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Great to know! Now do ADHD.
I'm getting kinda tired of being flooded with ADHD memes that are just like, "I sometimes get distracted" or, "I don't like doing chores".
And the amount of "omg I stimmed in this public place!" That are then videos of them just being dicks and pretending that this "uncontrollable movement" knocked something over.
And the amount of patently fake DID tiktoks, ugh. I moved over to YouTube shorts mostly for other reasons but there are way less of those things going on there.
I knock over shit with uncontrolled movement all the time, but I'm not gonna pretend that it's either stimming or uncontrollable. It's just the usual "brain lost track of one sub-process of movement again" that happens with ADHD.
My stimming is usually bouncing my leg, tapping a rhythm on something or unconsciously mouthing the lyrics of some song. I'm aware particularly the latter may be disconcerting to some people, but it's a far cry from being a dick.
This is exactly it. I get so tired of hearing people say shit like “I forgot. I’m so adhd.” or “Everyone’s a little adhd.” No, you’re/they’re not and you apparently don’t even know what it is or you wouldn’t say things like that.
I always joke that diagnosis would be much easier if everyone was just given a bit of adderall and see how they respond. Bouncing off the walls? Normie. Finally finishes their taxes? ADHD.
I hear stories like this and I’m still searching for the one that will do this for me. I think I’m on #4 now. Fingers crossed!
Adderall makes nearly everyone work-motivated. That's why college students abuse it when studying/writing, and why the old don't-do-meth commercials used to describe people cleaning their spotless houses.
What kind of medication did they prescribe you?
I understand that it can be annoying, but I personally find the adhd memes pretty funny and relatable because my fiancee has adhd. A lot of the memes about not doing chores and getting distracted can be applicable to neurotypical people, but there's also an additional layer of lived experience that accompanies those memes to be very relevant to people that have adhd or lives with someone who does
I'm really torn on this, because on one hand the over generalization of ADHD prevented me - and is still preventing me - from taking my own diagnosis too seriously, but that same information got me to at least think about it and get a consult with a psychiatrist on it in the first place.
It helped the diagnosis but not the feelings of being an imposter post-diagnosis.
Dr Russell Barkley is, as far as I can tell, the world’s foremost expert on ADHD.
He’s got lectures that I found engaging enough to watch, and shorter videos on various subjects-topics.
Watching his stuff, it felt very validating and enlightening and helped push me past my imposter feelings.
I see shit like that on lemmy as well.
Everyone wants to be a victim nowadays
Shit like this, makes those of us with/without diagnosis question our own experience. We don’t want to be one of those people, and many stop taking meds that they desperately need, or never seek out professional help because we think… I don’t have adhd, I’m just telling myself that to make me feel better, but the truth is I’m a big piece of shit and that’s why I can never get anything done. And then we get depressed. And some even kill themselves.