Content
@
https://warpcast.com/~/channel/adhd
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
Emmanuel Awosika
@eawosika
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.
0 reply
0 recast
11 reactions
xky
@xky
Also as someone who grew up handling it because there was no term for it yet (yes I am oooold) my way to tell is to listen to how they talk about their brain/body parts. If they talk about their brain as a friend or detached external being, almost always I find that person to be some flavor of autist. 😝
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
xky
@xky
It's so weird that ADHD is the one thing you're NOT allowed to take meds for, in our society. Like literally every day Pharma has some new thing for some new disease no one's ever heard of, and that's just fine. But if it's for ADHD suddenly they judge you. I don't personally take them but if it works for others, who cares?!
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
