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So something people will say is "Lots of people are self-diagnosing with ADHD even if they don't have it" (which makes them skeptical in general). Even I got told "Well, I also struggle with distraction and I don't need meds" by many friends when I received my diagnosis. It's easy to misdiagnose people with ADHD because the condition is really a combination of issues that even neurotypical people deal with. For example, the regular human deals with procrastination, distraction, depression, and so on. So it's easy to dismiss ADHD as fake. The difference (speaking from personal experience): - ADHD predisposes you to experiencing these issues in elevated form. Procrastinating on your emails is fairly normal. Procrastinating to the point where you actively self-sabotage (akrasia) is NOT normal. - ADHD predisposes you to a larger combination of these issues. It's not normal to simultaneously deal with procrastination, depression, anxiety, executive dysfunction, and a dozen other comorbid conditions.
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This post from @sdv.eth hit harder than I expected. You won't understand the pain behind "Where did I go wrong?" unless you've lived with the experience of trying and failing to manage ADHD. ADHDers are some of the most determined and resourceful people you'll meet, which means you can bet we'll try everything to get better. But what you learn quickly is that ADHD almost always means fighting a difficult war with nature and losing 90% of the time. I avoid talking about ADHD publicly because it often sounds like complaining. However, acknowledging the difficulty of working and living as a neurodivergent individual means I can cut myself some slack and recognize the small wins. Sometimes you wish you never knew about this weird four-letter condition. I'll always choose knowledge over ignorance, though. Knowing how my brain functions and understanding my limits has made life easier/tolerable in certain cases. Maybe it does get better.
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