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I got caught up in this myself, I was recently(ish) diagnosed with ADHD and I was struggling with some preconceived notions of what it would be like after seein
by nerdjon 3y ago
I got caught up in this myself, I was recently(ish) diagnosed with ADHD and I was struggling with some preconceived notions of what it would be like after seeing a ton of articles, social media posts, etc that seemed to all make ADHD out to be this singular experience that I don't match up with. (Even worse I had preconceived notions of what the medication would be like, which it has been great but it wasn't quite like I was lead to believe)
I have parts of it, and that's part of why I did not even think to get diagnosed until I was in my thirties. It wasn't until I said something to my doctor casually that the conversation came up.
I think these general terms can discourage people from getting help because their experience doesn't line up with headlines like that that imply if you don't have this experience you don't have it.
- weweersdfsd 3y agoYeah, diagnosis like ADHD and autism have been invented just to make sense of the various ways our brains can be different. There's a high rate of comorbidity between the two, and various other diagnosis, which means they are not really separate "diseases", but just collections of symptoms caused by some differences in brain structure. Personally I have traits commonly linked to both ADHD and autism. I'm often afraid of change and desire structure, yet somehow I love traveling. I guess that my extreme boredom with repetitive daily life just overcomes the fear, plus some of my deep interests require travel.