Like this shit is not a joke to me, if you aren't on meds it can literally make your life into a disorganized hell.
I'm sure many of you have been there. It's not some skin we can take off
self-diagnosis isn't much an issue for me more so compared to minimization/superpower framing. If i hear ADHD is a superpower one more time i might cry.
It's like having laser vision, but you have very little control over when it happens.
Inevitably, virtually everyone with that "superpower" would have a hard time integrating with society.
like how i blanked out on my midterm in the middle of the test but was composing in my brain involuntarily like I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AN HOUR LATER WHEN I CAN ACT ON THAT BUT I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER HOW TO CHECK THE FIRST CHARACTER OF EACH ELEMENT OF A LIST IN PYTHON BEFORE THE CLOCK RUNS OUT (i did not)
Timed exams are the work of Satan. My mind is a barren wasteland void of anything useful as soon as any timer starts.
Check with your uni, you may be able to get extra time for exams. Still not perfect, but definitely better.
I feel for ya. I fucked up many exams even having the extra time. :deeper-sadness:
It does not. Gatekeeping ADHD does more harm than false diagnoses do, I'd rather excess people receive help than too few.
Agreed. The "omg I'm so ADHD lol" bothers me a lot more than people seriously assessing their symptoms and believing they have it without a doctor's assessment.
The trope of serial self-diagnosers who are faking it being widespread is more of a burden us than anything else.
A great many people likely have it (to varying degrees and with varying awarenesses of it), so people questioning if they have it without going through the absolute fucking nightmare of seeking treatment or meds does not bother me in the slightest.
not really. from my experience, the people who 'casually self diagnose' are such an inconsequentially small minority that really only exist on twitter, so I dont care all that much. however, if you interact with these types of people a lot I can understand how it wears on you.
the only time it has ever bothered me is when one of my friends was going through a rough patch and would try and hit me up for some of my meds saying he thinks he has adhd n shit, and I knew this dude made well over enough money to afford a psychiatrist
I guess it's all relative then. I think it's more making light of ADHD that irks me rather than people self diagnosing. This shit if I dont have some sort of stimulant. makes me disorganized fractured mess.
I have it pretty bad. I get literally nothing done and just create havok for myself
I get more bothered by the people who are anti-medication when their only experience using it is to crunch the day before a test.
Medication is not a silver bullet, unfortunately. Necessary for many, but doesn't exactly solve your problems
To be honest I don't care if people are using it casually. I'm only diagnosed with "light" ADHD though so maybe I would feel differently if my symptoms were worse.
Not much, because I learned a decent amount about it over the course of getting diagnosed. I imagine that someone self-diagnosed wouldn't have much understanding of what it really is and how it manifests, and wouldn't be able to stand up to even the slightest amount of scrutiny.
Generally, I don’t care. A lot of it is from struggling people who can’t afford psychiatry. I have no problems with attempts at self-diagnosis in that case.
What does bother me is when people who aren’t struggling just casually throw the idea around when they clearly don’t know what they’re talking about. Like “oh I was such an energetic and creative kid, I probably would have been diagnosed with ADHD if my parents had taken me to a psych”
The second one is what I'm referring to. I didn't clarify it well though.
I'm sensitive to that which is why I refuse to diagnose myself.
Only because it's a symptom of how completely misunderstood it is by almost everyone. It's a reminder of that, but isn't really harmful by itself.
