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1.7yr
Were any of you the first to get diagnosed in your family?
I was really in the ADHD assessment saying I had no family history of neurodivergence, knowing damn well my dad and one of my sisters have the exact same symptoms of me
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1.7yr
First-line medications used to treat ADHD are among the most rigorously studied, with decades of supporting evidence. So why do fears about their use persist?
https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-and-stimulants-medication-fear/[N]o other class of medications in virtually all of medicine inspires more baseless fears, intentional disinformation, and wild beliefs as do the stimulants used to treat ADHD. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Great [ADHD compatible] meditation method
... read full post
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1.7yr
Webfishing Drop-In Peer Support FAQ & Rules
What happens if the server crashes? ... read full post
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1.7yr
First day on Vyvanse
Folks, this is it. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Is it neurodivergence to barely feel emotions and not want to form relationships?
I haven't felt anything besides low burning self contempt for years. Emotions like sadness and happiness elude me. I haven't sincerely shouted for joy or wept in years. I also have no desire to get close to other people and form relationships. This makes it nigh impossible for me to give a shit about even important things. While I don't feel much pain anymore, I also lack the spark that makes life worth living. I feel like a soulless automaton. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Is this realization relatable?
I used to see myself as a person who prided themselves in not letting shit bother me, be it something really sad, scary, happy or funny, I repeatedly told myself I wouldn’t let it affect me. And that worked for a long time sure, but eventually it all comes out in one way or another. ... read full post
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1.7yr
I requested it on November 1st, but I'm still waiting on Walmart to fill my Adderall prescription 👦🏻 ➡️ 👴🏻
It's not a supply issue. ... read full post
49
1.7yr
Ableism gets so fucking real when you near capital
Realizing I’m somewhere on the probably somewhere on the spectrum, and I can clearly see others in my life where not behaving in a typically autistic way near power, will attain a desired result. I know because I’ve tried in both ways, and “falling in line” works most of the time if you don’t touch any number of buzzwords. ... read full post
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1.7yr
"I'm glad you're here"
It was a hard day. Got a message from my landlord saying the police were bothering him because our visas were expired. They weren't. Had to go to the police station and get it squared away. So anxious the whole time. (Of course there was nothing to worry about, but that doesn't matter for emotional regulation). Afterwards couldn't hold it in and ended up crying in public. Went home and could barely stand, my feet hurt from the stress. Ordered safe food from meituan. My partner gets the door, and the delivery river says "I'm glad you're here" in broken English. ... read full post
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1.7yr
I can’t understand my feelings after a date
With my last partner I’ve learned quite a bit especially putting my needs and myself first, I am lonely but if I don’t vibe with someone then I shouldn’t just get with them because of what I’m feeling. I have to give myself space and time to find the right person I click with. That being said, I feel somewhat ashamed and sad that the person I’ve been on two dates with might not be compatible with me, they’re very nice, they’re funny, and in the first date I felt we clicked but the second, I just don’t know. I was trying to figure out if it was my self sabotaging behavior preventing me from being happy but I don’t think it is. I like them but I feel like they would be better off with someone more outspoken maybe? I wasn’t feeling too well on the second date either, I was also scared of catching Covid (I have something now so wish granted) and I was generally in a lot of pain, I should’ve said something but I didn’t and when the date was coming to a close I couldn’t do it anymore and said I wanted to go home. I was upset because they were sad and I could tell because they were more quiet near the end, and any reason I had for not wanting to continue hanging out felt like an excuse. ... read full post
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1.7yr
How do you cope with your job? [CW: venting]
It is very tiresome and painful for me (AuDHD) because of the: ... read full post
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1.7yr
So like, real question. If i get a job working with autistic kids and becqyse i am autistic does that cause a conflict of interest or something
Im gonna increasr the autisms by at least three
Im bad with kids but the other job im training for is with adults 30 minutes by car away so i cant afford that gas to stay there forever
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1.7yr
bet you say that to all the clients
jk, of course. honestly feels a little shitty to make this joke, but I know she's not on Hexbear and it helps me feel better about this situation, so 🤷😂 ... read full post
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1.7yr
If i made an effortpost about how AI is being trained in ways that do not really accommodate people like us, would that be of interest?
As yall have seen me post and post, I've been doing freelance AI training to keep myself afloat while looking for a steady job. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Does anyone else get weirdly insecure about their neurodivergence?
What I mean is that I have ADHD, I got diagnosed this summer, but sometimes I feel like I don't have ADHD in the right way. I struggl with ADHD a lot, and it really affects me, but for some reason I feel like I'm using it as an excuse or faking my symptoms. Even though I know I'm not? ... read full post
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1.7yr
how many jobs have you had?
you don't have to describe them in detail with dates, not trying to get you to doxx yourself ... read full post
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1.7yr
the dastardly dialogue loop, aka get me the fuck out of here I’m sorry for the idea I brought up I genuinely don’t have any meaningful attachment to it please god let me leave
do any neurodivergence havers also have the issue of trying to balk for like a good few turns from a conversation where you tried to bring up a point or suggest an alternative to something but you misread the room and it turns into what I can only perceive as the other person taking what you thought was an off-hand idea that you have no real attachment to and turning it into their own personal mission to, I honestly can’t tell why so I'll just say how it looks to me, submit to their way of thinking? Maybe they want to change my perspective? Maybe they want to win in the marketplace of ideas? ... read full post
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1.7yr
I face a bit of a reckoning. Is it bad that at this point in my life, my closest friends are people I met when I was in my teens?
I would LOVE to be able to branch out, but as much as I’ve tried in my almost 30 years, it always ends as nothing but a wet fart. Most of the people who I do vibe with (and who tolerate me) exist in the form of potential romantic interests and it just doesn’t work out. I can’t find that “line” of platonicness and romance. From that perspective then, I guess it makes sense why my friendships/commections ceased formation in my adolescence. Doesn’t make it suck any less though lolololol ... read full post
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1.7yr
Meal Planning: I suck at it.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3796123 ... read full post
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1.7yr
I sure do wish I could talk about anything other than life things when meeting people at parties
That’s like the one of the only ways I’ve managed to meet people (THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE) and it sucks so so fucking much because finding someone who is reciprocative to that type of shit is so damn hard-especially in the era of instagram reels and TikTok ... read full post
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1.7yr
Steroids and Schizophrenia, 0/10
I got a respiratory infection and got prescribed Prednisone to fight it. The Prednisone has been helping, but has made my symptoms of schizophrenia a lot worse, including dangerous mood swings and tweaky paranoia. Does anybody have any suggestions for dealing this this?
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1.8yr
Autistica and ADHD people seem to be either hypersexual or ace-spectrum, sex-typical (new term?) ND people seem rare.
SOMETIMES an autistic elder statesman like myself might have like, gone through a hypersexual phase and then chilled out. Which is sort of me, but also sort of not. ... read full post
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1.8yr
Imagine:
Something like those Japanese jackoff boxes that are in crowded spaces but instead it's a soundproof box with climate control and dimmable lights for calming the fuck down.
I'm at a theme park with my kids today and it's very not chill.
47
1.8yr
weed is crazy
with the right (small-ish usually) dose, set, and setting it really is a mental performance enhancing drug. increased social performance, introspection, novel ideas, even some memory recall.
does this say something about my neurotype?