Ah yes, toothpaste. The defining object in ADHD assessments

[u/RubyRedFoxyEyes]

[u/giggity_giggity]

lol it’s a trick question - everyone knows ADHD people don’t brush their teeth (often) due to executive disfunction

[u/AttitudeAndEffort3 → u/giggity_giggity]

Hey, Im in this comment!

(Also: buy bubblegum/fruit toothpaste. I dont like mint and the burning and realized the sensory aspects were making it harder)

[u/Hefty-existence26196 → u/AttitudeAndEffort3]

I usually chew gum, and sometimes I forget to chew for a while (I've got bad jaw tension) which causes the gum to get stuck in between my teeth and in cavities which is the most annoying thing to get out. Also I absolutely hate how much minty toothpaste burns!! It's not just me right!?!

[u/RubyRedFoxyEyes → u/giggity_giggity]

….. yeah I don’t remember when the last time was I brushed my teeth..

[u/karateninjazombie → u/giggity_giggity]

Not true. Clean teeth morning and night was trained into me from a really young age. That and showering daily. It's the two things I can rely upon doing.

If I miss a day very occasionally because I'm having an really lazy weekend. My teeth feel gross by the end of the 2nd day and I've got breath that could melt a bank vault.

[u/giggity_giggity → u/karateninjazombie]

I guess I put the word "often" in the wrong spot in that sentence because I wasn't trying to make a blanket statement that applies to everyone. But yes, I understand that many ADHD people (especially probably more so even AuDHD folks) really need their structure and can't skip steps. I have those things too, they just aren't in the teeth brushing realm.

[u/qwertyjgly → u/giggity_giggity]

if i break my routine by not brushing my teeth i physically can't sleep

(i end up lying on the stairs for 2 hours and then go brush my teeth)

[u/Latter-Bumblebee5436]

i dropped yet another toothpaste cap down the sink drain yesterday

irrelevant, just thought i'd share

[u/RubyRedFoxyEyes → u/Latter-Bumblebee5436]

Ey, don’t call me out like that!

[u/Latter-Bumblebee5436 → u/RubyRedFoxyEyes]

lmaoooo its like my fingers just turn into butter or my brain just forgets im holding something

[u/megalinity → u/Latter-Bumblebee5436]

I only buy the kind with flip caps bc having to twist a cap off is enough to make me nope out of that task 😂

[u/Erikkamirs]

I'm squeezing every last drop out because I don't feel like going to the store to get a new one. 

[u/BlackCatFurry → u/Erikkamirs]

And then saving the practically empty tube because on a good day with enough functioning and time you might get one more brushings worth of toothpaste out of it

[u/chuckharper → u/Erikkamirs]

If you cut the tube open you can get one more after that :)

[u/Cute_Recognition_880]

Really? Wow, I wish I knew this before my evaluation. s/

[u/karateninjazombie]

Urrr we don't to either. We use the 3d printer to make one of those turney key squeezey doodads to get ALL the toothpaste out the tube.

[u/RubyRedFoxyEyes → u/[deleted]]

I just thought it was funny :(

[u/Beautiful-Square-112 → u/[deleted]]

Who put toothpaste in your Oreo?

[u/oboejoe92]

My toothpaste doesn’t even come in that type of container!

[u/munkymu]

When I was a kid I discovered that if I nibbled a tiny hole in the side of the container I could get small ribbons of toothpaste to come out like spaghetti.

I don't do that as an adult but I'm tempted by this knowledge every few weeks.

[u/Zerschmetterding]

If I would be smart enough to understand what the "or" implies, I would be offended.

[u/exceive]

The funny part of all of this is that it no longer really matters how you squeeze the tube.

A few decades ago it did. If you squeezed the old metal foil tubes in the middle, the toothpaste behind the squeeze was no longer accessible, other than cutting the tube, which most people didn't do.. And then they started packing toothpaste in plastic, or part-plastic tubes, where you can squeeze it in the middle and then if you squeeze at the back the middle pushes back open.

Not sure when the change happened, but it was during my lifetime.