• surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Welcome! You’re possibly a self medicating ADHD person.

      Otter common signs you should get checked out

      • do you sit there paralyzed and unable to do a task, even when you want to do it and know it needs to get done?

      • are you weirdly calm and effective in stressful and panicked situations?

      • do you get really into a hobby for a while, then drop it forever because you lose all interest?

      If so, a diagnosis could be life altering.

  • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve heard several of these “I accidentally found out I have ADHD when I tried meds recreationally” stories. How accurate of a diagnostic strategy is this, actually? For many reasons this would never be implemented in a medical setting of course, but theoretically if you gave a room of random people ADHD meds and recorded who got high and who calmed down, would there be a lot of false positives/negatives in determining who has ADHD?

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m a therapist. In grad school, one of my professors said that the most reliable way to diagnose someone with ADHD is to give them a stimulant and see how they react. Understandably, that’s not how people are diagnosed for safety and ethical reasons… but it is effective.

      • noughtnaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        A more ethical approach then: put the person in a room together with an adhd’er and see how quickly they bond. Seriously, it’s like there’s a hidden kinship, shit just works.