"Show your work" This was a phrase that I dreaded hearing is math class.
I'd look at a math problem, my mind would race and I'd come up with the answer, but by then I'd have forgotten how and I'd be thinking about the next question. Or something entirely different.
#ADHD
#undiagnosed

#selfmedicated
Fifty years later and nothing has changed.

Good thing happened to me today:

I got a diagnosis.

Its been 13+ years.
Ive been looking for these answers for 13+ years.

Today, i stop looking and start treatment.

Im not sad about the diagnosis
Im sad that it took 13+ years and being disbelieved, dismissed, belittled and gaslit by so many doctors across all of that time to get to this moment.

Its weird to be this relieved at receiving news that i have an incurable condition

If youre in the hell that is undiagnosed limbo, just know that your suffering is real and its not diagnosis that gives you validity. You deserve answers, and you shouldnt have to fight as hard as i did to get them. Love you 🩷

#undiagnosed #chronicillness #spoonie

The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but my AvPD makes it so very hard to squeak and my sensory issues makes me hate the feeling of grease

#AvoidantPersonalityDisorder #sensoryIssues #undiagnosed

As someone who has worked very very hard to learn how to cope with uncertainty,

the absolute worst part of American medical care is how needlessly long absolutely everything takes

closely followed by how many layers of gaslighting you have to punch thru to get to even understanding whats happening

and thats even when the docs are actively trying to help you

#medical #neglect #gaslighting #chronicillness #ableism #doctor #undiagnosed #medicaltrauma

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Autism #AuDHD #Undiagnosed

“stop that filthy habit [that comforts you in
times of stress that you don’t even realise you're doing]”

I pick at the sewn seams on my blankets and my jeans. I've done it for longer than I have memory.

My ex-wife would slap my hands.

Nearly all #autists of my age are #undiagnosed! 😥

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-90-of-middle-aged-and-older-autistic-adults-are-undiagnosed-in-the-uk-new-review-finds

[Found on BlueSky]

Whose Cognitive Decline Is It? by Mary Trump

#Trump has always been easily swayed by whomever or whatever is in front of him

Lately his decline has become even more obvious. whether its due to some kind of #neurological condition or worsening of his long #undiagnosed, #untreated #psychiatric #disorders or both

Sometimes it isn’t clear if he’s oriented to space, time & people. It's particularly evidenced during recent press conferences, interviews.

https://www.marytrump.org/p/whose-cognitive-decline-is-it-anyway?utm_source=Fediverse

#DictatorTrump