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Yesterday, I took an online version of the Adult ADHD screener (Self Report Scale, aka ASRS-v1.1).

It said that I show a high consistency in my scores for inattentive ADHD, and that I have a strong interest-driven focus pattern.

None of this was at all a surprise to me. I've been suspecting that I have ADHD for some time, but since this is a self-screener, it's not surprising that it shows the exact results that I expected to get, based on what I've seen in myself.

But I've been meaning to get a proper assessment for some time. Getting an official diagnosis might help me. I've got three kids with ADHD, so me having it would be no surprise. And getting this unofficial assessment is certainly encouraging me to get a proper assessment from a psychologist.

But now, I'm starting to question stuff about myself. If I start my day with a caffeinated beverage, am I self-medicating as a substitute for something like Adderall? When my mind starts to wander, am I bored, or is it my ADHD, or both?

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This one is REALLY good. (Maybe I say that about all her work, but for real, THIS ONE IS GOOD.):

“I also don’t want to ignore the fact that he has self-diagnosed ADHD. Self-diagnosis is valid and important for a lot of reasons, but it’s also one of the many ways men weaponize social justice against women.

It works like this: he knows he can’t just outright refuse to do chores. He also knows that it’s oppressive and abusive to mistreat someone because of their neurodivergence. So he asserts that he has neurodivergence, and that it is abusive for you to do anything other than fully cater to his every whim. He’s neurodivergent, after all. It’s a weird kind of ableism.

This idea that neurodivergent people should get whatever they want feeds into the widespread notion that real accommodations for real neurodivergence are some sort of unreasonable entitlement. Never mind the fact that neurodivergence in women is always an excuse to accommodate them even less.”

https://zawn.substack.com/p/my-husband-wants-me-to-make-chores-6ff

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This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

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