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ADHD and stimulants and alternatives
Most people with ADHD respond fairly well to stimulant medication. Of those, about half describe a kind of light switch moment where suddenly they can think straight for the first time in their lives. A lot of those people describe that as bittersweet, as mixed. On the one hand there is huge relief. On the…
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ADHD & diagnosis & does it even exist
ADHD is both under- and over-diagnosed. It’s under-diagnosed in pretty much anyone who isn’t a hyperactive boy. I am predominantly Inattentive and it didn’t fucking occur to me or anyone else that I had it until I was like 51. Women are even more under-diagnosed. For a long time doctors thought girls couldn’t even have…
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“Neuronormative” is often a better word than “neurotypical”
“Neurotypical” is a useful word but imho we over-use it, and sometimes a much better word would be “neuronormative”. Like, “neurotypical” is a property of individuals. It means your neurotype is typical of the wider society around you, and your thought processes and perceptions and emotions work roughly the way that that society expects them…
