I’m a therapist. In grad school, one of my professors said that the most reliable way to diagnose someone with ADHD is to give them a stimulant and see how they react. Understandably, that’s not how people are diagnosed for safety and ethical reasons… but it is effective.
“I’ve been poisoned by my constituents!”
Love me some Four Corners mischief. There is usually a food truck there serving Native American frybread - delicious!!!
From afar, I love the food. I’d love to visit and learn more about the country but as a woman I don’t feel safe going there.
Hi, rosamundi! I hope your diagnosing journey is as smooth as possible. Many things can reveal themselves when we stop masking with substances. May you find exactly what you need.
“I don’t know anything about the topic, but I have an opinion on it.”
You can find people who can relate in the !bipolardisorder@lemmy.world community because hypersexuality is one of the common symptoms of mania/hypomania. I don’t think we have any specific resources though. You are more than welcome to post there without having bipolar!
Don’t tell republicans, they love to make children suffer by taking away their lunches and making them work at meat processing plants.
I would keep working part time because I love my job (psychotherapist). I would also garden, knit, go camping a lot, learn a musical instrument, write fiction and non-fiction books, have a podcast about mental health, and spend more time with friends. Traveling would also be a favorite.
You should put them on Spotify and find out. Cause I’m pretty sure you are right.
And will masterfully eat around the pill, getting all the cheese and none of the medicine.
This is the true original definition of toxic masculinity, thank you for saying that.
My husband went to a conference 2 weeks ago in Florida. Blue collar industry, no one is vaccinated, no one wearing a mask. He came home and immediately had Covid (we are both vaccinated). I got it too. Motherfuckers. Oh, and if he wore a mask there is a very serious chance he’d be shunned at work, which we can’t afford.
Sorry I’m late in posting this - I had covid and couldn’t function normally. But I’m back!
He is so greasy, literally and figuratively.
Lol, that’s the spirit. Sounds like something I would do.
Did you make it?
That’s terrible! I’m convinced there are doctors out there who don’t believe ADHD is real and think we are just drug seeking. So messed up. I hope you are able to see a better doctor one day, no one should have to put up with this.
If you read the comments, it seems to be precisely the people in countries with universal healthcare who are having trouble. Getting diagnosed in the US is relatively easy. For me it was a single visit to a psychiatrist, $300 out of pocket because I have not hit my deductible yet. Have been on stimulants and doing well ever since.