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NOW! That's what I call ADHD Vol. 3 (lemmy.world)
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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

…I really need to get tested for ADHD. This community has single-handedly convinced me.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Last time I tried I was told there was no way to have it if you did well in earlier school years :/

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You were misled. What if your microfocus was school work?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait you're telling me studying uninterruptedly for 15 hours a day with a focus that would make a jedi jealous for four weeks in a row and not being able to get yourself up to go to lectures the rest of the time isn't the normal way how people graduate best in class?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I think it's fair to say that schoolwork just outpaces attention span and focus at some point. Many people do well in their first years, and the struggles often only manifest themselves when more and more subjects get added, each with higher workloads than before.

    Makes a lot of sense, but some people just cling to the but you did so well in elementary school thing

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You're normally expected to have lifelong symptoms, but that doesn't mean you had to do badly in school.

    You can constantly daydream, lose stuff and turn up late for everything and still ace tests, at least early on. It gets harder to get away with this later in life.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    just dropping in to say that as a clinician, most of what is posted in here is bullshit. it's actually pretty frustrating and ill probably have to unsub soon. for my own sanity.

    I mean get assessed but dont take anything you see here seriously. ANYTHING.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or perhaps clinicians are generally unfamiliar with the lived experience of ADHD. I'm diagnosed, and nothing any medical professional told me has helped jack shit so far.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the lived exp of someone with ADHD? my doxin in christ, why do you think I'm on this sub?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Apparently to critisize what ADHD folks experience...

    Rule 1. Clinician or not, just because it effects other people, doesn't mean it doesn't effect those with ADHD. We're not doctors, we're people with lived experiences that always tell people to get checked by a doctor if they're affected by these symptoms in a way that it effects their lives.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also a ton of overlap with autism

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  • [+] -21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I'm not expert by any means but I'm pretty sure most of these things aren't ADHD

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Whether they're directly caused by an ADHD neurotype or not, all those things are associated with ADHD

    To pick one at random, Rejection Sensitive Disphoria (RSD) is often found with people who have ADHD. People dealing with RSD often imagine rejection where none was intended. That includes reading negative feelings into text messages, conversations, etc.

    (CAVEAT: I am not an expert. This is not my professional field. This is speculation from someone who has ADHD and is around ADHD kids) I don't know if there's good research out there or not about RSD+ ADHD, but I suspect RSD is conditioned. Growing up with ADHD, you get a lot of negative feedback from people. You aren't paying attention well enough, you're often clumsy, you often say the wrong things at the wrong time, etc. With enough of that sort of feedback, developing negative self talk which turns into full RSD sounds like a natural outcome.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    welcome to !adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com, please read the community rules before posting

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Very well. I shall never forget this experience.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't really understand if this is a negative or positive experience, but I just wanted to add that like you said some of the things listed are common for many people without ADHD. But people with ADHD can relate to many or all of the things listed in the post, and it often irks them when people without ADHD talk about the disorder as something insignificant. Maybe you didn't mean to do that but it does seem to be insensitive. Thanks for understanding.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's both negative and positive. I wasn't aware of that rule, so good job pointing it out to me.

    I do have ADHD and I experience most/all of these, I just never thought they are all directly traceable to ADHD. What I thought - which perhaps wasn't clear - is that these are all distinct disorders, which are just as much out of one's control as ADHD, but which are not necessarily symptoms of ADHD itself.

    I did preface with "I'm no expert", and I can see that I might be wrong. I'm happy to leave my comment up and let the downvotes and replies do their thing.

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