Päivi Butcher AuDHD 🇫🇮🦋
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#TeamADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD | I only speak for myself | Cardiac arrest survivor 2020, #CardiacSarcoidosis , defib pacemaker | She/her | On Bluesky too ⬇🦋
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Heippa! I'm Päivi from Finland! 🇫🇮 I'm an autistic ADHDer, I love to talk about both
#Autism
and
#ADHD
. I also have
#CardiacSarcoidosis
,
#UlcerativeColitis
and likely
#MCAS
. I'm a
#CardiacArrest
survivor 2020 ❤️🩹 I work at company that helps neurodivergents. Who are you? 🤗
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@Rhanty
I'm ADHD and autistic. I often bring up something that's happened to me. It's my way of relating and showing that I understand. It's not at all making it about me.
This is a common way of communicating for us.
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Employers that don't want to hire neurodivergents like ADHDers, autistics etc: you likely already have. You just don't know.
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Just because someone prefers a less demanding job, doesn't say anything about their intelligence.
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As
#ADHD
is trending, I'd like everyone to know:
🧠 You don't need to be visibly hyperactive to have ADHD (
#ADHDinattentive
)
🧠 Girls/women have ADHD
(
#ADHDwomen
)
🧠 Adults have ADHD (
#AdultADHD
)
🧠 ~80% of adults with ADHD don't know they have it
🧠 There are lots of
#ADHDmyths
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I just came across someone saying their child "overcame" autism. Someone said their autistic child has "hope for recovery".
Just a reminder once again that autism is not an illness or a disease, it's a neurological difference. You don't stop being autistic.
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"You get addicted to ADHD meds" 🙃
ADHD is procrastinating picking up your meds from the pharmacy. I have Adderal sitting there at CVS for almost a week
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You don't need to be visibly hyper to be an ADHDer. If you think ADHD = "wild little white boy", then it's time to update your knowledge.
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By far my biggest
#ADHDtax
: my teeth. Most upsetting thing is regret. 😔 Made me cry again today.
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I'm autistic. I don't have autism. If I did, I'd lose it somewhere because I'm also an ADHDer.
#Autism
#AutismAcceptance
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
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The ADHD urge to do what you want when you want
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Every time I see 'TDAH' (=ADHD in some countries) I say "TA-DA!" in my head. Love it.
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If someone tells you they've been diagnosed ADHD/autistic, plz don't say you're sorry. They're both about different neurology, not illnesses.
Most will be relieved to find out why their lives have been a struggle. It's common for us to congratulate each other for getting a dg.
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I was called "woke" for using the word 'neurodivergent', when I should've just said ADHD and autism. (Which I did, too.) Can't please everyone 😀
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Do your legs look like this or are you neurotypical?
Hit the same object yesterday and the day before 😂 My spatial awareness is SO bad.
#ADHDAutism
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ADHDers, do you consider ADHD to be a neurotype, just like many autistics consider autism to be a neurotype rather than e.g. a "condition" or a "disorder"?
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There's been talk about smaller neurodivergent Twitter accounts shouting into the void, being hidden by the algorithm, even though they have a lot to say too.
Let's make a thread and boost under 500 follower accounts! Give a shout out to someone or say hello yourself! 😊
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🧠 You can have
#ADHD
and do well at school, have a degree, a job, a relationship & a family
🧠 You don't outgrow ADHD
🧠 There's no cure for ADHD
🧠 Undiagnosed/untreated ADHD can have serious consequences
🧠 ADHD meds decrease the risk of drug abuse
🧠 ADHD is highly genetic
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When someone tells you they are an ADHDer or autistic, you don't question it.
You don't say "No you're not", "You can't be", "But you don't look..", "But everyone's a little.."
They tell you, you listen.
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You can not tell how many challenges an ADHD/autistic person has, and how much help they need, just by looking at the person. You have no idea.
#HiddenDisabilities
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🧠
#ADHD
is underdiagnosed
🧠 Not all doctors recognise ADHD
🧠 ADHD is often misdiagnosed as e.g. depression, anxiety, bipolar
🧠 Lots of ADHDers have comorbid conditions, e.g. autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, tourettes
🧠 Many undiagnosed ADHDers self-medicate with alcohol/drugs
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Years ago I was put on antidepressants as I described my life to the doctor. They were no help.
At 38 I found out it was ADHD all along; I was never depressed. A very common misdiagnoses.
(Undiagnosed ADHD can lead to depression, though.)
#WorldMentalHealthDay
#MentalHealth
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🧠
#ADHD
is often missed in girls/women
🧠 ADHD isn't a "fad", it's just recognised better today
🧠 ADHD isn't caused by too much TV/games/sugar/additives
🧠 ADHD isn't caused by bad parenting
🧠 ADHDers can concentrate (
#Hyperfocus
)
🧠 Hyperactivity is also inner restlessness
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@mosseri
I don't want videos, reels, shopping, loads of promoted posts etc.
I only want to post photos and see photos that people I follow post, in a chronological order.
Why to try and be like other apps?? I don't get it. You're driving people away.
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#HateToDisappointYouBut
ADHD is likely not what you think it is. I'm saying this because most people think
#ADHD
is just hyperactive, naughty little boys, and it couldn't be more wrong. It affects life in so many ways. If you know people with it, please find out what it's about.
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A big company will have many neurodivergent employees.
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#ADHD
math is buying a tube of toothpaste because you're running out of toothpaste, but you forget about the 17 tubes in your cupboard that you've bought before because you were running out of toothpaste.
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My "depression" wasn't depression, it was ADHD all along. (Check out tweet to see the full meme.)
#ADHD
#Depression
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🧠 Many prisoners have undiagnosed
#ADHD
🧠 ADHD is a scientifically proven neurological condition
🧠 ADHD brain is different & works differently to a neurotypical brain
🧠 ADHD faces a lot of stigma because people aren't aware what it really is
🧠 ADHD is not race dependent
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🧠 When you've met one ADHDer, you've met one ADHDer. We're all different
🧠 You can't necessarily see if someone has
#ADHD
, there's no "ADHD look"
🧠 There are currently thought to be 3 types of ADHD: a) inattentive, b) hyperactive-impulsive & c) combination of all these three
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Guess who got a job in a company that helps neurodivergents!!! ✌🏼
To get here I started 2 year studies at 38 to become a mental health practical nurse, survived when my heart stopped pumping, graduated and started a neuropsychiatric coach training I'm on.
A dream come true 😭🥰
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At least 80% of
#ADHD
adults aren't aware they're ADHDers. I find that tragic.
So many people all around the world wondering, not knowing why their everyday lives seem more challenging to them than other people around them. (Thread)
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"The clinical research psychologist who created the concept of HSP and first wrote about it, Elaine Aron, based the HSP criteria on family members who have since been diagnosed with autism"
How is HSP even a thing after that?
#HighlySensitivePerson
#HSP
#Autism
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"How do other parents manage it? Take care of their children, their home, their job, their relationship and free time. Cooking, cleaning and chauffeuring their children to hobbies. They seem to manage all that effortlessly. Why is everyday life so much easier for others?"
#ADHD
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Loads of ADHDers need ADHD meds (yes, often stimulants) to be able to function better in their everyday lives.
Newsflash: ADHDers having ADHD meds reduces the risk of addiction.
The fast rise of prescriptions for Adderall and other stimulants, along with rampant online treatment and advertising, suggest the start of another drug crisis like the opioid epidemic, a senior Drug Enforcement Administration official said Thursday.
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The ADHD meds stigma needs to stop. They can be life changing.
#ADHD
Today was my first day on ADHD medication. I've cried three times at how easy life was today. The calm, the silence, the focus. The absolute weightlessness of it all.
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How not to ask an autistic person if they can come to work
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I was diagnosed with
#ADHDinattentive
at 38 myself. Until then I had thought
#ADHD
means "wild" little boys. How wrong I was.
Here's my newspaper interview, which gives you an idea of how ADHD can show in your life when you're an adult (& a parent)
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Reasons why I thought I can't be autistic:
-I love coffee breaks and chatting at work
-I don't have meltdowns or shutdowns
-I have an impulsive side
-I felt I managed social situations ok
-I felt I didn't have routines
I'm also ADHD, it affects.
#ADHDAutism
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I'm Päivi 👋🏼 I have
#ADHD
, the
#Inattentive
type. I was diagnosed at 38, because no one ever recognised it before, I'm not visibly hyperactive. My symptoms were considered to be
#Depression
. Raising
#ADHDAwareness
is my passion 🔥
#ADHDAwarenessMonth
☂️
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"...ADHD traits can include an inability to keep time, feeling hypersensitive to rejection, emotional dysregulation, trouble maintaining friendships, binge eating, overspending and experiencing imposter syndrome. Almost universally, women report cripplingly low self-esteem."
.
@DebLinton
reports on the “lost generation of women with ADHD who have not been able to fulfil their potential”.
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@commaficionado
As a Finn (sorry to poke my nose in from afar) this all (and the very strict rules regarding school uniforms, e.g. having to ask the principal to take your blazer off on a hot day) sounds unbelievable. Like straight from a very old movie. It's 2021.
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#ThingsStupidPeopleSay
-ADHD isn't real
-There was no ADHD when I was young
-Everyone is a bit ADHD
-ADHD is caused by too much sugar/additives/TV/video games
-ADHD is caused by bad parenting
-ADHD was invented by Big Pharma to sell meds
Enough!
#ADHDMyths
#EndTheStigma
#ADHD
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How dare non-autistic people who have a "niece with Asperger's", whose "wife is a special ed teacher", who "work with people with disabilities" etc talk back at autistics, telling autistics what autism is and what it's like to live as an autistic person.
Listen and learn, dammit
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BREAKING: crime in London all time high as undiagnosed ADHDers are fed up with being on the NHS waiting list for years.
#ADHD
City of London Police first force in UK to screen people in custody for undiagnosed ADHD
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If you don't support autism self-diagnosis, you don't support me.
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When you're both ADHD and autistic, you can have two totally different sides in you; e.g. wanting change, but needing routine.
This can make you wonder if you really can be an ADHDer/autistic as you feel you don't fully fit the diagnostic criteria. You can.
#AuDHD
#ADHDAutism
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Saw the discussion about AuDHD. I'm both ADHDer and autistic. Just like ADHD, I use AuDHD. I was diagnosed ADHDer first and even though I don't like the term ADHD, that is what it is called atm. So I just add the 'u' to say I'm also autistic, not giving any thought to the 'D' tbh
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"When you take family physicians who are trained in anxiety [and] depression, [but] are not trained in ADHD, they will naturally misdiagnose or only diagnose the anxiety and depression and not the ADHD"
#AdultADHD
Adults have ADHD. We should have accessible care, too
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A question us ADHDers often ask ourselves when we get diagnosed as adults.
All those doctors, therapists, teachers etc. And no one noticed.
#ADHD
#ADHDAwarenessMonth
my dad: “what I don’t understand is if you have adhd how did you go all those years in high school and in therapy and no one noticed?”
THAT’S A GOOD FUCKIN QUESTION MATE
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@dustyexner
Messaging someone, them seeing the message, but not replying soon. "I must've said something wrong!" "What have I done?!" "They must be upset with me!"
Even though as an ADHDer I can take a long time replying, or even forget to reply..
#RSD
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"People diagnosed with
#ADHD
later on in life, like I was, wear the scars of a lifetime of judgement from failures you could never explain. It’s genuinely traumatic." -Tim Beshara,
#ADHDinattentive
#AdultADHD
#ADHDawareness
"The ADHD wears you down but it’s the secondary psychological impact that hits you the hardest. You get judged by your friends, colleagues, teachers & relatives as being weak in character. And you don’t know if they are right. Eventually you believe them."
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#ADHDis
much more than you think! There are 3
#ADHDTypes
. I was diagnosed with
#ADHDInattentive
at 38.
#TeamADHD
#AdultADHD
#WomenWithADHD
#ADHD
#ADHDAwareness
@ChannelAdhd
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It's fun being AuDHD 😅
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Just saw a great ADHD tip:
ADHDer 1: "How to get yourself to start a task?"
ADHDer 2: "Just start."
I must try! 😀
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"How do other parents manage it? Take care of their children, their home, their job, their relationship and free time. Cooking, cleaning and chauffeuring their children to hobbies. They seem to manage all that effortlessly. Why is everyday life so much easier for others?"
#ADHD
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Let's talk ADHD meds to lessen the stigma. What ADHD meds are you on? 💊💊
I take bupropion (name Voxra here in Finland.) It used to help me get stuff done at home, not sure if it helps anymore. Stimulants are banned from me because of my arrhythmia history.
#ADHD
#EndTheStigma
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Knowing that you should go to bed, but not wanting to, because sleep is boring and 'me time' is fun.
#ADHD
What is something that has “ADHDer energy”?
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Fellow autistics will get my frustration: I learned they don't make my bra anymore 😫
#ActuallyAutistic
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@Jo_Frost
Supporting the idea of autistics "overcoming autism" is your good intentions?
If you supported the autistic community you'd listen to us. But you're not, at all. And you yourself are saying we are unheard!
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What's also VERY upsetting is, that I've always taken good care of my teeth. Brushed twice a day, used tiny brushes to clean in between them, always had them fixed if there was any problems.
But at 45 I just learned I have bruxism. 😭 I clench my jaw, likely in my sleep.
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@Theholisticpsyc
No. Me being AuDHD (ADHD and autistic) isn't a superpower. Yes, I'm very, very good at some things, but I'm terrible at some other things. My daily life is challenging.
We don't need fixing, that's true. We need acceptance and support.
Sincere question: are you neurodivergent?
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What's something that ISN'T a compliment but it FEELS like it is to the person saying it?
I'll start: "You don't look like an ADHDer / autistic"
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Hei everyone, I'm Päivi! 👋🏼🙂 I'm a proud neurodivergent. I was diagnosed ADHDer at 38, and I'm also autistic.
I think all kinds of different brains are needed in the world ✨️
Who are you? 🤗
#NeurodiversityWeek
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
#Neurodiversity
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When I talk with someone, I tell stories about myself to show I understand, to support, to connect. It's not me going "Enough about you, let's talk about me!"
#ADHD
#Autism
#ADHDAutism
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If you're not an ADHDer and you have an opinion about
#ADHD
, just keep it to yourself. Your ignorant, clueless takes aren't welcome. They aren't clever, but embarrassing; we've heard it all before. It's boring. It's 2023, do catch up.
#EndTheStigma
#ADHDisReal
#ADHDTwitter
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Any ADHD person out there who does NOT end up being in a rush when you need to go somewhere?
#TimeBlindness
adhd is spending all morning preparing to leave and somehow you’re still late
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Always in a rush? Unfinished projects? Lost items? Forget things? Can't get things done? Get excited easily? Hyperfocus on things you like? Sensitive to touch, sound? Full of ideas? Hate filling forms? Difficulty choosing?
You may have ADHD.
#ADHDawarenessMonth
#ADHD
#AdultADHD
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If you have
#ADHD
you won't read my thread this far 😉 but I wanna say if you match the symptoms on the test above, then you may have ADHD. But it could be something else, too.
My challenges were thought to be
#Depression
. Antidepressants didn't help. It was ADHD all along.
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@pigletish
If I have guests coming over (very rare), I use every second to have things ready, just like you. Often I'm still cleaning the toilet when the doorbell rings! (At the agreed time.) Do not arrive early, I'm nowhere near ready.
#ADHDAcceptanceMonth
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"Is your time and energy taken up with coping, staying organized, and holding it together, with no time for fun?
Are you clueless as to how others manage to lead consistent, regular lives?
Do you feel like you are "passing for normal," but you are really an impostor?"
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Why are you still on Twitter?
I ask this sincerely. I keep asking myself the same.
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Yes
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So confusing but so real: 2 sides of ADHD.
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ADHD isn't real but everyone's a little ADHD nowadays?
Decide will ya
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"Most people on earth feel this way."
No. No. No. Please don't belittle the struggles that ADHDers have. Life can be bloody hard for us. If you do feel the same way, then it's always a _possibility_ you're one of us.
#ADHD
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I understand if you think so and are surprised to hear this. I thought this until I was 38, when I was diagnosed myself.
It was a shock as it had never crossed my (busy) mind that I could be an ADHDer.
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Had a chat with an old class mate who was wondering how come one of our old class mates now works in a grocery shop, as they were so smart in school.
Due to being autistic I enjoy some simple, repetitive tasks. (Folding laundry 😍😁) Doesn't say anything about my intelligence.
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Me, sometimes: goes from morning until evening not eating much at all because forgets.
#ADHD
Me, having to be without food for 4h before blood tests: better have a big breakfast so I can manage that.
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Dear non-autistic people,
This
#AutismAwarenessMonth
, please take a big step back and let autistic people do the talking. Amplify our voices. Thank you!
-The
#ActuallyAutistic
community
P.S.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
is better.
#Autism
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@autisticdreamer
If (my) autism was a superpower, I would be able to function after stepping on a drop of water when wearing socks.
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#ADHDTwitter
, who HASN'T experienced this?
Hey good news, everyone. That task I’ve put off for 16 months took a whole 20 minutes to accomplish from start to finish.
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And the award for the worst ever book title goes to
It's not even 7am, and I'm starting my day out by learning this exists.
Ugh.
Good morning?
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🧠 There's a lot of stigma attached to
#ADHDmeds
. Many of us need them to function better. Taking them in prescribed low doses actually decreases the risk of drug abuse in ADHDers. There are many meds available, they're not "one fits all". Read more:
#ItakeMyPillsBecause
.
#ADHD
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I'd rather worry about this than those who self-diagnose/identify as autistic.
#AutismAcceptanceWeek
New paper 🚨: 1 in 4 autistic adults (1 in 3 autistic women) reported at least one psychiatric diagnosis, prior to being diagnosed with
#autism
, that was perceived as a misdiagnosis.
It would be great if we could avoid these long diagnostic pathways
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