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I friend of mine a few years back once said to me, "Some days ADHD is my most disabling condition." This is a person who often can't walk. I was properly medic
by kerkeslager 3y ago
I friend of mine a few years back once said to me, "Some days ADHD is my most disabling condition." This is a person who often can't walk.
I was properly medicated (with non-stimulant medication) for ADHD a few years ago and looking back to my life before that, I realize how much ADHD has negatively effected my life. And yet never along the way did anyone look at me with any sort of compassion. It was always seen as a moral failing on my part, a "Why can't you do this? Everyone else can." And I had been given those messages so consistently that I came to believe them about myself.
It was really eye-opening to have someone with a visibility tell me that sometimes their intellectual disability hampered their life more than their physical disability.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoOut of curiosity, which non-stimulant medication did you have success with?
- kerkeslager 3y agoAtomoxetine/strattera.
- organsnyder 3y agoI haven't actually read the book itself, but the book "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid Or Crazy?!" has been valuable to me just for the title alone.