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"ugh so many ppl think they have adhd nowadays"
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Imagine gatekeeping a disability.
Science is gatekeeping my imagination.
That second tweet is a bit concerning, though. Let's not forget that many ADHD meds are addicting to non-ADHD brains.
It'd be easy to diagnose if we were a little more lax with our prescriptions.
Here, take this Ritalin. Did it make you hyper? Yeah, you're normal. Did it make you fold laundry the same day you washed it? ADHD.
I take meds and I will never fold. Best I can do is actually doing the laundry.
So many of us are undiagnosed. My mom said I never got treatment because I wasn't disruptive in class. 🤷
ADHD is both overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed at the same time for me... I blame misinformation and overall confusion regarding ADHD... When I talked about my symptoms to others, a common answer I would get is "common among people" - if my pratically extreme executive dysfunction and lower leg muscle destroying hyperactivity was actually common among people than the global society wouldn't last a week
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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