Hello #UK#ADHD peoples....
My GP has given me an Adult "ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist" as part of trying to get medication prescribed.
Some questions ask about social interactions, but my answers will be impacted by my ASC1 ( #Aspergers ) traits (Questions 15, 17 and 18 just seem like they would be too rude to do.)
Is that likely to impact my NHS diagnosis? #ActuallyAutistic#Autism @actuallyadhd @actuallyautistic
I have a busy and stressful job, but one in which I have a lot of control over things, a lot of routine, and an office I can hide in. I am worried about the drastic change in routine (or loss of it) and loss of control.
I love my wife, and kids to the moon and back, but they are unpredictable, and I end up apologising 24/7, and feeling guilty for being rubbish. Also they feel pressure to be happy knowing we don't get time together, which adds to tension and stress.
My family (parents and extended family) are not close, but my wifes are, and Christmas means gatherings, party games etc. And I feel guilty about avoiding them.
I feel obligued to be a festive jolly person to everyone as I do like Christmas and do not want to appear rude.
I have never really spoken about this till now, but I find it the hardest part of my year, and it takes so much energy to mask all the time. What I would love would be to hide away from everything, but there is so much expectation etc.
Sorry for the long rant but thanks for being a safe space to get this out!
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The cohesion in the Metality family is incomparable! We tackle things together and they turn out great.
Thanks to everyone for this wonderful story:
This is Hannah. She is a #Metal fan and #Metality member, a creative woman with dreams, she wants to become a goldsmith. She has struggled with #depression and #anxiety for years. Hanna is #autistic and has #Aspergers syndrome. What is easy for many people, presents hurdles, especially in her everyday life.
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Another classic, incisive post from @mmasnick Re: Elon’s supposed thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters:
“So… within the span of about 2 to 3 pages we are told that Elon Musk and exTwitter are passionate supporters of free speech that allow “all viewpoints” to be shared and that Musk is filing this lawsuit to force Media Matters to take down speech that he admits is absolutely true, but where he doesn’t like how they portrayed things.”
@mike@mmasnick
People forget Musk has #Aspergers. He even praised #SNL when they invited "their first person with Asperger's to host the show."
People with Asperger's (a form of #autism) have difficulty understanding normal human interaction. They feel the need to boil every social situation down to a binary equation, but fail to apply that same logic outside of social interaction.
Someone with Asperger's has no business running a "Social Media" website (particularly one as big as Twitter.)
Hurrah... good sense breaks out in the #NorthWest as the 'Waitrose of the North', Booths begins to get rid of self-service check-outs.
Given the price premium at Booths, we (the customers) want the social interaction with staff at the checkouts, not be told to 'scan & bag'!
More importantly, not only do checkouts provide regular local employment, they are also for many semi-isolated shoppers a key bit of rare social interaction... so a welcome reverse!
I'm trying to find out what types of neurodiversity exist beyond Aspergers, autism and ADHD (my daughter has ADHD). I don't have any of these but there's something going on and it's beginning to upset me after 52 years of thinking I'm just a weirdo and I'd like to understand it better. If I go to a GP I'll sound ridiculous. Are there other recognised forms? #neurodiversity#aspergers#autism#adhd
This weekend I learned about object permanence and how people with autism and/or ADHD can have difficulties with it.
And I realise that this, in particular, is what I've been struggling with for the last few years.
It's causing problems with me doing work and particular tasks for work.
It also explains why my approach to friendship has sometimes been different to my friends'. #ActuallyAutistic#ADHD#ASD1#Aspergers#Neurodivergent
I self DX'ed as #Aspergers, if that counts, sometime in the 1980's during my 20's; never officially DX'ed with #autism because I was afraid of consequences (different times).
#ASD gallops in my family, both sides. All the members of my nuclear family, and half of my second degree relatives.
Just finished reading The Deluge, by Stephen Markley.
Recommended. Very well written and researched but the depth of detail may be a bit too much for some readers.
I'm amazed at how well the author captures the internal voice and viewpoint of the characters, and especially enjoyed seeing things through the eyes of a certain genius on the autistic spectrum.
Stephen King:
“This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting."
I read recently, mainly on Mastodon, about a form of writing therapy where you just write what's on your mind. Sod the grammar, sod the spelling,... just get it out.
My ADHD / ASC1 brain doesn't work that way. It spews things out in curated sentences after they've bounced around my brain for anything from microseconds to days.
Writing them down for no one to read won't work. Writing them down in a place actual people might read could be worse.
So what better than a Social Media account with a negligible audience?
It also feels true to my desire to be open with my mental health. If anyone does read, then maybe they'll relate and understand this shit better.
Who the fuck knows. Just the act of starting to write has scared away all the thoughts that have been plaguing me today. So maybe fuck all will come of it anyway. #MentalHealth#MH#ActuallyAutistic#WellAspergersReally#ADHD#Aspergers#ASD1#ASC1#Neurodivergent#FuckingArsehole#PointlessSelfTherapy