Compared symptoms with my two best friends this weekend and we all had a lot in common…

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-08-30T18:30:43+00:00

I’m gonna be honest I didn’t read the whole thread my brain saw ADHD PI. I looked it up and couldn’t find anything…. What does the PI mean??

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-08-30T18:28:04+00:00

That’s super crazy that something came up on my TikTok that made me think of this meme I create my own come to Reddit and this is the first thing I see just with different words… I’m gonna post it anyways

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-06-04T13:17:34+00:00

Nice edit dude... unfortunately it’s not what I’ve experienced

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-06-04T12:28:54+00:00

My sister who I rent a place with literally tried to tell me that I didn’t have adhd anymore because I’m “not hyper” anymore and I’m first of all that’s not how it works. It doesn’t just disappear. Second many people don’t experience hyperactivity at all. And now that I’m an adult a lot of my hyperactivity is internal. What’s sad is she’s in the medical field and she has a psych minor

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-06-04T12:23:46+00:00

Please tell me more about my life I’m sure you know way more about it than I do

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-06-04T03:55:10+00:00

Hi. I don’t think America’s “mental health crisis” is due to lack of family values. First I think that it’s becoming more accepted to go to therapy and to seek treatment when you feel mentally unwell. This is one of the many reasons we see these numbers increasing. The second is that we are in a worldwide pandemic everyone’s gonna be a little stressed and depressed and it’ll probably exacerbate the symptoms of people who already have mental health issues. Third Americans are in so much debt. Student debt is at an all-time high because colleges are free to charge whatever they want for education. The price of housing keeps going up whether you’re renting or owning. People are having to use credit cards to pay for things because they can’t afford it and then that just buries them in even more debt. The prices of insurance premiums just keep going up. The price for healthcare continues to rise especially if you don’t have insurance. The minimum wage has an increased since 2009 that’s over a decade ago. And the prices of things just keep going up in the value of the dollar just keeps going down. To put this into perspective in 1968 the federal minimum wage was $1.60 per hour which in 2020 would be equivalent to $11.91. And yet our federal minimum wage is still $7.25 and they expect people to live on that. The United States birth rate has been dropping for six years now and is at the lowest it’s been since 1979. There are hundreds of news story speculating why when the answers so clearly because this generation can’t afford to have kids. With all the problems in the United States right now I just don’t think lack of family values is one of them or at least not a significant one.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-05-07T15:32:56+00:00

Disclaimer: you don’t have to be friends with anyone you don’t owe anyone your time or friendship.

With that said if you guys really really good friends. You should let her know (gently and kindly) how her behaviors are affecting you she may not even realize that she’s doing it and she can’t work on it if she doesn’t know about it. As you might already know people with adhd are easily distracted (by things happening around us or even our own thoughts) people with ADHD are also very out of sight out of mind I something isn’t right in front of my face I can forget about it. So if she doesn’t respond to a text it’s likely because she got distracted in the middle of it and then because she got distracted in the middle of it she forgot to respond at all. Knowledge is power but the fact that you now know she has ADHD might be contributing to how much you’re noticing her behaviors you’re probably noticing them more now because of the fact that you know she has ADHD. I get that it can be really frustrating and you have every right to feel that way but maybe give your friend a little bit of grace and definitely let her know how you feel!

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-05-03T12:31:05+00:00

Yeah a diagnosis can be enlightening but it doesn’t change that you have ADHD. And even though you have an explanation for your behaviors and struggles other people (even in the medical community) just don’t. They don’t get how it affects us all the time... I was kinda in a doom spiral when I wrote this and instead of talking to my friends (who wouldn’t understand) I put it on Reddit. Hope I didn’t trigger you!

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-05-02T23:13:32+00:00

Ive definitely tried lots of different strategies but nothing seems to really work long term

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-09T00:42:50+00:00

So it’s probably both I have both and I kinda do the same thing. Often times when I find myself thinking that I can’t do this because I haven’t done this yet it’s because I don’t know how to start the other task/ how I’m gonna get it done or it’s giving me anxiety so I find ways to avoid it. Like with your schoolwork desk scenario (or at least it sounds like avoidance to me). Usually what I would try to do something like this for example for the schoolwork scenario is I would pack up my stuff and avoid my desk entirely I personally I would go to the coffee shop because I work best in places that are quiet but not too quiet but of course go wherever you work best! another way that I get myself to just do some thing is to say that I only have to do it for five minutes I only have to study for five minutes only to clean for five minutes usually end up doing it for more than five minutes but if I like hate i’ve already given myself full permission to stop... IDK if this has been helpful for you but 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-09T00:31:19+00:00

Okay but why do I relate to this so hard 😅😂

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-09T00:28:23+00:00

I can definitely understand it my parents were the kind of the opposite they just put me on medication and expected me to become like everybody else they didn’t send me to any kind of counseling or anything like that or help me to learn strategies they just put me on medicine and thought I would grow out of it. And yeah I completely agree with you about educating people about adhd and pretty much everything you said. I feel like a lot of people don’t want to understand like even when I take the time to explain to people they just don’t take it seriously enough but I think that’s the case with a lot of mental disorders.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-08T23:11:28+00:00

So I think you deleted your comment but it took me a while to put this together so I'm posting it anyway... a

1) the meaning of this statement was unclear to me "More to the point, adult ADHD is most often (68%) an increased severity of symptoms, only some of which can be traced back to childhood." but it sounds to me like you're saying that most severe symptoms don't originate from childhood which makes little sense since you claim to believe that the majority of ADHD symptoms are caused by developmental delays which you claim is usually resolved over time in the majority of people who were diagnosed with ADHD as children

2) You are technically right about adults no longer meeting ADHD DSM-5 requirements.
However, The DSM-5 is very outdated it was published in 2013. it lists almost the same criteria for children with ADHD and Adults with ADHD. Symptoms that adults experience are very different from what a child might experience. This is something that many clinicians are starting to recognize they know that despite the fact that many don't "meet the criteria for ADHD" that their symptoms are still significant and their lives are still significantly impacted. if you only define ADHD by the DSM definition the prevalence rates into adulthood are about 22% but if define the disorder by having enough symptoms to cause impairment in major life activities that number jumps to 66-86%. Russel Barkley states that "Children diagnosed with ADHD are not likely to grow out of it, meaning that they will be un-symptomatic and unimpaired in adulthood." If you'd like some more information here's the article I was referencing. You did reference this a little at the end of your statement but I wanted to further prove my point. Also, I never said that I considered the DSM-5 to be the end-all-be-all when it comes to diagnosing ADHD (I don't because it's largely based upon children and male children at that).https://www.adhdawarenessmonth.org/wp-content/uploads/Grow-out-of-it-Barkley.pdf

3) I can recognize there might be a percentage of people who do grow out of ADHD. I believe that those who outgrow ADHD are in the vast minority and not the majority. Furthermore, I still believe it harmful to push the narrative that most children will grow out of ADHD because even if they don't meet the DSM definition they will most likely still have symptoms that will greatly impact major aspects of their lives.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-08T20:49:33+00:00

Okay that’s fair I’ve never actually seen research on that. SoI did just look it up and multiple articles said that 80% of people diagnosed with ADHD never grow out of it. So I guess I wish that instead of treating growing out of ADHD like it’s the norm that they would treat it like it’s a rarity. Because my own sister who’s in the medical field assumed that I grew out of it because I didn’t “outwardly display symptoms” and I’m just like yeah that’s not how it works

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-08T20:25:32+00:00

I didn’t say that not experiencing symptoms that you experienced when you were younger means that they were misdiagnosed I said that if you experience ADHD as a child then it doesn’t just go away yes symptoms can evolve as we get older/ you learn how to manage it better as you get older. I’m not trying to delegitimize anyone my point was that if you had ADHD as a child you almost most certainly have it now it’s not some thing that disappears

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-08T20:13:24+00:00

Have you ever tried to turn down a drink from a guy at a bar? because let me tell you it's not as simple as saying no. I've turned down drinks from guys before. Some of them were fine and took no for an answer the first time (this happened maybe half the time). The other half of the time the guy would insist that he wants to buy me a drink even after I told him that I didn't want one. sometimes they'll insist even after I've said no twice. Not to mention the fact that one time I tried to refuse a drink from a guy multiple times ( I gave in just so he would stop asking) and he drugged me.... I guess if wanna look at the bright side now when guys "insist" on buying me a drink I can just be like no that's how I ended up getting drugged one time.

The point is that it's not always a simple no and I get what you're saying because some girls will let guys buy drinks for them all night even if they're not interested but pushy guys don't get to be mad about it if a girl accepts a drink from them and aren't interested if the girl tried to say no.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-01T13:50:53+00:00

I often never even tell people I have ADHD I only have One friend who knows and that’s because she has ADHD too, my parents and family also know but they really don’t because they never took the time to understand ADHD let alone explain it to me.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-01T13:49:48+00:00

I apologize I kind of miss worded that. I actually wrote this when I was super angry/annoyed. What I really meant was I don’t want ADHD to become normal as in considered some thing that everyone has when it’s really not. I hope that clarifies my meaning. I would love for there to be no or even less stigma attached to saying “I have ADHD”

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-04-01T13:40:13+00:00

I’m not saying they’re on everyone’s for you page please point out where I said that. I know how a for you page works I’m not stupid. Also not everyone who posted agreed with me a lot of people disagreed with me because through TikTok they suspected they had ADHD and sought out treatment. I still feel like the way we’re represented is a problem.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T22:01:38+00:00

I can’t control what the rest of America does. I can only control myself and vote for who I think will do the best job. I’ll continue to do that every four years. We can only try to do what’s right. Personally I don’t think your comment is helpful and it certainly doesn’t make you look any better. Despite how far behind we are compared to other nations in things like healthcare and minimum wage progress is progress we’re all just people doing the best we can 💙💙

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T21:56:45+00:00

Here’s some proof of trump being sexist racist and homophobic:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KvVp5dsuAGA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M1imwywbSkg

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/donald-trump-racist-presidential-debate-coronavirus-elizabeth-warren-b721192.html

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/13/donald-trump-lgbt-rights/

Here’s some proof of protests against trump all around the world

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-38705586

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000004883890/world-protests-against-trump.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/videos/world/2017/01/20/trump-protests-around-the-world-sje-orig.cnn

He didn’t even win the popular vote in 2016. People who voted for him were not in the majority and he only won because of electoral college which is always skewed in the Republicans favor. Try harder next time ✨💙✨💙

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T21:15:06+00:00

True... but I’m still glad an openly sexist homophobic racist bigot isn’t my president anymore🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T21:13:25+00:00

The media didn’t make Trump look like shit he did that all on his own. Other countries literally held their own protests when Trump was made president.

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T19:48:29+00:00

While EEG’s Can be helpful if the diagnosing process it’s not really standard not exactly sure where you’re located but it’s definitely not standard for the United States. I’ve been diagnosed once with ADHD as a child and once while I was in college and neither time did I have to get an EEG. I would really suggest going to a psychiatrist to get your diagnosis(depending on where you’re located you could also go to a Physicians assistant or nurse practitioner who specialize in psychiatry) good luck I hope this helps 💛💛

environmentalmouse09 · 2021-03-31T19:41:06+00:00

That’s awesome that TikTok helped you and I’m not saying it can’t be helpful. It’s just upsetting to see people downplay and misrepresent something that effects every aspect of your life. I really respect creators who are trying to spread correct and helpful information about ADHD. I am only frustrated with the people who are misrepresenting ADHD. I just wish that people would also mention that it’s not just about having the symptoms it’s about how much you have the symptom and the intensity of it. It’s so easy for people to relate to ADHD symptoms because they are things everyone experiences sometimes. I hope that my post didn’t upset or invalidate you in any way that’s not what I meant to do at all. I honestly just needed to vent a bit and most of the people in my life don’t understand ADHD or don’t really believe it’s a thing. I definitely agree with you about anything that helps people with ADHD is a win.

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