHD, and they immediately felt like they were on their own. The artist was then shocked to discover such a sizable and encouraging online community where they could discover improved ways to deal with many of their problematic behaviors.

The artist says that the cartoon originally began as a list of everything they were having trouble with. The artist also added that since the night received their ADHD diagnosis, they've been writing these things down because they thought it would be a little simpler to address them when they were on paper.

Within a couple of days, I made the first comic, building it around the name ADHDinos, which I thought was really funny. That first comic talked about avoiding big tasks by completing small ones, something I had been doing for years.

Check out some of the artist's work as you keep scrolling down.

More info: ADHDinos.com | Instagram | patreon.com | Facebook | tiktok.com

1. A big part of our problem

2. Selection process

3. Pile addition

4. Cheese episode

Since starting the comic, I've gotten into the habit of writing everything down. I have about 1600 notes at the moment (now sorted!). I counted last week, and I'm averaging about 7 per day. The problem is- it's a lot of jibberish.

Sometimes I'll go back to an idea and have no clue what I was getting at. I've learned, however, that it's best to write everything down because some of this stuff is hard to articulate, and sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get right.

5. Brain fog

6. Dropping the ball

7. Not happening

8. A mean dude

The artist also added that they struggled with all of this stuff for a really long time

I still do, of course, but knowing that I'm not alone was a huge first step toward improving. For the first time in a really long time, I'm not too busy hating and berating myself to actually address the issues I'm facing.

9. The later tube

10. Escalator of situational escalation

11. Not quite sure

12. Later

13. A very dark thought

14. Self destruct

15. It doesn't have borders

16. Missing the point

17. Sounds plausible

18. Not without Consequences

19. Moderating each other

20. Doing better recently

21. Good enough

22. Gatekeeping memories

23. Forgetting it immediately

24. Being oversold

25. Above food and water

26. A seed of doubt

27. Storing the inactions

28. The big thing

29. Bad news

30. Yesterday was the day

For the artist, there really is no shame in struggling, nor is there shame in getting help when you need it. The artist's progress hasn't been linear, but they can zoom out and see the general trend of improvement, which is really nice.

You can support the artist on Patreon as it is the best way to support the series.

Maryjane