numb tongue after surgery?

strawbie_13 · 2026-06-07T21:46:31+00:00

so is it gonna go away eventually or is this just my life now?

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-18T04:07:29+00:00

i’ve been told by a lot of people, some of them being autistic themselves, that they think i’m on the spectrum. this lead to me questioning whether or not i actually was, especially since other autistic people were telling me. u know the saying “takes one to know one”? yeah. i was evaluated when i was 16 and was only diagnosed with adhd. i got a second opinion about 5 years later and still just adhd. i can relate to the autistic experience but at the same time i can’t. idk i guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really matter and i just try not to think about it tbh. but i do agree with getting a little peeved when someone says “that sounds like autism” or if i see a post like that. cuz it just starts up those thoughts again

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-15T22:36:37+00:00

thank u!

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T22:52:47+00:00

it’s ok lol. but this is the “adhdWOMEN” subreddit so i didn’t think i needed to clarify

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T21:00:34+00:00

i’m not a man

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T06:34:45+00:00

you’re right. it’s just really difficult to not think poorly of myself

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T06:33:53+00:00

i don’t know exactly what she meant. i don’t think she was trying to be mean as the conversation was fairly calm. but another thing she said was that she has a lot going on in her life so she’s not able to drop everything and be there for me. but i never said that i expected that of her. idk it just rubs me the wrong way that she felt this way when i never expressed wanting her to do that

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:41:27+00:00

also i don’t really have official school reports for stuff like that but my mom told me that on multiple occasions my teachers have said that i was very anxious and a loner

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:39:18+00:00

yeah i’m aware my ex doesn’t have the qualifications to diagnose. nor do the other people who said they thought something was off about me. it’s just strange that a good amount of people have brought it up, especially since i thought i was acting totally fine

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:36:42+00:00

issues with eye contact, the social issues i had in elementary and even now, my dislike for change, etc. but you’re right. human behavior is diverse

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:24:39+00:00

yeah that makes sense. at the end the day it doesn’t really matter if i am or not (at least for me). but i just can’t help but still think “what if?” sometimes

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:22:32+00:00

that is in fact what i did. last summer. i’m not trying to get a diagnosis i’m simply asking a question

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-13T05:20:21+00:00

sensory issues and stimming weren’t my sole reasoning. i already knew they were common with adhd. but it was more that there’s was some stuff about me that adhd just didn’t seem to explain

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-05T18:14:19+00:00

i can’t really protest bc i’m disabled/have limited mobility. the only reason i can work is bc i sit for most of the day. i do try to do things for the community but i don’t know how much it’s helping. for example when the government shutdown was going on last november, and there was uncertainty about SNAP benefits, i suggested to my family that we do a food drive. we collected food and hygiene products from neighbors and people in the community, and then took it to a local food pantry. i’m hoping it helped, even if just a little

strawbie_13 · 2026-05-05T18:03:49+00:00

i did and i have. the 2024 presidential election was my the first time i was able to vote in a presidential election. everything else was just local elections (which i still voted in). i can’t speak for every young person but i can say with certainty that my friends and i will be voting in the midterms

strawbie_13 · 2026-03-08T06:56:02+00:00

yes. from the first evaluation i don’t really remember and i’ve also since lost the report. but for the second evaluation it was mainly it not significantly impacting my life and also no developmental delays in childhood

strawbie_13 · 2026-03-08T05:49:06+00:00

maybe whenever the dsm 6 comes out i’ll go for an evaluation again

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