I was diagnosed with ADHD and started on medication at 12, but not really told anything about what it meant for me or how to deal with it, and when I was 18 -literally when my parents dropped me off at college- was told I was autistic

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  • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    So according to the doctor who diagnosed me aspergers has been reclassified as high functioning autism.

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Huh, TIL I guess

      They used 'high functioning'? PSA for anyone who doesn't know, try to use High/low Need not high/low function

      • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah that was the exact language the doctor used. Hadn't heard 'need' before but that definitely sounds better, thanks for the info.

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          yeah no prob, I only learned about it myself like 6 months ago. It's absurd how little they care to know and to teach us

          • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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            4 years ago

            it doesn't absolve the field, but it's not exactly psychiatry's fault that it doesn't know how to teach us anything about our brains