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ADHD
A casual community for people with ADHD
Values:
Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.
Rules:
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
- No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed.
- Do not request for donations.
- Do not link to other social media or paywalled content.
- Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- 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:
lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.
My appointment is in just over a month. I've been on a waiting list for over a year.
Good luck! By the way, I love your username!
Thank you!
Good luck! I emailed the same person I got my autism test from and was doing therapy with until, due to a scheduling thing, it just fell off. I never got an email back, so now I'm just here struggling through life and not being able to keep up with anything. I hope your test goes well and you are able to get the help you need!
Getting diagnosed with ADHD at a later age is way harder than it needs to be.
I got diagnosed after high school. I was repeatedly told that the reason I can't focus is that I'm tired and I need to sleep more.
Not only were my sleep issues related to ADHD but also I was exhausted from forcing myself to focus
I really don't like that doctor. Like if Im constantly exhausted I feel like that should be something to look into instead of simply dismissing.
I actually wrote a whole essay correlating ADHD and depression the year afterward for college. It really just explained all of my issues.