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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

As I've been discovering what I strongly suspect is adhd within my own brain (undiagnosed, and likely will never pursue such), I think my analogy is that my cpu is over clocked and running hot. Plenty of ram usually, and the storage is plentiful but in need of a defragging; but that CPU is always churning, even when there's no tasks assigned to it.

I'm also discovering that what I thought the H in adhd meant isn't what it really means in practice. I always thought of it is translating to a physical expression, but it doesn't, at least not for me. It's pretty much exclusively internal for me.

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are 3 main manifestations, and they all can vary in severity.

-Predominantly Inattentive
-Predominantly Hyperactive
-Combined Type

[-] L7HM77@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Pretty sure I've got it too. Looking back, it was like having multiple "me's" in the back of my head, I could just keep taking in more numbers and information, and have it turn into something useful without any conscious effort. I have to work with lots of model and serial numbers, used to be able to glance at nametags and equipment numbers, keep several trains of thought running at the same time, and write detailed maintenance reports a few hours later, keeping everything in line and organized. Caught covid three years ago, and it took nearly my entire minds eye away, didn't really come back.

Figured out my memory worked visually, now my head is full of static. Writing is difficult, memory full of holes, filled with anxiety to the point where I can't move. If only I knew what I had, and if only I knew how to get it back. Wanted to get checked out before covid, not sure if its worth finding out now that I'm not whole any more, especially with the stigma building around it now.

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

ADHD was a bad name for it based on the symptoms. Any deeper thought into the name is likely to cause incorrect conclusions. It meant literal, physical hyperactiveness.

It's like naming the flu "coughy chills with a runny nose".