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Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Don't worry, keep up the stress and ADHD will break like a neurotypical.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yup. I rode deadline panick all the way through to a degree and now it feels like adrenaline just doesn't work right anymore.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Time to get your masters.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or a Monster... Red Bull... Cocaine....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

5 hour energy poured into a 4 loko

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Hah, for me, this broke down in the middle of my degree lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Get a hormone blood panel done, it can check your cortisol.

I had one done a few weeks ago and (big surprise) my cortisol is basically non existent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I had a near miss during autobahn driving recently and I felt nothing. I remembered it because it was so bizzare. I do feel burnt out from anxiety

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When the adrenaline doesn't work anymore, it's time to try meth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Meth just makes you fail at jerking off for 72 hours straight. Nothing to see here

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure my baseline cortisol levels could kill a small animal. And probably shortened my lifespan by a few years.

My AuDHD is flavored by several varieties of anxiety and crippling depression, the former undiagnosed for most of my life and the latter two only being treated sporadically. I've had my episodes of shining in times of chaos (usually at work) but my brain's go-to response is freeze.

It's not very effective.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That’s what drives me nuts about saying we “thrive” in stress. Equating being functional with doing well is so detrimental to our mental health, because we may be hitting deadlines but we are suffering miserably while doing so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Former Paramedic here. Damn right it does.