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fqirycollective · 2 years

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ADHD Informative Post Pt. 2

Causes

As stated in the first part (on @fqiryinfo Instagram), a heavily theorized cause of ADHD is a lack of dopamine to the pre-frontal cortex. Genetics obviously play a major role in that, however scientists are also researching the possibility of brain injuries, exposure to environmental risks (like lead) during pregnancy or early childhood, alcohol or tobacco use during pregnancy, premature delivery, and low birth weight as possible risk factors. Having these risk factors does not necessarily equal having ADHD. Another neurotransmitter besides dopamine that may contribute to ADHD symptoms is norepinephrine. Certain parts of the brain have been noted to be decreased in volume, as well as low iron and zinc levels causing a higher risk for ADHD symptoms and even a higher severity of symptoms. Despite common misconceptions, ADHD has *no* connection with sugar currently noted and has nothing to do with parental styles.

Treatment - Medication

Medicated treatment is typically broken down into three groups. These are long-lasting stimulants (like Adderall XR, Vyvanse, Biphentin, and Concerta), long-lasting non-stimulants (like Strattera), and short/immediate-acting stimulants (like Dexedrine, Dexedrine Spansule, Ritalin, and Ritalin SR). XR stands for extended release while SR stands for sustained release. This is not necessarily a medication, but iron supplements have been noted to help allivieate ADHD symptoms which makes sense with the noted iron deficiency being a risk. However, zinc supplements didn't have as much of a positive effect.

Treatment - Non-Medication

Psychoeducation: strategy instruction (sleep management, anger contron, etc.), self-talk development, organizational skills developments, information on ADHD, community resources, and support groups

Behavioral Intervention: rewards and consequences, environmental management, ADHD coaching, and lifestyle changes

Social Intervention: social skills training and parenting skills training

Psychotherapy: self-talk strategies, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, family therapy, expressive arts therapy, and supportive counseling

Educational/Vocational Accomodations: academic remidation and specialized academic/workplace interventions

Comorbidities

"More often than not, ADHD is further complicated by comorbidity with one or more psychiatric disorders.... An adult with ADHD is six times more likely to have at least one other psychiatric disorder than an adult without ADHD." (Thomas E. Brown, PH.D.). A quote from a book to all those who would like to argue against those who believe comorbidities don't exist. Even a study found 70% of 579 children carefully diagnosed with ADHD fully met the diagnostic criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders. Cases of ADHD not complicated by another disorder are rare.

As for the disorders ADHD is often comorbid with, that would be learning disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders (especially Bipolar Disorder), OCD, ODD, conduct disorder, substance use disorders, and personality disorders. Bipolar disorder especially, but but mood disorders in general stem from similar neurobiology so it makes for them to be so comorbid. (Bipolar 1 is even more comorbid than Bipolar 2.) Personality disorders are reported to be present in more than 50% of adults with ADHD. Of that 50%, the most common are cluster B and C disorders with 25% of them having two or more personality disorders. Of the papers I've read, none of them mention Autism as an actual comorbidity of ADHD however that's probably because it falls under the other disorders of early childhood they frequently mentioned.

Our Own Experiences

We are professionally diagnosed with ADHD. We have genetic links on both sides of our family, as well as a lack of iron (not diagnosed with iron deficiency but we do experience symptoms at times). We were diagnosed at 13 with the inattentive type. Originally we tried Strattera as a medication, but it didn't work so we switched to another medicine and it's been working ever since (heavy dissociation messes with the effectiveness though). We have recently decided to ask to start taking iron supplements to help with symptoms. As for comorbidities, we have a comorbid mood disorder (depression however the disorder type was never specified), generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder diagnosed. We also experiences symptoms of BPD, but it's not been talked about with the mental health group we talk to so we avoid saying for sure we have it despite the genetic and trauma links. Obviously this is just in regards to this post, but yeah!

#adhd culture #adhdlife #adhd #adult adhd #adhd stuff

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beaisdifferent · 10 months

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Autism: How Did I Know?

Autism is an interesting thing. In many ways it’s like ADHD, both being buried in my childhood, only to sprout up vines to tangle my steps and label me as different. But at the same time, it felt more intimate than the pieces of my brain making me wiggle and ignore. It was something I always held closer to my chest, and the true name of the feelings that always had me set aside from my peers.

Adults loved me for how I was a rule follower, my fellow children were frustrated with me for the way I was a goody two shoes who didn’t believe in bending the rules. At the same time, adults were often frustrated with me for how I would correct them in conversations, even those I wasn’t a part of, and for how particular I was about the clothes I would accept on my body and my reluctance to mingle with those my age, while other children would adopt me as their friend as someone who knew everything about Winx Club and Avatar the Last Airbender. It was a minefield, and I never knew where to step.

There were reasons for all of these quirks in behavior, but I didn’t know it. So as with ADHD, from a young age I internalized the lies that people pushed into my hands. I was a goody-two-shoes, I just refused to try new things, I was a know it all, I was picky, I was horribly sensitive, I was more mature than my peers yet couldn’t act my age, I was weird.

Weird was the label that followed me closer than all the rest. As I got older, I learned how to form a mask, to mimic my peers and be what the adults wanted to do. For the most part. But I couldn’t hide it all, and often I didn’t want to.

I knew my classmate didn’t care about Gregor the Overlander, but I wanted so badly to connect with someone and it was all I wanted to talk about. And it chased them away. I was weird.

Whenever I hugged someone, I would try to get their smell, everyone had their own smell and it was so fascinating. But of course I would get caught literally smelling people, and it was weird.

I had niche and obsessive interests, leading to my ability to quote the Princess Bride from start to finish (I’m not exaggerating) after I watched it every night for a week.

I feel like I’m not painting a complete enough picture here, but without listing out everything that was a symptom, you’ll just have to imagine an awkward, particular, sensitive, lonely little girl. I rocked myself, I covered my ears at noises others considered fine, I didn’t like looking people in the eye or being touched—all of it was weird.

Interestingly enough, my mom had once considered that I was autistic, based on my sensitivity to textures, and my echolalia, though she didn’t know that it had a name back then. But as most of us do, especially girls, I learned how to hide it and assimilate, and she forgot her suspicions. I remembered it though, but it only served as a reminder to me that I was weird enough to make my mom think there was something wrong with me. I must be really weird then.

Until the day I sat down with my family to watch a movie. Temple Grandin is the story of an autistic woman who revolutionizes the cattle industry. I’d seen autism portrayed in media before, most of it abhorrent, but this one struck differently. Because it struck home. I sat fixated, staring at the screen in shock, fascination, and maybe a little fear. It’s not easy to put into words. Maybe some of you can imagine what it’s like to feel always on the outside, to feel like you are wrong and to have no explanation for it, then to suddenly see yourself. Another one like you. To have a mirror held up and a thrown open in front of you, with only a word: autism.

I think I’m autistic, I thought to myself. I texted my now ex boyfriend. “I think I’m autistic.” He responded, “You’re not autistic, you’re just awkward.” I didn’t take it to heart this time. I started looking into it.

The more I searched, the more I saw, and the more the dots started to connect. I told my therapist about it, I told my mom about it, I started info-dumping all over the place. I didn’t have an official diagnoses, only calling myself “probably autistic.” But it was a helpful starting point to understanding some of my behaviors. Eventually, I wanted more definite answers and I went in for a professional assessment, and it wasn’t a hard puzzle to piece together for someone who actually knew what they were looking at. It was like when I first got my glasses as a child. I didn’t know how bad my sight was until I had my first pair in the Walmart outlet, and took in the supermarket in its clear, crisp, reasonably priced glory.

I’m not difficult, I’m autistic.

I’m not more or less mature, I’m autistic.

I’m not weird.

I’m autistic.

#autism #neurodivergent #asd #audhd

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theautismgoblin · 2 years

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Autism throughout the years, especially in recent times, has gained more spotlight. Now is this a good thing? Not always, as it also leads to stereotypes and harmful rhetoric appearing in mass media alongside research. The question here is how this began, and how has this ableism festered throughout the century since conceived by Eugen Bleuler, a German psychiatrist, in 1911 (Evans). I will be talking about the history, treatment, and research done for autism in this paper. I will dive into my own personal experiences as an autistic person alongside other experiences. Here I want to try to answer why has ableism regarding autism persisted? Why are scientists consistently downgrading autistics? When did it all begin?

As an autistic person, I have faced ableism with therapists and friends. Such as me displaying all the symptoms which should have been a red flag when I was younger, but the psychiatrists said I couldn’t be autistic, another said I was bipolar before even meeting me, when I was somewhere between 4 or 8. Then for a while, I was diagnosed with ADHD and put on medication that made me a zombie. Even when I finally got a diagnosis, the therapist I was seeing was also ableist or misinformed. He essentially told my mom I was half-autistic and that the only reason they changed the name to ‘high-functioning autism’ because having a ‘syndrome’ would harder for me to obtain a job, I even looked up why ‘Asperger syndrome’ was removed from the DSM-5 all I could find was that it was removed. Plus, something else that happened, for a while I was depressed enough to want to cut and commit suicide. I was not okay, I thought I was a burden. I heard what parents said about me, I saw the looks. The difference between this scenario and for many others (primarily those in the LGBTQ+ community) was ever since I was young, something was different in a way I was unable to hide. Even if I was masking, others saw through it. This is an issue needing to be addressed.

“This difference was more pronounced for females with ASD, who were more than 8 times more likely to attempt suicide than females without ASD, while males with ASD were 1.93 times more likely to attempt suicide than males without ASD. Individuals with ASD were also nearly four times more likely to die by suicide compared to individuals without ASD. Among individuals with ASD, males were over 3 times more likely to die by suicide and females 2.63 times more likely than males and females without ASD” (Suicide Prevention Resource Center).

Couple this alongside the teasing, bullying, and harassment from others at school and even my friends seeing me as a child unable to understand ‘adult’ subjects, such as sex. My friends refused to explain any of their innuendos. This is also a common occurrence for many autistic people, many of us deal with allistics (non-autistics) seeing us as incapable of sexual activity, which is false. “Sexual Experiences in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder Community” explains why autism is misinterpreted by this quote,

“Since individuals with ASD often have difficulty with interpersonal skills and communication, they are regularly mischaracterized as having a lowered libido, a disinterest in intimate relationships, or being incapable of forming romantic relationships (Byers, Nichols, & Voyer, 2013; Rosqvist, 2014)” (Hickey.)

It should be mentioned autism can affect someones sex drive, but not one person is the same even here. Meaning it’s also a spectrum here as well (Hickey). I have a hard time in my life just trying to fit in, to not be seen as a secondary character in my own life.

Other autistic people have more experiences with ableism. One such person is Monique Botha who is an autistic autism researcher. Throughout the course of college and her work, she has dealt with ablest researchers. She has been told she couldn't possibly be autistic, that she needed to use person first language (we'll get to what this is later), and that she was biased in her work. Even one of her works had a disclaimer saying she was autistic and to take what she said with a grain of salt. Other researchers said they weren't talking about her in their research on autism since she was 'high functioning.' Now this is a term that has been disregarded alongside 'low functioning' autism by the autistic community. This was done for two reasons. The first was to bridge the gap between both verbal and non-verbal autistics. The second reason is because these labels ignore the fact that 'high functioning' people still have support needs, and that 'low functioning' people can be just as capable or brilliant as other autistics and deserve worth.

On the topic of brilliance and worth, even some incredibly famous scientists were most likely autistic. One is Albert Einstein, the crazy eccentric scientist almost everyone has heard of with his most famous picture.

Plus, his personality was much more in line with the other end of the spectrum. There is a stereotype in autism which is that they are all monotone and unexpressive. This is not true many are extremely animated and vocal (like me) with examples such as Einstein. He didn’t care about societal norms, and he didn’t wear socks (Aruma). Someone else many may not know of is Nikolas Tesla, who was also most likely autistic. He had many tics, had a perfect memory, and had a rigid schedule. His ideas run many of our electrical items today (AppliedBehavioralAnaylisi.Edu). He also wanted electricity to be free, to be of public use and paid using tax dollars. He wasn’t a businessman, but his work was stolen from him by Thomas Edison (TFIPOST).

Both men were obsessed with their areas of expertise as many autistics are. This is because we have what is called a special interest, an interest that is essentially a major chunk of our personalities that we have a desire to know everything about (this is not an exaggeration). These interests can go on from anywhere between a few years to an entire lifetime (once again not an exaggeration). An example is my own special interests of animals and how they work, I have so much random facts about animals of all kinds. I wrote my application essay on animals. I've had this interest since I was around 2. However, back to my point these people helped shape science in ways previously unimaginable and were like people like me. These two men are nowhere near the only examples of autistic famous minds. So why, why is something that seems to have a correlation to some form of intellectual ability so looked down on? Something that allows for people to see the world in a different perspective. Something that allows for these people to not be blinded by conformity and to follow their passion and purpose. Why is it so criminalized?

This is partially due to “Autism Speaks’ which many now know is not a charity, but a hate group founded on the idea of eradicating autism with the use of eugenics, which is the process of removing an undesirable trait(s) from the human gene pool. One of their commercials depicted autism as a stalker (Kayleen). They also commercialized the blue puzzle piece symbol, which has been used to make autistic people feel as if they can never fit or they’re broken. Alongside “light it up blue,” an event based on the harmful stereotype that only boys can be autistic. None of their board members are autistic. They put almost none of their money to helping autistics or their families (Kayleen).

‘Autism Speaks’ also funds ABA (applied behavioral analysis) therapy, which is described by WebMD with this quote,

“Applied behavior analysis is a type of interpersonal therapy in which a child works with a practitioner one-on-one. The goal of applied behavior analysis is to improve social skills by using interventions that are based on principles of learning theory.”

Essentially ABA tries to teach autistic kids and adults, to be ‘normal,’ which is extremely harmful to patients in many situations. Now, not all ABA therapy actively harms, as there are some that seem to actively try to help the child without harming them (this can be debatable subject as well), but many use questionable methods, in the past punishment in ABA therapy went from sensory (which is torture to autistic people and occasionally still used) to electric shocks sometimes for things as mild as stimming. The therapy can be at home for up to 40 hours a week, imagine 40 hours of your week having to be spent doing the same stuff repeatedly, now imagine that while you are also in school. It would be exhausting. While the therapy does seem effective, it mostly is just the child repeating a behavior taught without knowing why, which helps no one. When doing something without knowing the reason behind the action, the action thus can become meaningless. Not to mention the attention they put towards eye contact, touch in the form of handshakes or hugs, and the express dislike of stimming (the use of a repetitive movement or vocalization to self-regulate) (Devita-Raeburn.) Keep in mind, some autistics are touch averse, touch basically is like pins and needles to them. Eye contact to some autistics can be incredibly uncomfortable, and not stimming can lead to even worse burnout in those with autism as it is a self-regulatory behavior used to sort scenarios, emotions, and thoughts so nothing overloads.

Some don’t understand why there is a hatred in the autistic community towards ABA, but someone made a video explaining it in an easy-to-understand way. I recommend watching the video cause it exactly what the autistic is speaking out about. Anyway, the video goes on to give an analogy of ABA therapy. They compare it to breaking your knee and going to see a doctor who doesn’t try to fix the knee, but to teach you to walk on it despite the pain so you are not a disruption to society (Davis). This is the perfect explanation of ABA, but many still don’t listen autistics about this issue. Saying their child needed help, when these kids can understand and do way more than they are given credit for. Why is someone’s ability to fit in more important than their comfort and mentality? Why does eye contact have to be such an integral part of socializing, when one can still be heard even without eye contact? Why are these kids and adults put into this scenario? Why can’t society be more understanding and accommodating rather that uniform?

Of course, there is also the sheer amount of ableist research. Now the fact, that most of the research is ableist is ironic since they use ‘person first’ language (which is where they say ‘person with autism’), which is apparently supposed to humanize those with disability, their claim is this language separates the disability from the person (which doesn’t really work when the disability is an essential part of them). However, here, person first language does nothing as many articles about autism talk as if it is a disease. Their research findings state,

“The person with autism’s difficulty is more profound, making the possibility of identifying with a community more daunting. While it is true that communities of persons exist, disabled or otherwise, it is not the case that a community of autistic people is one of them. There is not, nor could there be a community of autistic people, since a failure of ‘theory of mind’ would preclude being a part of any community” (Barnbaum, 2008, p. 157).

There are many other misleading ‘findings’ such as this one published. The tag ‘actuallyautistic’ on the app TikTok highlights that there is an autistic community, contrary to the statements made by this researcher. Another one is in a study where they found a small group of bees sharing traits with autistic people in their genes. Now, the study is very interesting, talking about how these bees behave differently from the others in the hive, but a comment made towards the end is what I’m talking about,

“It’s not clear why these asocial bees are tolerated by the rest of the hive” (Pennisi).

There it is, which is not very understandable from an autistic perspective, even though bees are generally social according to this same article, these bees, regardless of being antisocial, still most likely contribute and do their share of work. Another study done was trying to see how autistic people respond to a specific scenario in public versus private, the study worked with participants given two options (a good cause they could support with no gain or refuse to support, and a bad cause they could support with monetary gain or refuse to support,) they did this two separate times (one in the presence of another and one time in private.) Autistic people mostly didn’t change their answer regardless of in a social or private scenario and gave to the good cause more often. This does not mean everyone who was autistic did the morally right thing and give to the good cause, but it was most of the autistic participants. This seems great, right, people who are autistic hold their morals at a very high level compared to others, which surely must be a good thing. Apparently not, according to the researchers,

“Here, we show that ASD individuals are more inflexible when following a moral rule even though an immoral action can benefit themselves and suffer an undue concern about their ill-gotten gains and the moral cost," – Hu et al. 2020 (Autistic Science Person).

Once more ableism at its finest, because being selfish is somehow seen as a good thing in the eyes of society. Why is being different seen as a bad thing? Because in both these cases what was found should seem like an issue, yet somehow these researchers have made it one. I think the reason for this is because of the man who began autism research.

This man was Hans Asperger, who has been seen as the pioneer in studying autism (which is inaccurate, but we’ll get to that later) but was also an ableist. For many years after the holocaust, Asperger was regarded as a hero. After all, he saved children from being ruthlessly killed by Nazis. This is important to understand, during the time, it wasn’t only Jews being killed and sent to concentration camps, those of color, culture, different religion, people part of the LGBTQ+, and yes, disabled people with mental or physical disability were killed as well, all to create racial purity. Hans Asperger knowingly sent many children, many disabled in one way or another, to face the wrath of Vienna’s Am Spiegelgrund clinic, which was known as a ‘child euthanasia’ program (Baron-Cohen.) He sent kids to their literal deaths, and both lied and was truthful to parents about it. Essentially, he played with parent’s emotions. When these same kids were diagnosed with something obscene while at the clinic, he would ask if they could euthanize and have the parent’s sign the child’s death warrant. Other time kids were drugged, and the reason for their deaths were falsified. However, during his research he discovered something.

“In his inauguration thesis Die «Autistischen Psychopathen» im Kindesalter, published in 1944, he described a small group of 'autistic psychopaths' whose traits of character were more commendable than those of other children. Their faculty for abstract thinking was so well developed that 'their relationship to the concrete, to objects and persons, has largely been lost' ((1), p. 170). Such children with special abilities were especially valuable since they would often end up as highly educated in leading positions in society. Asperger believed that this only applied to boys: 'the autistic personality is an extreme variant of male intelligence' and 'male character'” (Slagstad).

He was being both sexist and ableist here. This specific group later became known as those with ‘Asperger syndrome’ which is a term no longer used because of context surrounding who this man was. No one wants a key part of their identity named after a killer. Even if he decided to ‘save’ some kids, it doesn’t lessen the fact he sent the rest to early graves or less likely a life full of that same trauma, on the off chance they made it out alive, which many didn’t (Slagstad.) This man is the main reason along with people before him and after for the ableism. His was just the most documented and spread to others.

Now back to the statement I made previously of Asperger not being the person who founded autism. The true founder was a doctor named Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva. Her descriptions and findings regarding autism (though she did not call it autism as the term wasn’t used in majority at the time) were all made two decades prior to both Asperger and Kanner’s findings. Her findings were much more in line with current research, and almost all her findings were painted in a good, humanizing light. She praised the kids in her articles and shared their strengths. The reason why this occurred instead of the typical ableism was mostly because these kids were placed at Psycho-Neurological and Pedagogical Sanatorium School of the Institute of Physical Training and Medical Pedology in Moscow. This school was like an asylum, and the kids lived there meaning Sukhareva was able to be around them even more. She even seemed to have taken on a motherly like role with them. However, she was mostly forgotten about because Asperger never cited her is his articles (most likely due to his sexist views) thus leaving her work forgotten, at least till recently. Coupled with the fact, her work was only translated in German and not to English until 1996 after she died. So here we are why was she forgotten?

I think it was a mix of apparent sexism and the need during the holocaust to get rid of any opposing views. Sukhareva believed that autism was something you were just born with and was way ahead of her time with theories regarding differences in the autistic brain back in the 1950s which are being proven correct currently. However, because she didn’t follow the same ideology as many, (both in the development and usefulness of autism) she was most likely disregarded (Zelovich). Because of this many scientists followed the model Hans Asperger gave which has led to the ableism most likely. This wonderful woman, who cared and nurtured these misunderstood kids was swept under the rug. It is only now we have begun to learn the truth in recent years.

Now the question, how did this happen, the continuation of harmful stereotypes and research and rhetoric? I think, from what all I have gathered, are most likely from harmful research leaking into everyday knowledge and mass media. Also, knowledge and mass media, which could pass on their ideologies to the public through research. Mass media also plays a huge part, until recently autism has only been depicted with very stereotypical male characters in TV shows such as “The Good Doctor” (Gordon,) “Atypical” (Medico,) and “The Big Bang Theory” (Cendroski.) Thankfully, the autistic community has begun to take a stand and demand for better going as far as changing “Autism Awareness Month” made by Autism Speaks to “Autism Acceptance Month.” I think it is also the need of many to look down on others and say they are better. The use of fear as well with some studies, such as the one with tried to say vaccines cause autism, and many fell for this lie. The bad part wasn’t that they fell for the lie, it was that they despised the idea of their child being autistic. What does all the research tie to, until scientists and journalists decide to stop using ableist language and rhetoric in their studies nothing’s going to change (even if the autistic community can get a leg up) because everyone else will point to scientists saying, “They studied this, so they know better than you.” People must see autistics as capable adults and not believe everything they hear. People would need to do mass reconstructions of their own beliefs. Just because one can’t speak doesn’t mean they can’t communicate. Just because someone doesn’t want to talk to others doesn’t mean they are a burden to society. Just because someone has made their passion their personality doesn’t mean they are broken. We must start with ourselves even autistics because some of us can be ableist. No one is perfect but we must make a reality we can all be proud of.

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guys,, im actually gonna get to see a doctor and hopefully get tested 😭

#yes it took a 10min lecture from my mom abt why im wrong BUT ultimately. i can do this and thats all that matters #rant in upcoming tags bc i am mad at her response but anyways overall i am glad i did it #levi.txt #ok 1. when i said i might have adhd she immediately jumped to 'no well i think you have some anxiety actually'#... ok then fucking. get me treated for anxiety?? are we just gonna let that slide but not the learning disability #that specific thing has been a problem since i was 14 and now i KNOW youre choosing to ignore it #instead of forgetting abt it like i thought you did #2. she got really pissy w me for correcting her bc its not called add anymore. which i know bc somehow #i know more abt this than her. a grown ass woman and a teacher #she kept mentioning that 'i work w these kinds of kids all the time' and then blatantly getting shit wrong #like the name is one thing but she had also never heard of executive dysfunction and didnt understand What it was #she kept trying to use me not Always taking her advice as an excuse as to why Actually i dont have adhd #so what then am i just fucking lazy? say what you mean!! god i wish i knew what she actually thinks of me lol #3. just. in general she was really combative abt it #like she took being corrected like i was disrespecting her almost every time #when i told her i had done research she immediately assumed i was just looking at memes and twitter and shit #when i mentioned executive dysfunction she said and i quote 'so youre just gonna go in there and tell the doctor what you have?'#in a really snarky way... like i know she meant 'go blab abt shit you dont know' instead of like 'talk abt your symptoms'#istg sometimes talking to her is like talking to a child. why do i have to defuse every argument youre an ADULT #im always the one using i statements and shit in order to not make her upset. ever since i was abt 12. wtf #ANYWAYS. all this is secondary im choosing not to care bc in the end I AM GONNA GET TESTED #I FINALLY GET TO KNOW WHATS ON THE GO W ME #literally could cry fr im so happy

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being an adult woman and trying to get diagnosed with adhd/autism is just so hard. most of your male doctors won’t listen to you when you tell them that you have symptoms associated with neurodivergentcy and they play it off as nothing. as if you’re just being dramatic. because you can’t have those things, you don’t act like the men who have those things. you’re (and i quote) “not the type of person to have it.”

you’ll get misdiagnosed too, most of the time with depression, but it’s never just depression, there’s more to it, but your doctors won’t listen to you because you’re a woman and women don’t always display the same symptoms as men do.

it’s tiring, and it takes years, and in order to be listened to you probably need to go see a female doctor. but depending on where you live your local doctors might not even have one. so you’re stuck in this cycle of trying to get people to listen to you until one miracle person finally, finally does and it changes your life.

#never ever gonna forgive my male doctor for saying that quote to me #i outright refuse to even see him now #my local gp did not have ANY women working there as doctors until late 2019 #took me until 2021 to actually be listened to #and it still sucks #neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff #adhd #autism #undiagnosed adhd #undiagnosed autism #actually neurodiverse #actually neurodivergent

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I honest to god don’t even think most people got upset at the initial joke because it could be homophobic — as a queer person I just took it as a joke with his friend and if his friend personally doesn’t take issue w it I don’t either — but the way he reacted afterwards. The 24/7 online pride parade which gave “I can’t be homophobic I have a gay friend!!!” vibes, the subsequent doxxing, the rightful call out for the very homophobic things his fan base has done because of his actions (I have not forgotten the fall out of that one mcc and the disgusting tweets his fans put out and some have brought up other instances of bullying towards poc lgbtq+ members specifically), the backlash to him feeling accomplished because of what he did and then the fucking poll tweet he since took down. Going “no guys don’t do that :(“ doesn’t do shit because he has done it before and his fan base has not listened and at some point as a rationally thinking adult you have to go maybe I do have some responsibility over this and stop falling into old patterns. That one Einstein quote about doing the same experiment over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

see the initial jokes for me is just . yeah I know is a joke, but a lot of people who arent as familiar with who dream or antfrost is might not. and regardless is the kind of joke that should be relegated to the group chat . IN MY PERSONAL OPINION ofc.

but anyways obviously he can never fully control his fanbase. OBVIOUSLY hes in an unimaginably abnormal and inhuman position that i could never even fathom what its like. so im not like shocked that hes not fully able to like make like reasonable responsible decisions because the human brain is literally like not equipped to handle responsibility and fame on that level. but he like. seems to be under the impression that he somehow can or will eventually be able to? will not accept any sort of help or assistance or pr team. not even looking into managing symptoms of adhd which are definetly like undeniably making everything in his situation worse. obviously i dont know him he might be but considering his past attitude to such things i doubt it err.

and while i sympathize with him for the like. extremely inhuman position hes in im also like. hes a whiteguy millionaire. he has access to resources both in regards to his social media presence and his mental health that people would literally lose a limb over. i can sit here and feel bad for the guy whos managing a giant social media presence all on his own but at some point i have to be like. well hes insisting on doing it alone and that has consequences. and i can also feel bad about how some aspects of his neurology might make everything about his situation a million times worse but im also like. hes the richest whitest adhd guy. he has access to every medication and treatment other people with his disorder do not have and would kill to have, and he doesnt seem to be considering any of it.

like basically the way hes going about his social media fame as it is now is not working. hes not figured out how to make it work. he doesnt seem to consider the options that might make it work and might reduce the damage done to himself and his community. he cant handle his fame at all and right now that has huge consequences and it sucks .!

#like hes basically thrown his social media pills down the drain in a sense is what im getting at.#sorry long rambel. sorry sos osryy i wanted to say this in an other post but decided not to #but now youve given me an ooppiurtnity.#so i shall take it #discourse #long post #dream critical

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Schizophrenic Nico, here's why I think it's possible:

I want to start off by saying these are just my thoughts, there is no one way to be schizophrenic or to have schizophrenia. It's also important to note that many of the schizophrenic symptoms overlap with other mental illnesses/nuerodivergences like ADHD, Autism, Depression, and OCD which I know many people who head canon Nico as having. I'm not arguing schizophrenic Nico is more correct, more canon, or more right, but to explain some thoughts on why I think it's possible/very likely he does so I can use this for future reference in various thing.

I am using the term schizophrenia as a catchall for all "types" of schizophrenia, but not for schizoaffective disorder which I would say Nico probably doesn't have.

Children born in the winter/those who were "sickly" as babies are more likely to develop schizophrenia. It may also be possible if your mother was sick while pregnant with you, or having a father who was significantly older when he had you.

A stressful life, especially trauma, are more likely to develop schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. It likely has something to do with excessive dopamine production, but it may also have something to do with the same genes that control the sleep-wake cycle. Schizophrenia is more common with other mental illnesses or with other nuerodivergences or developmental delays.

Common symptoms include:

Hallucinations

Delusions

Disorganized thinking

lack of motivation

slow movement

change in sleep patterns

poor grooming or hygiene

changes in body language and emotions

less interest in social activities

Now what does this mean for Nico, and why do I think it's likely he has Schizophrenia?

Let's start with Nico's childhood, "children born in the winter/those who were "sickly" as babies are more likely to develop schizophrenia". Although Rick proposed two birthdays for Nico, the fandom generally accepted the January date more fully. We also know that Nico is described as small when he was younger, smallness is common in children who grow up sickly, but it is also common in children who's mother was ill while pregnant with them. We obviously don't know if Nico was sick as a kid, or if Maria was sick while pregnant with him, but again being born in the winter makes these things more likely, as well as consideration for the time period Nico grew up in and the larger variety of illnesses going around at the time. (He is vaccinated against some things though).

Trauma and Nico... do I really have to go into super detail on this one? He spent his childhood growing up in a fascist country that was extremely racist/anti-Semitic/homophobic/etc, his mom died when he was a child- in front of him, his father intentionally gave him amnesia, his sister died when he was a child, he then proceeded to become homeless living/spending lots of time with Minos who verbally (and possibly physically) abused him, becoming aware of his past memories, becoming aware of the fact that many people hated him because of his father and because they thought he was joining the other side (therefore, he was "bad"), he fought in many battles as a child, fought monsters alone, was often faced with life or death situations, went to Tartarus alone (where the goddess of misery told him he was "perfect"), was trapped in a hostage situation with little/no air for a long time while people debated whether or not to save him, was outed against his will, was freed only to travel again fighting monsters and then win a battle, was eventually made to quest with Apollo despite still having lots of healing to do in ToN. So stressful life? Fuck yeah, that doesn't being to cover it.

Genetic factors, obviously nothing here is confirmed so I'm speculating a little bit again, but the common idea in regards to Hades children through the series is that they are "bad". Mental illnesses have been stigmatized for hundreds, if not thousands of years, and often mentally ill people were made out to be weird/bad/etc. It's more than possible there is some sort of genetic factor taking place, also "having a father who was significantly older when he had you". Although I doubt godly genes work the same as mortal ones (trust me I have lots of thoughts on how god genetics/DNA work, but that's not the point right now), I think Hades being the oldest out of all his brothers and having a reputation for having "questionable" children says something... We have no information on Maria's family history at all.

As for schizophrenia often occurring with other mental illnesses and/or neurodivergences: Nico canonically is implied to have either ADHD and/or Autism, and is canonically stated to have PTSD. I think most people would agree that saying Nico has or has had depression isn't a stretch in the slightest.

So canonically we can all agree Nico has severe trauma and coinciding mental health issues/neurodivergences, so out of 4 possible issues I’ve first presented we guaranteeably have two. If I wanted to stretch this a little I would give myself a half point for him being born in the winter and a half point for the aspect of Hades genetics but I won’t do that.

On top of that schizophrenia usually appears during teenage and young adult years in people who receive diagnosis; most people live with mental illness for a few months or a few years in some cases before they're able to receive a diagnosis. Nico being 15 (16 by the end of ToN/shortly following the end of ToN) is about the age that schizophrenia would start to make an appearance. It's also more likely to be found in men, with men also noticing the appearance of schizophrenia appearing early in their lives, and experiencing more negative symptoms in comparison to the higher commonality of affective symptoms in women. That's a really complicated explanation to basically say there's 3 more things that would make Nico having schizophrenia make more sense.

Alright, let’s go back to the list of symptoms I provided:

Hallucinations

Delusions

Disorganized thinking

lack of motivation

slow movement

change in sleep patterns

poor grooming or hygiene

changes in body language and emotions/behavior

less interest in social activities

Once again, some of these are not solely related to schizophrenia and can be the result of other mental health issues, I’m just going to go down the list and add in some moments from the books in which Nico shows some of these traits/behaviors.

Delusions/Hallucinations (more later)

Our best chances for understanding Nico's thought process is in Blood of Olympus where he has a P.O.V... Sometimes Nico's thoughts do derail, or sometimes they get a little confusing, but not always, and when talking to others he is consistent and aware of what he's saying, as well as blunt. Anything "off" about his thought patterns to me just seems like ADHD..

Dietary changes (whether or not you think he has an eating disorder) are behavioral changes (I personally think Nico has AFRID)

Within House of Hades Nico's poor sleep patterns are constantly referenced, and I'll give him a pass on poor hygiene because he's in the middle of a quest but still..

I have extremely complicated feelings on what Will says here, it's possible Nico is an extremely unreliable narrator (unlikely, it seems many people are bothered by him and only maybe a handful aren't), I've also thought at many points this was Rick trying to backtrack some stuff with Nico because he realized he'd made his story a little too harsh for a kids book, it could also be Will's trauma kicking in and that happening... I'm not counting it as full proof about Nico disliking social interactions, but Nico does try to leave even after this conversation and isn't convinced to stay until the last chapter, so maybe there's something to be said about people's dislike of him for being a Hades kid- but I think it's fair to say Nico also dislikes people at least some because he doesn't have interest in trying to befriend anyone either, and is quick to assume all people dislike him (paranoia/low self esteem/and some other possible stuff). There's lots of discussions to be had about this quote and other similar ones, and I don't think a broad brush approach of "Nico good everyone else bad" is accurate it's more, "Nico is good but he fails to try and you have to work on your own mental health everyone won just go to you, and also people dislike Nico for silly reasons and need to get over themselves and make an effort too". (I'm extremely oversimplifying my thoughts and feelings to keep it brief.)