WE'RE HERE! WE HAVE ADHD! WE...uuh...

because girls can have adhd too! wlw girls, woc girls, trans girls, nb girls/female aligned and self diagnosed are welcomed! i am currently getting back to running this blog!

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I can drink 3 cups of coffee and go straight to sleep, this is just one example of what is fundamentaly wrong with me as a person

[rinokami]

That’s a possible sign of ADHD, my dudes. :P One of the prevailing theories explaining ADHD is that it’s caused by a lack of certain neurotransmitters, specifically norepinephrine and serotonin.  Everybody has a background level of these neurotransmitters, and when they see or do something novel or interesting, those neurotransmitters increase, and then decrease back down to normal levels.  Because people with ADHD have less of these than they should, they are constantly looking for something new and interesting to give them that jolt back to normal levels.  That’s why they’re so easily distracted and why they hyperfocus on things that interest them. Stimulant drugs, like caffeine, cause your brain to make more of those neurotransmitters.  So while neurotypical people might get a buzz off caffeine, people with ADHD just get bumped up closer to normal levels, and so, if anything, feel calmer.  That’s why they prescribe what are basically amphetamines as treatment for ADHD and why ADHD meds are so bad for people who don’t have ADHD.

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WHAT

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WHAT

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W H A T

[shoresoftheshadowlands]

THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.

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fun fact: this is also why even many undiagnosed adhd people tend to self medicate heavily with caffeine and/or smoking, because both of these function as stimulants and can at least somewhat mimic the effects of actual medication.

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no one ever talks about the part of adhd where everyone in your class has got their group of friends and you’re just there, mindlessly tagging along with anyone who is willing to put up with you for a few minutes. either you’re too loud or too quiet. if you’re lucky, it won’t affect you much. you’re a loner, so what? but then the moments come around where you find yourself yearning to be like the others. you’re not depressed, why would you be? you’re a child who just happens to be a little different. sure, you’re usually the last choice when it comes to groups and you’re rarely, if ever, invited to birthday parties but… it’s alright. everything is fine. or is it?

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for the people questioning whether this really is part of adhd or not

[thatgirlwithadhd]

In case anyone was wondering, this is Dr. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and expert on ADHD. 

This quote comes from his lecture “30 Essential Ideas You Should Know about ADHD,” which you can find on YouTube as a 27-video playlist. This part is specifically in the second video of that playlist (about 8 minutes in).

I highly recommend watching these videos. If you can’t focus that long (I can’t, lol), then open the transcripts and read through them. Lots of info.

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THAT’S AN ADHD THING??

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“ADHD can be considered as “Time Blindness” or a “Temporal Neglect Syndrome” (Myopia to the Future)”

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Dr. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., “How ADHD Affects Executive Function in Adults and Kids” (webinar slides here)

Is it just me or do time blindness, temporal neglect syndrome, and myopia to the future all sound like cool things time travelers would have as side effects of time travel?

Instead it just means I can’t make accurate time estimates, am always running late, and can’t see deadlines until they hit me in the face

(via thatgirlwithadhd)

[maaarine]

instagram.com/danidonovan: ADHD webcomics

[thoughtparadocs-blog]

que but how is a non-stop song stuck in ones head an adhd thing :?

[thatgirlwithadhd]

From what I’ve read, it’s not specifically an ADHD thing. A lot of ADHDers report it happening fairly often, but so do 90% of folks in general; it has lots of names, including earworms or stuck song syndrome. Research seems to show a link to OCD though. There is speculation that impaired working memory might make ADHDers less prone to earworms, but I haven’t seen any proof of that, either. 

Also I think it just hasn’t been studied much in relation to ADHD. So maybe there is a link and we just don’t know it yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[unabashedlyseveresandwich]

If you are an adult who identifies with the concept of Gifted Kid Syndrome and:

You have an unusually intense reaction to the concept of rejection, whether personal, professional, or academic

You have consistent trouble meeting deadlines

You have big dreams and ambitions that are completely achievable, but you consistently can’t take steps toward achieving them and you don’t know why

You procrastinate, like a lot

You like video games, like a lot

You switch seemingly at random between binge watching your favorite shows for absurd lengths of time or not being able to sit down and focus on them unless you’re doing something else at the same time

You cannot for the life of you keep your living area clean and organized

You struggle with substance dependencies, whether with alcohol, tobacco, weed, harder drugs, or even just caffeine

You struggle with texting/calling/emailing back, even for people you care about deeply and/or even for important deadlines

Please, please, please consider seeking out an ADHD evaluation.

I’m not a psychiatrist or any kind of a medical professional, but personally I can’t help but notice how many elements of what I was perceiving as personal failures before my diagnosis stem directly from my executive dysfunction. Meds and an adequate support system can make a world of difference!

Just some advice from your friendly neighborhood nonbinary-mom-friend blogger!

[leesacrakon]

...these are all seriously signs of ADHD?

You’re kidding

[sunrisingblue]

Not even a little bit.

[magicalwarriordiamondheart]

Solidarity!

I made a mini comic about a few of the similarities between ADHD and Autism, Featuring Valerie and Sophie (and Zacharie)

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[abcsofadhd]

Feeling empty or your feeling you mood darken? You might be very unstimulated.

I know its hard to find something that truly interests you; I’ve only found it recently (its this: my blogs and such), but keep trying different things. I know its hard but you won’t find it unless you keep looking.

- DEPRESSION: Is It ADHD, Depression, or Both?, ADDitude

[abcsofadhd]

Secondary depression is a depression in an individual who has one or more preexisting, nonaffective psychiatric disorders or an incapacitating or life-threatening medical illness which precedes and parallels the symptoms of depression. (link)

Secondary depression is essentially when you have depression secondary to another condition.. and in a lot of cases, the depression is “caused” by the disorder.

In the case of ADHD, its not uncommon for chronic under-stimulation to cause secondary depression.

[liquidstar]

character: *has traits associated with adhd, not even canonically the actual disorder but many of the traits that come with it*

fanbase: omg…. look at my dumb stupid idiot piece of shit useless dipshit baby :) theyre so fucking stupid and brainless, they cant do anything on theyre own theyre like a real infant. theyre just so dumb and slow omg i cant wait to draw quirky fanart of them being an idiot. their s.o./best friend has to basically babysit them because theyre just so dumb that they cant even take care of themselves. omg i love my empty headed idiot baby :) they cant even count LOL its so cute and funny. what a useless dumbfuck!!  

[adhd-alien]

Why I didn’t get diagnosed until 28 and was told I’m “too quiet” to have ADHD

(Alternative title: How instead of getting ADHD treatment I developed Anxiety to cope)

[dilophosaurid]

about adhd

it concerns me that people really don’t know that adhd isn’t a personality type or behavioral problem.

adhd isn’t someone who’s personality is driven by fun and disorder.

adhd is someone who’s brain goes all over the place looking for dopamine, because it doesn’t make or register enough of it, and when it finds a source of dopamine, it hyperfixates on it. it’s about deregulation of attention as well as emotions.

it’s not a person who can’t behave. a person with adhd can look like a lot of things. misconceptions about what adhd looks like kept me from even looking for a diagnosis, and it also kept myself and others (professionals, even) from taking my suspicions seriously.

everyone’s encouraged to reblog, but if you don’t have adhd, keep your additions to the tags.

[lauramkaye]

Smart people can have ADHD. And a lot of the time, they compensate for the ADHD with intelligence- until they reach the point where they just can’t overcome it anymore, which is why a lot of gifted + ADHD people have good grades their whole lives and then “suddenly” crash and burn. For some it’s college, for some it’s grad school, for some it’s postgrad or professional exams like the bar. Whenever the things they have to do can no longer be brute-forced at the last minute.

ADHD is often lumped in with learning disabilities but it’s really a DOING disability. We know what we should do. Probably we know six ways to do it. The trouble is actually getting our brains to activate so we CAN do it. Sometimes it’s like you’re being controlled by aliens or something because you say “I need to do X” and you’re going to do it and you just. Don’t.

[adhdandcomics]

I haven’t posted in a while so here’s a little pencil comic!

[adhdgirls]

I'm sorry for sending you this question, it's probably annoying but I'm trying to ask any active AD(H)D thing i find. So, in my relationship there are somedays i feel kind of "hyperfocused" on my bf, as if he is the only person ever and i love him to death, then there are some days where i feel like i don't really even care and i just don't want to talk to him. Could this be an ADHD thing or am i just an asshole?

this can be an adhd thing, hyperfixation doesn‘t limit itself on hobby-like things, it can be people too.

also if he treats you the way you want/need to be treated it’s easier to focus on the person because it gives you finally a feeling of acceptance and understanding.

i recommend you though to try and take a step back from the picture you have of your boyfriend because you could miss things in his behaviour that aren’t healthy or good for you. also, he might be feeling used because one moment you’re all over him and the next set aside.

if you haven’t talked with him yet about this, sit down and have an open conversation about your feelings and hyperfixations. he will get you better after that!

[moonyeca]

adhd breakdowns are whack because ur bawling ur eyes out over some insignificant bullshit while simultaneously being unable to rid ur head of the chorus of All I Want For Christmas Is You

[lifewithadhd]

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“Demisexuals are the least oppressed people on an entire spectrum of definitely not oppressed people. Demisexuality is bullshit, everybody feels that way, they’re just normal people”

Oh okay so… then, when people study the higher rates of depression and anxiety for sexual minorities, demis should have nice low rates like straight people! Right?

These two tables show the mean scores on the PHQ-9 (which measures depression) and the GAD-7 (which measures anxiety). Broken down by gender and sexual orientation. And organized from lowest to highest scores.

Straight cis people, as you would expect, are at the top left of both tables, with the lowest scores.

Demisexuals scored the highest.

On both tests.

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I’m just gonna bold bits of the below that I think are especially interesting, because it helps me read.

Worthy of note, and also sort of an image transcription:

For the PHQ-9, scores of 5, 10, 15, and 20 are the starting points for mild, moderate, moderately severe and severe depression, respectively. 

Cis men, hilariously, had a mean score of 6.66.

Straight people in general, and also cis straight people in particular, scored 6.99. Cis women, 7.79. Gay men and lesbians, 8.83.

Hetero trans people bump the needle almost to 10, with a mean score of 9.61.

Interestingly, cis people of all sexual minorities combined had a higher overall score than hetero trans folks: 10.07.

Actually, I’m not totally sure how numbers work. Because trans people who were also sexual minorities (which is the vast majority of trans people, 85% according to the U.S. Trans Survey) had a mean score of 11.15… but when just separated by gender, trans men, women, and nonbinary people all had scores over 12. (12.63, 12.16, and 12.99.)

Someone who does research or knows statistics, please explain to me. @butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway maybe?

Also interesting: the score for all cis sexual minorities combined is significantly higher than the score for gay men and lesbians, because of all the rest of these groups….

Questioning, 10.22.

Queer, 10.54.

Bi, 10.73.

Ace, 11.80.

Pan, 12.37.

*racetrack announcer’s voice* And, more depressed even than we trans folks are, here come the demisexuals, clocking in with a mean score of 13.47!

For the GAD-7, a score of 10 or higher is enough to diagnose you with general anxiety disorder.

Cis men as a group scored the lowest, with a mean score of 5.05.

Straight cis people, and straight people in general, both scored 6.15. Cis women, 7.05. Gay men and lesbians, 7.50. Trans heterosexual people, 7.51. Questioning people, 8.42.

Bi people are where it basically hits the 10 mark, at 9.92.

Queer and ace people are slightly lower: 9.56 and 9.24. Actually, trans women are in there too, at 9.11.

Pan: 10.13.

Nonbinary people, 10.63.

Trans men, 11.12.

And, again, demi tops ‘em all: 11.56.

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“Interestingly, although all individuals of sexual minority experienced poorer outcomes as a group compared with heterosexual individuals, it is worth noting that pansexual and demisexual individuals had significantly worse outcomes, even when compared with their gay and lesbian counterparts.

“Consistent with research on attitudes toward bisexual individuals by both heterosexual (Herek, 2002) and gay and lesbian individuals (Roberts, Horne, & Hoyt, 2016), it appears that those identifying with an EI [emerging identity] may also experience minority stress above and beyond that experienced by individuals possessing more accepted, known, and/or ‘mainstream’ sexual and gender minority identities.

“Although additional research will be needed to identify the source of higher levels of anxiety or depression within these groups, one possibility is that such mental health problems may reflect the underlying experiences of discrimination experienced by EI groups, possibly even from gay and lesbian individuals themselves (as suggested by research on binegative stereotypes within the LGBTQ community; Dyar et al., 2017; Hayfield et al., 2014).”

And, let’s be real, from other “established” groups.

Exclusionists: “We can’t oppress you, because we don’t have power in mainstream society!”

Researchers: “Well, actually, within your own society you can fuck other people up really pretty badly.”

Exclusionists: “But they DESERVE that.”

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LOL, I got so caught up in having detailed data validating everything we’ve been saying for years, that I forgot to even cite it.

Borgogna, N. C., McDermott, R. C., Aita, S. L., & Kridel, M. M. (2018, September 17). Anxiety and Depression Across Gender and Sexual Minorities: Implications for Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, Pansexual, Demisexual, Asexual, Queer, and Question0ing Individuals. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.

They used data from a massive study of U.S. college students: the national Healthy Minds Study, with 43,632 participants.

You can download the full text as a PDF right here:

Anxiety and Depression Across Gender and Sexual Minorities.pdf

[consultingfujoshi]

ah yes, the rare and elusive ADHD mood of "I have five different things that I want to do that I've been thinking about doing all day but I can't do them all at once so instead of just picking one I'm going to do none of them and just sit and sulk about how I'm not doing any of the things I want to be doing right now"

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If you don't mind ^^