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Cake day: October 12th, 2023

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  • I thought his comment on the heart was just some made up bs. Turns out no, it’s not. It’s an old testament verse, but still in the Bible. As an aside, why do the evangelicals love the old testament so much? Is it because it gives more of a right to be judgy?

    Jeremiah 17:9 NIV - The heart is deceitful above all things - Bible Gateway

    From a skeptical translation point of view, I want to know if the word heart means the same thing today as it did then.



  • I know very little about the effects of the treatment on me in particular. From what I’ve gathered, it’s mainly working with a doctor to figure out better coping strategies and then pharmaceutical interventions if needed. If that is decided then you try to find the medication that makes your symptoms better with a manageable amount of side effects.

    When I did seek out diagnosis, I went through several rounds of surveys and had a family member interviewed by the practitioner. On the day of the diagnosis, she was running really behind, apologized and tried to give me the time I needed. But her diagnosis was “I’m really on the border, but I do have mild depression”. She offered something for that and asked if I wanted that. In the midst of emotionally coping with my confusion, I’m not tasked with a major decision about if I want a pharmaceutical I know literally nothing about, generally hesitant to taking pharmaceuticals, and in need of guidance from someone who doesn’t have the time to give it.

    I left with no Rx and a note in my chart that I don’t have ADHD. So I don’t know where you got the idea that anyone who sees out the diagnosis gets it come from, but I didn’t.

    Relatedly, an old friend who has since been diagnosed with adhd and hanging with her has been medicine.