• towerful@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      ADHD memes was how I realised I probably have ADHD and am probably bipolar.
      Just on waiting lists to get a proper psych analysis and hopefully some meds.
      My biggest fear is they go “nah, your fine”, and I then have to deal with the fact that life is shit and that I am actually a lazy pos.

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        1 year ago

        If you’re worried about being a lazy pos, then you probably aren’t. If things are going wrong enough for you to seek out a professional analysis, I truly believe that any pysch specialist worth having will try to figure out why you’re feeling the way you are. Even if they rule out ADHD, they could recognize something else is going on and get you treated that way. I hope that’s of some consolation; good luck Internet stranger!

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          1 year ago

          Thanks.
          That’s super reassuring and affirming.
          I guess coming to the conclusion I probably have ADHD and/or bipolar has made me tunnel vision on a black/white result for that. As opposed to, the professional is going to try and help me.

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              7 months ago

              Oh wow. Thanks for checking in!
              Apparently I don’t meet the criteria based on the forms I filled in and stuff, but I’m working on getting a 2nd opinion with someone that will hopefully help me through the process.
              I think I’m still coming to terms with it, and identifying the things I have issues with in a way that I can explain them. Instead of panicking and my mind going blank.
              So… Work in progress? I guess

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        1 year ago

        That’s how I felt before diagnosis. I think most of us did, and some still feel that way after diagnosis.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve literally never heard or read that a psychologist didn’t give out a diagnosis.

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          1 year ago

          psychologists would say u may have this disorder but it is obviously not dramatically affecting your quality of life as to require a drug dependency. which i find to be true of most people with “adhd” though yall could be different most people haven’t figured out what gives them drive or a system that works well for them. lazy exists but its effectively capitalist propaganda.

          i think i have adhd too and can’t seem to remember to do anything when i need to remember it at least. and i just have a lot of other symptoms but im also aware that I’ve made it this far (21) i dont think i need addys or whatever. granted i smoke shittons of weed which can give adhd like symptoms so who knows.

          idek what i rambled on about in this comment at this point

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    1 year ago

    R/adhd was weird. Didn’t they have a rule against saying the word neurodivergent or something? And a minimum character count required per post? I never had the attention span to read some of those text bricks haha.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        Lemmy.world defedded several instances recently, ours both are included… you may not see updates from that lemmy.world community unfortunately

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          So far we over at midwest.social seem to have avoided that fate. We’re kinda “don’t start no ish, won’t be bo ish” kinda folks. But someone is always saying “we need to defederate from xxx right now!”

          I think we maybe did defederate from some abandoned instance that was taken over by nazis though.

          I heard a new feature will let users block instances they don’t want to see. I think that’ll be a big help.