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Thanks for posting this, happy to see it has worked out so well for you! The main take-away from these two wildly different experiences being: people suck at f

by krono 4y ago

Thanks for posting this, happy to see it has worked out so well for you! The main take-away from these two wildly different experiences being: people suck at fixing their own mental/behavioural problems, go the professional help route for actual results.

elcritch 4y ago
Yes, professional help is critical. It was for me, I would’ve never guessed “ADHD” or believed it without clear evidence based on IQ testing. It can take a few different doctors and some work to ensure you find a good fit though. So at the same time take the medical professionals with a grain of salt. I had a psychiatrist berate me for 5 minutes for being late (though within the university health center’s allowable limit) after I had fallen into a hyper focus trance. He was working on prescribing me a medication to help with hyper focus related issues of being late. He did actually help me find one that worked, but he was kinda a dick about it. Ironic that even experts focused on treating ADHD still struggle grasping at an emotional level that “yes it’s a real physical thing”.
travisjungroth 4y ago
That is quite a conclusion. Sample size of 2 for the first claim, sample size of 0 for the second!
- krono 4y ago
  Which I realised shortly after posting, figured I was going to get called out on it sooner rather than later. Thank you for your service :p
kingcharles 4y ago
If possible, get a second opinion. I was in jail and a lot of people were there because they had been prescribed a regimen of drugs, by a psychiatrist in the free world, that was subpar and caused them to behave in a way that ended with them being locked up. Psych drug prescriptions are hard to get right due to the varying combinations of mental illnesses and how difficult it is to diagnose some of them, but some psychiatrists seem to be straight quacks prescribing whateverthefuck.

by krono 4y ago

elcritch 4y ago

Yes, professional help is critical. It was for me, I would’ve never guessed “ADHD” or believed it without clear evidence based on IQ testing. It can take a few different doctors and some work to ensure you find a good fit though. So at the same time take the medical professionals with a grain of salt. I had a psychiatrist berate me for 5 minutes for being late (though within the university health center’s allowable limit) after I had fallen into a hyper focus trance. He was working on prescribing me a medication to help with hyper focus related issues of being late. He did actually help me find one that worked, but he was kinda a dick about it. Ironic that even experts focused on treating ADHD still struggle grasping at an emotional level that “yes it’s a real physical thing”.

travisjungroth 4y ago

That is quite a conclusion. Sample size of 2 for the first claim, sample size of 0 for the second!

krono 4y ago
Which I realised shortly after posting, figured I was going to get called out on it sooner rather than later. Thank you for your service :p

kingcharles 4y ago

If possible, get a second opinion. I was in jail and a lot of people were there because they had been prescribed a regimen of drugs, by a psychiatrist in the free world, that was subpar and caused them to behave in a way that ended with them being locked up. Psych drug prescriptions are hard to get right due to the varying combinations of mental illnesses and how difficult it is to diagnose some of them, but some psychiatrists seem to be straight quacks prescribing whateverthefuck.