So personal anecdote for this, when I was 7 I was “diagnosed” as hyperactive (which is I guess is all they knew in those days). I was prescribed Ritalin and ::: spoiler spoiler within a week I sliced my wrist (down the street, not across the street because fuck me if I wasn’t a smart little shit) :::.
So yeah that has tainted both my need to both get a proper diagnosis as well as any reasonable medication paths, I refused to even take a headache pill until my twenties.
Having recently been down the path of getting an Adult AuDHD diagnosis, with modern day understanding, and realising that medication has a paradoxical reaction with me personally, I am coming to terms with the fact that the “just pop a pill” remedy will likely never be for me, and I will have to start implementing alternative strategies.
I feel like an alien (Part 1 of Many)
I am tired of feeling so other, like the ADHD’ers and Autists have it down pat, and have a verifiable treatment path. I wish I could have the magic pill that makes the pile of dishes in my sink disappear without spiraling out about the dirt and texture of the dishes and without the zombification that comes with stimulants. FML I guess. If this is you, I hear you fam.
