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ADHD

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many of us are undiagnosed. My mom said I never got treatment because I wasn't disruptive in class. ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ADHD is both overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed at the same time for me... I blame misinformation and overall confusion regarding ADHD... When I talked about my symptoms to others, a common answer I would get is "common among people" - if my pratically extreme executive dysfunction and lower leg muscle destroying hyperactivity was actually common among people than the global society wouldn't last a week

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd be easy to diagnose if we were a little more lax with our prescriptions.

Here, take this Ritalin. Did it make you hyper? Yeah, you're normal. Did it make you fold laundry the same day you washed it? ADHD.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I take meds and I will never fold. Best I can do is actually doing the laundry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Imagine gatekeeping a disability.