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Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Skydancer@pawb.social to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 73 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, keep up the stress and ADHD will break like a neurotypical.

[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 64 points 1 month ago

Yup. I rode deadline panick all the way through to a degree and now it feels like adrenaline just doesn't work right anymore.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Time to get your masters.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

Or a Monster... Red Bull... Cocaine....

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

5 hour energy poured into a 4 loko

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Hah, for me, this broke down in the middle of my degree lol

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had a near miss during autobahn driving recently and I felt nothing. I remembered it because it was so bizzare. I do feel burnt out from anxiety

[-] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Get a hormone blood panel done, it can check your cortisol.

I had one done a few weeks ago and (big surprise) my cortisol is basically non existent.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Like how I built a tolerance to Concerta?

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

When the adrenaline doesn't work anymore, it's time to try meth.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Meth just makes you fail at jerking off for 72 hours straight. Nothing to see here

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure my baseline cortisol levels could kill a small animal. And probably shortened my lifespan by a few years.

My AuDHD is flavored by several varieties of anxiety and crippling depression, the former undiagnosed for most of my life and the latter two only being treated sporadically. I've had my episodes of shining in times of chaos (usually at work) but my brain's go-to response is freeze.

It's not very effective.

[-] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

That’s what drives me nuts about saying we “thrive” in stress. Equating being functional with doing well is so detrimental to our mental health, because we may be hitting deadlines but we are suffering miserably while doing so.