• SpacePanda@mander.xyz
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    15 days ago

    Told my parents when i was a kid it feels like I have constant anxiety. Response? “you dont know what anxiety is, wait until your older” im older and still have constant anxiety, not sure what was supposed to change lol

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 days ago

    I’m in my late 30s and I told my mom recently that I think I have adhd.

    She reminded me that I took a test at a psych when I was like 18 and they said I was borderline adhd and that they could give me meds for it but I declined.

    I completely forgot about that until my mom told me the story.

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      15 days ago

      I jumped through hoops decades ago to get tested for ADHD and did not get the diagnosis based on my good performance on the cognitive tests, plus some of my wife’s questionnaire answers not seeming severe enough.

      I finally started Adderall here in my 40s thank freaking god.

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        15 days ago

        Can you tell me what it was like before and after? Like how has your life improved? I’m still on the fence about getting on meds.

  • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    15 days ago

    cuts the other way too

    kid: I have difficulty focusing and chronic executive dysfunction, I think I might have adhd

    parent: well all I need to do to get something done is want to do it therefore you’re just lazy