ADHD

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A casual community for people with ADHD

Values:

Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.

Rules:

No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed.
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Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
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No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).

Encouraged:

Funny memes.
Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
Questions on confusing situations.
Seeking and sharing support.
Engagement in our values.

Relevant Lemmy communities:

Neurodivergent Life Hacks

lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.

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Off my meds and I can't keep a thought in my head for two goddamn seconds (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I open a comm to post, and I forget what fucking comm I'm in and have to double check so I know what to look for - sometimes two or three times. Immensely irritating. This is how I've operated most of my life, but it's especially frustrating now that I know it's not how it has to fucking be. Flowers for Algernon over here.

Fucking American healthcare. "At least we're not Canada, you might have to wait for important care!" The fuck am I doing right now, then?

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[–] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Got to make a stash over time. But I get it; it's not exactly the kind of thing we excel at.

Germany here, and I just learned that for the past month, my kid did actually not do so great at school, after his meds (Medikinet removed) were unavailable and he got a generic one with a completely different extended-release profile. Decided by pharmacist against doctor's orders. Can't believe it! Health insurance is EUR/USD 1100 per month here, and you're not allowed to quit. Least I can expect is that he gets the 40 cents / day meds that help, after waiting a year to get diagnosed and treated!

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

If you don't mind me asking: How did you manage to be required to pay that much for your health insurance? That seems unreasonable (unless you're pretty well off).

Also, if Medikinet isn't available where you are, what's your pharmacist to do? They didn't just decide on a whim to give your son some other med and they'll have told you the reasons.