yeah that is true, but some ADHD symptoms can also overlap with other disorders, so I wonder if the symptoms I struggle with are more of a result of depression or autism or something else.

Theres a list of things that they ask to figure out if you have ADHD. If you have like 8 out of thirteen things you have ADHD.

yeah I’ve done that, I’m just wary of self-reporting assessments. I’m not confident that I’m assessing myself objectively.

There’s also hyper-focus, the ability to focus on just one thing for extended periods.

yeah I’m just having trouble figuring out if my well-focused periods are just “normal people” focus or actual hyperfocus.

If it’s a paid service your psychiatrist uses and your doctor trusts the results, then I would too.

“trust but verify”. i have no reason to specifically distrust my doctor, but i also know there are bad doctors out there, and psychiatry seems to be a particularly fuzzy science.

Why do you doubt the results if you’re trying to get help? Isn’t that the point of reaching out to a doctor in the first place?

well yes i want help, but i want the right help. No assessment is going to be 100% accurate. mental healthcare is not cheap and takes a long time to troubleshoot. medication has side effects. If i don’t actually have ADHD, every monthly session and hundreds of dollars spent on it is less i’m spending on whatever the actual issue is.

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coincidentally found this video tonight. Russell Barkley says there are no ADHD diagnostic tests. Assessments can be helpful with research and studies of large groups, but they are not helpful in a clinical setting for individuals.

yeah I have been seeing a psychiatrist for a few months, that’s who set me up with the creyos assessment. I just haven’t spoken to them about it in an actual session yet.

sometimes I do get sleepy during the day but It’s hard for me to say if it’s just due to boredom because I am often running on less sleep than I need (pretty sure I have delayed sleep phase syndrome as well).

But regardless, everyone is different. I wouldn’t put too much in stock with one quote.

it was just one example I could remember offhand, but yeah that makes sense.

But also, I have no idea what a creyos ADHD assessment is either. If it’s just some free online test I wouldn’t necessarily put too much in stock with its results either…

it’s a paid service my psychiatrist uses. long series of cognitive tasks, no idea how accurate it is though.

I’m not just looking to apply a label to myself or look for excuses, I’m trying to identify a root cause and “understand my brain” as you put it. I do want guidance and new approaches to life, but that does not mean I have ADHD. If I don’t, I’ll be wasting time and money testing ADHD-oriented meds, therapy, etc. instead of whatever the actual issue is.

i was just the opposite, i got a math degree because it required no long term projects or papers. all homework and tests.

i’m coincidentally new to both adhd and 5g thc + 25g cbd gummies, so take this with a grain of salt.

i have not had a good experience with gummies yet (this was also before i was on concerta). the first few times i took one 5g gummy and felt nothing. Then (different day) i took two, again nothing. Then (again a different day) i took 3 and was completely spaced. it felt close to being drunk, which i really dislike. It was like my brain only worked 1 second out of every 5, constantly trying to catch up to the world around me. Not at all what i was expecting after having lots of friends who smoked to make other experiences better. i could not process anything let alone enjoy.

ultimately I decided i hated it and just went to sleep to get it over with. I’m going to take a break from gummies now that i’m starting concerta. Maybe once my adhd meds are stabilized i’ll try the gummies again.

yeah I’ve done a lot of reading about people’s experiences so I’m not expecting it to work perfectly right away. I just found your comment particularly to match my life experience as well up to this point.

I was kind of in a long term funk of “everything is meh”

it was always some level of mental effort to get myself to do things

this is my entire life. I’ve spent a lot of this year with two different psychiatrists and four antidepressants, none of which did anything except a couple fucked with my sleep. Today my doc finally said okay let’s test for ADHD, and apparently my results are consistent with ADHD. So now I am here checking how Concerta works for people.

or is it a shrimp-like alien?

if we assume it’s the opposite of India at 15% (black) , it must be negative 15%.

at much, much lower levels.

that doesn’t make it a good headline.

‘The science of fluoride is starting to evolve’

what an awful headline. nothing is ‘evolving’ here, any negative effects from fluoride only occur where fluoride in the water is well above the recommended level.

I have no friends, take that microorganisms.

for now. feels like lots of potential for enshittification though.

“I’m unhappy, financially so I’m going to vote for the felon, racist, sexist, fascist” still doesn’t add up.

sure it does. people are not 100% rational. they will use motivated reasoning to justify whatever they need to vote for (what they perceive to be) their best interests.

I agree, I think it’s 100% inflation related which has nothing to do with Biden or Harris. And inflation is already back to normal, so Trump’s economy is going to look better having done nothing at all.