ADHD

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A casual community for people with ADHD

Values:

Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.

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No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
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Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
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No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).

Encouraged:

Funny memes.
Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
Questions on confusing situations.
Seeking and sharing support.
Engagement in our values.

Relevant Lemmy communities:

Neurodivergent Life Hacks

lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.

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Holy shit. how the fuck even (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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How do they expect people who are suspected of having ADHD to do all this paperwork for the assessment?? it's like Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia being the fear of long words!!! WHO DECIDED THIS??

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[–] loonsun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh it wasn't as rough as it could have been. My parents did it mostly out of concern that everyone was trying to medicate me first and help me second. I'm much older now and doing my own doctorat in Psychology, so I think I mostly turned out alright.

[–] oppy1984 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I could see that. My doctor was against using meds until other methods were tried so I didn't have the parental fear of medication. He actually got my mom's permission to use me in the neurofeedback study for ADHD that helped the practice become accepted. Neurofeedback was a lifesaver for me, thanks to that I've never had to take any meds. Obviously results vary and others may not have the same results but I always recommend it when someone says their kid has ADHD or ADD.

[–] loonsun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've never done neural feedback myself so I'll have to look into it. Medication is only partially effective on me but doesn't help with me improving my behaviours just reducing harmful ones. Probably even if I took meds as a kid it wouldn't have been life changing, everyone is different in that way

[–] oppy1984 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's worth a shot. It's not a cure and takes conscious effort to apply, but it does help, for me at least. I still have the behavioral issues, basic self-care, being on time, ect. But I work on those everyday, but I work in international freight and processing shipping documents is incredibly boring and repetitive. But I was the top performer because I was able to apply the concentration techniques I learned during nerofeedback, it took some trial and error, but eventually I found podcasts and audiobooks helped distract the busy part of my brain just enough to let me focus on my work.

Best of luck, and feel free to ask any questions if you have any.

[–] loonsun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Glad to see its been so good for you, if you have any recommend resources that would be nice