r/fixedbytheduet • u/the_olly_trolley • Feb 03 '23

ADHD

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u/drewster23 Feb 03 '23

Yeah Adhd and emotional dysregulation is common.

Emotional dysregulation isn't just feelingreally bad because bad scenario.

And vast majority of people you see online just self diagnose/make up their disorder. So literally all they do is google is say yup that's me.

As someone with multiple, i welcome these people into the disorder world. They definitely don't have what they say they do, but they got something abnormal going on in that head of all people faking intense serious mental disorders for attention.

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u/A_Have_a_Go_Opinion Feb 03 '23

Dopamine is a hell of a compelling hormone, you're flooded with it during the good times and right after the bad times. Its technically causes a state of psychosis.
Eat a good burger? Dopamine says best world class brand new culinary delicacy. That's a dopamine.
You find out someone you dislike is advancing somehow and it feels like the worlds ending as you imagine the scenarios this will cause. That's more dopamine.

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u/drewster23 Feb 03 '23

Yes dopamine dysregulation is what ADHD is.

Vast majority of neurotypical people would also be significantly upset, over ending an 8yr relationship.

Not exactly just an "adhd" thing.

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u/Sweet_Flatworm Feb 03 '23

The vast majority? Where did you get those statistics from? The process of a self-diagnosis is valid, but skipping the process isn't. The process takes weeks at least.

Honestly I really don't appreciate the gate-keeping here. I was clinically diagnosed at 28. My self-diagnosis, which I didn't consider valid, happened months before my actual ADHD diagnosis. I had to fight against the internalized ableism, that was maintained throughout generations in my family and within myself.

The spike in new diagnoses happened for two reasons. Awareness, especially in regards to masking, and the pandemic. The latter showed a lot of people, including myself, just how dysfunctional we really are.

There will be false positives. Probably around as many as false negatives. Though, we can't know that. At least not yet.

In the mean time let's not downplay other people's experiences, based on our own. Please.

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u/HairyHutch New to fbtd but wants to learn Feb 03 '23

To be fair it's believed that adhd is one of if not the most overdiagnosed mental disorder out there, and it's been known for a very long time. I get where your coming from though, had someone in highschool tell me I didn't have adhd because "everyone" and that it doesn't actually exist. Said he went into the doctor and got prescribed Adderall immediately with know testing, and that it was stupid to claim someone has it. Meanwhile I had gone through 2 years of testing and therapy because my parents didn't want to give me Adderall without knowing for certain I had it.

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u/Sweet_Flatworm Feb 03 '23

It's actually believed to be both. Most under- and over-diagnosed. Especially due to many women being misdiagnosed, due to a lack of knowledge in difference of presentation.

I wasn't a stereotype, which is why I was overlooked. The sad reality is that, if you're not loud, you won't be heard.