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⌈ Secret Post #6070 ⌋

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Re: Adults diagnosed with adhd or autism as an adult

[meadowphoenix]

adhd: the benefit of being diagnosed is resources and accommodations.

resources: medication, access to targeted therapy. being medicated has had an immediate and positive effect for me. if you take the read all the online sources/books/advice and make changes to see if adhd tactics work for you and they don't or they do but not for a lot of executive function things (starting tasks, continuing tasks, completing tasks), then medication might be useful. also sometimes it's useful because you can see what other issues the adhd might be covering (anxiety depression etc). (caveat: getting the right one at the right dosage might be a journey).

it's weird and kinda sad to get on medication and see how much more you could have done if you'd had it younger like, yes you've done well but to see how much of that didn't have be the same struggle. a little depressing.

targeted therapy. there are some tools and tactics for adhd that are specifically something someone accredited would not only know, but be able to guide you through in a more effective way than being able to do it yourself.

accommodations: let's say you work at a place where you're very distracted, but another area of the office is less distracting. sometimes being able to move requires that you have an documented medical reason to do so. and if you're diagnosed then you have it. maybe you need a more flexible schedule or more written instructions, or even more breaks? maybe you want to be allowed to wear earphones at a place that doesn't typically allow that. then you can be accommodated. (caveat that even in places with robust disability laws some bosses and coworkers will hold it against you).

if none of these things are useful to you, then a formal diagnosis probably isn't necessary. and occasionally being diagnosis and treated will mean that you regress a little because you would be actively engaged in stopping the bad coping mechanism and building up new ones.

Re: Adults diagnosed with adhd or autism as an adult

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'it's weird and kinda sad to get on medication and see how much more you could have done if you'd had it younger like, yes you've done well but to see how much of that didn't have be the same struggle. a little depressing.'

This actually makes me want to never get diagnosed. I don't think I want that insight.

Re: Adults diagnosed with adhd or autism as an adult

[meadowphoenix]

look, if you're doing great and you feel like the techniques you can use without doctors or meds work...honestly, I don't blame you.

that said, since ADHD is an emotional dysregulation issue too, having better relationships might make it worth it anyway!!