• balsoft@lemmy.ml
    33·
    20 days ago

    For me it’s not “is it even a big enough deal”, the problem is that I can’t find the time to do shit nowadays.

    This XKCD hits hard

    XKCD comic "ADD"

  • testfactor@lemmy.world
    5·
    20 days ago

    Why do people care?

    Like, I think I’m in this picture, as I’m sure I’ve got at least a moderate bit of autism/ADHD, but it’s not that I worry it’s “not bad enough to seek treatment.” It’s just that I’ve built up solid coping mechanisms, and a formal diagnosis just doesn’t hold any weight with me.

    Like, I don’t understand why I would even want or bother with seeing a doctor about it.

    But maybe I’m just on the “less severe” end of people represented by this meme, or maybe I’ve just had more time to build up systems for dealing with it or something. Idk.

    • Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      20 days ago

      🤗 well lah-di-dagh, check out their royal highness and their “coping mechanisms”…

      🥲 I’m happy for you tho

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    20 days ago

    lowkey I kinda found it a bit fun, like I’ve been trying to debunk my suspected AuDHD by combing through a shitton of scientific research as well as the DSM-5, and haven’t found anything to the contrary.

    I’ve been doing this for 3 months straight… Yeah no I definitely have it.

    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
      4·
      20 days ago

      Hi, do you mind sharing some of your research ? I personally don’t have much in the way of research… it’s mostly a bunch of markdown notes about my own life that are starting to look like the Pepe Silvia meme

      • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        20 days ago

        Good question, I can’t present it right now, since I’m about to go to sleep, but I’ll try to find all the research I found tomorrow. Also, the research is a bit disorganised, since I don’t usually sync my bookmarks on any browser and I’ve got 3 daily driver devices and 3 others I occasionally use, so I’ll have to search a bit.

        I’ve also got a bit of other research I’ll take out due to relevance, such as acquired savant syndrome research (I do relate to it a bit funnily enough).

        Oh and yeah, I do have markdown notes of my own in random places too lol. They’re basically just recall tests, lists of symptoms and other random stuff about my psyche distributed across like 5 different notes apps

        • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
          1·
          20 days ago

          I can relate a bit. I’ve been trying to consolidate everything under one roof (currently generic markdown files generated by QOwnNotes). For me, anything goes. Even a random sentence by a random person as long as it helps paint the broad picture. The only issue with this approach is, it can be prone to confirmation bias. Anyway, please do share if you can, but no pressure. Cheers,

  • fif-t@fedia.io
    2·
    20 days ago

    Don’t have an “official” diagnosis, am probably (almost certainly) not ADHD. Almost certainly autistic. My therapist seems to agree (among other people) but can’t give me a diagnosis officially or say yes officially, but it’s treating me as if I am and it’s validating.

    Probably won’t get an official diagnosis though, there are no real treatments for it, and if I ever want to move abroad, it’ll add a lot of additional hurdles. I still struggle to say I’m autistic (because it’s not official).

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    1·
    20 days ago

    I suspect I have a light form of ADD, but I mask/work well enough . I’ve seen therapists, they don’t think I have it so… 🤷