ADHD

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A casual community for people with ADHD

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Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.

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Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
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Questions on confusing situations.
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What made you suspect that you have or do not have ADHD? Why did (or didn't) you get evaluated? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ramenshaman@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I've read a lot (a LOT) of posts here and elsewhere that made me suspect I have ADHD. I made an appointment to get evaluated. Just curious about other people's experiences.

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[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago

I was in the denialist camp. Not understanding what it was, I thought it was "a social media epidemic" and not a real thing.

My nephew (roughly my age, for context) told me he thought he had it, which I dismissed, also that it's genetic (knowing my mom and sister it did make a bit more sense...) then almost immediately came across a comment in Reddit of someone who had ADHD and wrote an experience that resonated SO MUCH with me. At that point I was mega suspicious.

I met my partner a couple of months after that, and another couple of months later, he moved into a house with a landlady... with ADHD. She's actually an ADHD coach now. Whenever her and I got together we essentially were mirrors of each other, forgetting things, misplacing things, dissociating, hyperfocusing, fidgeting...

I got diagnosed a year after that.