Should be fun seeing the chefs try to make something great and amazing and then utterly failing because the customers have ARFID and can't enjoy half of the shit they're given lmao
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that can cause difficulties with social interaction and with language. It is highly genetic but full causes unknown. No specific medications can help, although medications may be used for co-morbid conditions like anxiety.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disability that causes difficulties with attention, memory and concentration. It is highly genetic with possible environmental factors but full causes unknown. Medication available to help, but may not benefit everyone.
Autism and ADHD can occur separately or can co-occur.
They are not the same condition.
Symptoms can look similar but the mechanism of that symptom must be looked at first.
How those symptoms appear will be very different, too.
In those with both, the effect of each condition can cause contradictions or mixed symptoms.
Both, however, are disabilities that benefit from similar self-care strategies.
This was inspired by a post I saw but lost about something similar. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, please let me know so I can post it.
Me: Phew! I just spent the past 10 minutes tidying up my mess resulting in it being a tiny bit less messy. Now I must spend the rest of the day recovering.
MAJOR TW FOR IRL VERBAL ABUSE/FAMILY ABUSE/ABLEISM UNDER THE CUT.
So, I asked my parents if I could defer for a semester (I only have one semester left), as my body is falling apart and I want to be able to do good enough work in this last semester to get a feasible grant for grad school. Mom said that if Dad can afford it, she can afford it. Dad said:
ASSHAT
THIS SPECIFICALLY
Fucking!!!!! ASSHAT!!!!!
AND ALSO
My current dx confirmed BY DOCTORS (not counting all the various flavors of neurodivergent) are fibromyalgia, unspecified back & chest muscle problems, unspecified chronic pain (possibly burnout-linked), bad hips and allergies to almost every plant in the state (that seems minor until you're trying to sneeze with nonfunctional chest muscles). My SUSPECTED dx, as in suspected BY DOCTORS, are spinal nerve damage, endo, and EDS. I have a documented history of back injuries. Every single prof and all my friends have told me that I'm not in shape to be in school rn, despite the fact that I REALLY WANT TO BE IN SCHOOL.
Also heavily disparaged over phone call were the idea of me going on medicare/medicaid (while complaining about how it was going to be so expensive to insure me), my "choice" to work 20 hr/week alongside school for the last two semesters (while complaining that I cost too much to feed/house), the fact that he doesn't remember me getting injured (he literally helped me through one of my worse back injuries over the phone), and the existence of my limp & my cane (DO NOT INSULT STICK! STICK IS FRIEND AND STICK WAS A VERY LUCKY FIND.)
....like yes I have always geen grateful beyond words for my parents funding me. They don't have to do that at all, I'm 26 ffs and this is my second try re: college/living on my own.
but also. what the fuck is this?
....and if I tell you that this guy works as a nurse in psych wards*
*probably not actually an issue there, he only treats me this way.
oh this is one of those rare moments when autism and adhd tagteam each other
we lay out our weekly meds on this stripey table mat before we load them into the 3-section meds containers for each day - we don't drop them directly into the containers because we have fucked hands and we absolutely can't aim them tightly enough to pull that off, so we make 21 little piles (whilst listening to music) and then transfer them
anyway
we figured out a long time ago that the meds in the photo come three strips to a box, and that's exactly two weeks' worth of them - and our autistic self insisted we start week one with a new box so then there's exactly the right number left for week two, because otherwise It Would Hurt
meanwhile today our adhd side fucked up and missed adding them to one of the piles (it was for friday night) but! because of our autistic pernicketiness we could immediately see we had two too many left and found and fixed it
Just finished Devil's Hour. When he noticed I was watching it my partner complained about wanting to see Capaldi, but that it was a Stephen Moffat series, so he wouldn't probably like it. He called Moffat's writing style 'Mystery Box', which us meant to describe a story where you have no idea whata going on and it's revealed to you in small bits over time.
I have to admit that's my favourite things about Moffat's work. I love trying to guess the truth, trying to see the patterns. It's a like unwrapping a particularly difficult Xmas gift. You have a good idea what's in there, but while you're still unwrapping it, you can't be sure.
And it's different to a regular mystery. A whodunnit. I don't care who the murderer is or where's the kidnapped girl. I desperately want to know what the objective reality is. It's my favourite puzzle.
Did I mention I'm AutDHD and that people are constantly trying to tell me my reality is false?
