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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've always maintained that the name should be changed to executive functioning disorder.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's much better than just calling it Executive Disorder.

    I really don't want to tell people I have ED.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (14 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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  • 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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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also a ton of overlap with autism

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Don't forget about light sensitivity, aka "I guess I'm a vampire now, but it didn't even come with a badass fitted trenchcoat."

    My partner has trouble seeing in dim light... guess which kind of light I love!

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    I would... but the weight gain ;_;

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

    While I have never defaulted to wondering if friends hated me, I do overthink every vague response from someone. Not in a negative way, just all the possibilities and implications that there could be.

    Asking for clarification from non-friends does frequently end in them being annoyed by me. No Susan, I don't know what you are implying by pointing out someone's is wearing a green shirt.

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

    Missing social cues is adhd related. Not understanding implied social cues is more autism related. Many people with one have the other so it can be hard to separate them.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Social cues primarily require prior knowledge of the person and the context to have meaning. Stating that something is a color with no additional context as to why that color has a meaning is confusing.

    "Thst shirt is blue!"

    Ok. I wonder if it is just a bold color, a team color, doesn't go with some other color they are wearing, or something else. A neurotypiczl person would probably just assume their first assumpton is correct but answer with a vague "It sure is!" they can both go on with their day whether they are on the same page or not.

    The reason that this is my example is after having a lot of technical discussions that require shared understanding of details, it is apparent that the vast majority of people just assume they are on the same page when they are not. But they communicate in vsgue ways that don't cause issues as long as nobody checks to see if they really are on the same page.

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

    So someone who is allistic is likely going to have very little issue with the "shirt is blue" and moving on with their day. Just because someone is allistic doesn't mean they are neurotypical, the common implication otherwise is just a pet peeve of mine.

    The fact that the vagueness of the statement bothers you this much suggests to me that you are talking about an autistic more than adhd trait but ymmv.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm fairly sure most people don't assume they know why someone said it's blue, they just don't care.

    People say things to make conversation. It often fails to make sense, but you can just roll with it instead of autopsy-ing the conversation.

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

    What Is A Focus definitely, but also sometimes it’s How Do I Stop Focus?

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

    It's a bit of a shame that ADD isn't a thing anymore, just dropping the H makes it a lot less misleading. The attention deficit part is broadly descriptive of my issues

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I do find it odd that it settled into ADHD-I, ADHD-H and ADHD-C; the one that is primarily expressed through hyperactivity literally is called "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Hyperactive".

    Removing the H and using the subtypes would add clarity for sure.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    I forgot about ___ while looking for the part to project ___ and now I have two things half done and can’t remember why

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago
    • Oops, I forgot _______ again

    -it'll only take like 15 minutes (don't trust me: it'll either be 3 minutes or 1 hour).

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