Fast Brain

I was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD in May 2022. I was 27. Now I'm outsourcing my brain space to the internet.

[estie-s]

just when i thought i'd really been faking my adhd it was suddenly 6:30 and i'd forgotten the thing, by fuck, i'd forgotten the thing. peat bog now

[xyl0n-z0mb1e]

Baked potato at 10pm🔥

I may be medicated for ADHD but that doesn't mean I'll focus on eating. The inattentiveness extends to my own body. I've had a rebel from Dutch bros and some chocolate peanut butter things. I swear it was 12pm five minutes ago. Also I wanted to make this potato since 2 and just didn't do it

[the-future-is-chrome]

the neurodivergent experience:

20% of the time: wowwieee!!! i love my passions and interests!!!!! they make me so happy i want to jump up and down!!!!! weee!!!!!!! :3333333333

80% of the time: this mind is a prison

[hesitantalien05]

This is very accurate

[autiebiographical]

I love games that require charts, and micromanaging, and resource management. I was one of those weird kids who played Sim City on the SNES back in the 90s. Those kinds of games just tickle my brain just right.

[cedartwig]

I think having everyone in my house except me go on holiday for a week would fix me.

My room would be so tidy, everything would be so clean, no expectations so I just do it bc why not.

Like, tell me to do it and it's not happening. I was going to do it but now I really don't want to.

[housegoblin]

safe

[aplpaca]

Pro tip! If u have OCD, that genre of advice stuff that's like "if youre questioning whether youre X, you probably are" is not for you and is in fact poison!!!

[marcusbrutus]

the worst part about ocd and ocd-like tendencies is that you think hyper-analyzing your thoughts and constantly psychoanalyzing yourself will fix you but that's actually part of the disorder. it's the disorder. disordering.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

YES

Life in an Autism World

[autiebiographical]

Having an auditory processing disorder makes listening to two things at once really difficult, so if some place plays music that's anything but quiet, I have trouble hearing what people are saying. The noises just jumble together into a bizarre amalgamation of sound, and trying to understand what people are saying to me becomes impossible.

[neurospicediaries]

If you wake up exhausted no matter how much you sleep…

this will make uncomfortable sense.

Why We Wake Up Ready for Bed

The neuroscience behind waking up exhausted in autistic and ADHD brains

[fastbrain]

This makes a lot of sense to me...

I read a study recently which suggested that ADHD brains use something like 16% more energy at rest than neurotypical ones.

[ferhog]

"In the beginning the live-action remakes were releasing 60 years after the originals. Then 30 years. Then 15 years. Netflix just announced that they're considering a Kpop Demon Hunters remake a month after that movie released. Marshal, within this decade we may be looking at a simultaneous release between an animated movie and its live-action remake."

[elucubrare]

You’ve heard of “i didn’t say it was good, i said i liked it,” get ready for “i said it had some technical problems & didn’t fully deliver on its themes, not that i didn’t like it”

[elucubrare]

#I voiced a criticism of some of its aspects#which in no way implies I did not like it#“and especially does not imply that I would like to hear a defense of it of the form 'shut up and let people have fun'”

REALLY endorsing these tags from galileosballs

[gabby-i-guess]

RSD is so fucking dumb. Someone tell me why I'm feeling left out of a conversation that I CHOSE not to join????? THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE DUMBASS, COME ON NOW.

[mrobsessedwithao3]

anyone else out there with ocd genuinely ACTUALLY scared of the ao3 curse? like i posted 2 fanfictions and then basically my entire life got ruined and i wasn’t even able to write any fanfiction, but now i WANT to again and im actually so paranoid about it 😭

[fastbrain]

Break the OCD fear cycle.

[angiestown]

birthday cake for my sister + bulborb cake pops

[beginning-to-be-happy]

My sister is very intelligent and emotionally mature and insightful. She's been in therapy for 2 years and has been working really hard to get through some fucked up shit.

She recently looked at me thoughtfully and said she thinks both she and I are on the autism spectrum. We were both diagnosed with ADHD years ago. She is medicated, I am not.

Is there any benefit to me jumping through the hoops to find out if I'm autistic? Having an ADHD diagnosis hasn't noticeably helped me beyond me knowing that I get overstimulated really easily and working around that, and of course intense rsd. I don't get any kind of accommodations at my job for it, I just keep to myself because it's easier.

so is it worth my time?

yes, get a diagnosis

no, don't bother

you already have an adhd diagnosis, so you don't need an additional diagnosis

results

Voting ended onMar 16

[fastbrain]

I'm in the same boat: ADHD diagnosis, ASD suspicion.

My diagnosis has helped me research understand, get help for, and manage my symptoms. But frankly I don't see as much of a benefit for my suspected ASD symptoms, and some are already aided by ADHD management.

Considering the restrictions and prejudices against autism, I don't see enough of a benefit from a diagnosis. At least, for myself.

I hope you get what you need in your situation ❤️