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rebekka_m , 6 months ago to actuallyadhd

For people that are not @actuallyadhd the common medication feels different that for those who are #actuallyADHD - non ADHDers feel like on Coke, very energetic and highly vibrant, similar to using Speed, while ADHDers tend to get calm and focused, able to concentrate at all.

Question [I haven't googled yet]: What is it with antidepressants - if people without a depression take those, do they feel LOTS happier than ever or something different?

Or do you know sth. about this, @actuallyautistic?

sal , 6 months ago

@rebekka_m @actuallyadhd @actuallyautistic I was given antidepressants when suicidal but not depressed - on the assumption that it must be depression and not other factors causing my suicidality, although I was in fact quite explicitly clear about the factors actually causing it - no, they did not make me happy.

Many people regardless of neurology may experience calming effects from stimulants, depending on things like dosage and tolerance. People who experience 'ADD' or similar may also get more stereotypical 'speedier' effects depending on same.

sal , 6 months ago

@rebekka_m @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd Yes.

Except, I don't mean "similar," I mean "identical," at least if we're using "speed" to mean amphetamines, since we're talking about people taking drugs that are amphetamines.

This excerpt is from https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/childrens-add-drugs-dont-work-long-term.html

18+ wordswithnima , 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

if you're someone who found out you're autistic as an adult and have since taught yourself to unmask, what are some of your favourite/go-to stims?

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

sal , 6 months ago

@wordswithnima @actuallyautistic what about people who were DX'd as kids and trained/pressured/groomed to mask?

Tim_McTuffty , 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 86 Monday 22/01/24

TL:DR Project WOOF is back up & walking ! ; Bit of gaming, bit of house elfing, tiny bit of eating.

Got a decent night’s sleep, even though I was up for an hour around 1am.

Road tested the new trousers this morning, a couple of laps around my favourite short walk, puffing & panting like a 90 year old , while chatting to CDP 🧚‍♀️, who I think thought I was about to keel over 😆

Did a load of chores when I got home.

A couple of hours on ESO helped passed the day then some solo stuff.

Used up a can of beans that were somewhat past their BBF date for my tea - maybe 500 kcals with the bread n butter , hey what doesn’t kill yer makes yer stronger !

Final Thoughts.

Ok Project WOOF is officially back on the road ! 717kcals used , 55 minutes exercise,7k steps across 3.5 miles. Yay.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #TheMammutMoves

sal , 6 months ago

@PixysJourney @Tim_McTuffty @actuallyautistic https://edinstitute.org/blog/2012/12/21/food-fears-i-food-family-and-fear

EmilyMoranBarwick , 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

To my fellow #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD or otherwise #neurodivergent folks…

I would appreciate any tips on how to use Mastodon without it causing overwhelm/getting lost in it.

🧠My blend of #neurodivergence has a REAL hard time with this kind of platform (never got Twitter either), but I’m drawn to the community & connection here.

I’m like instantly a confounded 105-year-old when it comes to Mastodon/Twitter 🙃

Ps - I’ve seen @actuallyautistic but not clear how that even works

sal , 6 months ago

@SophiaFree @EmilyMoranBarwick @actuallyautistic So I think for one thing this way majorly overestimates the knowledge / expertise doctors are working with here. Really "testing" is a misnomer in this case - they're looking over assessments that you can look over yourself without a doctor, there are no 'labs,' no scans, just a doctor's opinion on your personal experience that you yourself inevitably know far more about than they do. Also the autism dx has no 'explanatory' power - ie is not to distinguish "this presentation, stemming from this biological cause" from "this same presentation, stemming from different biological cause" - but is only a subjective umbrella term to describe a loose and broad cluster of experiences regardless of cause.

See
https://thenewinquiry.com/book-of-lamentations/
and
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708131152.htm

If this is your first time encountering Mad liberation perspectives or survivor / ex-patient oriented self-concepts I'd also check out the work of Mel Baggs, Bonnie Burstow, and Irit Shimrat.

alexisbushnell , 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

Me, an #ActuallyAutistic human, "omg why does this flannel smell so strong? It's like it's been soaked in perfume. How has it got such a strong smell? WTF?"

@Uselessgeneration (an allistic/ADHD human) "...it just smells of wet flannel."

@actuallyautistic

sal , 7 months ago

@alexisbushnell @Uselessgeneration @actuallyautistic a lot of laundry detergents smell offputting to me, I like to use the unscented ones

theautisticcoach , 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades have a carb addiction?

If so, you’re not alone.

Do you find that carbs regulate you? Or dysregulate?

@actuallyautistic

sal , 7 months ago

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic No those are what's called a vital macronutrient for human life and referring to eating habits as an addiction is the kind of restriction mindset that we're all better off free from

orangegoldgreen , 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

The phrase "burnt out former gifted kid" has always given me the ick, but there are unique challenges/issues/traumas related to that experience that tend to come up in #autistic discussions and I've never encountered a good description.

Proposal for a slightly less icky alternative:
✨ burnt out former high achiever ✨

#neurodivergent #autism #asd #adhd #actuallyautistic #AuDHD #masking #autisticburnout #burnout @actuallyautistic @autistics

sal , 8 months ago

@joshsusser @orangegoldgreen @actuallyautistic @autistics Both are real phenomenon for some people - the issue isn't w/ what language u use for yourself that's personal choice - the question is how you treat the burnout & neglected needs of people who are socially considered low-functioning or high-support-needs etc

obrerx , 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

#actuallyautistic
@actuallyautistic

Whew... while I was quietly sitting in my apartment: loud, pounding footsteps coming up outside stairs, then a sudden and loud attempt to come in my front door, no knocking, but the door was fortunately locked. I look out my kitchen window and see two men.

I'm so shocked by this I go into a reaction mode (I'm that way lately, very shut down and withdrawn) and I loudly ask them why they tried to come in without knocking, and this becomes, initially, an argument.

Turns out someone had died. They were entering to find the body, but entered wrong apt. I explained to them, regardless of situation, always knock.

Anyway... taking deep breaths. Another day of being very environmentally sensitive in an aggressive insensitive world.

They ended up apologizing, and I apologized as well (even though I was right, but that's me trying to bridge across to their world), and the left.

And of course I sit here feeling I once again overreacted and "should have been more calm".

Self-gaslighting is awful.

sal , 8 months ago

@obrerx @actuallyautistic Holy shit that's terrifying. Nah overreacting would have been if you were one of those "Stand Your Ground" assholes who shot a gun at them or something, verbally telling someone to fuck off is the exact right response when they do something like that out of the blue with no warning or explanation.

SeattleSanchez , 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

My mind has been obsessed with this video all day! So well laid out how our two parties became one since the 80s and 90s.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRc1uouD/
#ActuallyAutistic #politics @actuallyautistic

sal , 8 months ago

@mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic nah you don't need active conspiring when a group's class interests line up against yours

sal , 8 months ago

@mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic Forced concessions in order to maintain a voting block isn't the same thing as that, also instead of speculating about what they 'really want' we can learn a lot more from looking at what economic class they themselves belong to

sal , 8 months ago

@mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic No

sal , 8 months ago

@mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic Also there is no such thing as helping all classes

sal , 8 months ago

@mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic Ok sure whatever u say nationalist
https://www.indigenousaction.org/voting-is-not-harm-reduction-an-indigenous-perspective/

sal , 8 months ago

@veirling @mdylanbell @SeattleSanchez @actuallyautistic Right and also we can see that these people are ruling-class partisans first and party partisans second, in that they stopped the democratic voting process from happening in the primaries so they could personally hand the 2016 candidacy to Clinton knowing full well she'd likely lose because Sanders running would have threatened their financial interests - they decided either a Clinton OR Trump presidency would be far preferable to them rather than a D victory under someone who wasn't aligned with their ideological platform. Their party lost but their class won.