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Janel Comeau@verybadllama.bsky.social |
"we never used to have all these women in their 30s suddenly getting diagnosed with ADHD" listen, I wouldn't have even noticed I have ADHD if I lived in an era where my doctor could ask if I want to lose 5lbs and then hand me enough amphetamines to see the face of God
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Bobbie Bees
@bobbiegarnet.bsky.social
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Don't forget about lobotomies..........
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Underwhelmed
@underwhelmed.bsky.social
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It's unfortunate that a lot of people's understanding of the world is frozen at what they believed to be true when they were teenagers.
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eevee
@eev.ee
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if you take the amphetamines but still don't see the face of god, that's how you know you have ADHD
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rifka the unhinged fat activist
@rifka.bsky.social
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one day I would like to imagine being maybe half as pithy
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Kevin Cantú
@killerswan.bsky.social
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and when our ancestors slept in trees I bet having a few ppl who stayed up late and were easily distractible by noises made a huge difference with leopards
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Bonnie Patterson
@bonniepatterson.bsky.social
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People used to think that women couldn't have ADHD. That's why some older women like me are very angry that the best years of our lives were marred by something that would have been treatable
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marythetrainer🦋🐢🤷🏻♀️😏🌎
@marythetrainer.bsky.social
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I know now that everyone in my family is adhd. Both parents. Didn’t realize until my sons were diagnosed. We generally don’t have the hyperactivity component. But it took me 5 years to complete a 2-year MA. I have unfinished projects all over my house. I’m a night owl. Etc. I’ve learned to cope.
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Kimicali
@ksgpd.bsky.social
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I took so much dexatrim and black beauties in high school and felt chill and awesome as opposed to my normal anxious and disorganized self. It all made sense when I was diagnosed at 36.
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Random Jeweler
@randomjeweler.bsky.social
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And folks smoked cigarettes all day long and you didn't have to do a months long project to get a job.
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Julia
@jesrcerulean.bsky.social
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I was diagnosed at 39; my second-grade (and fourth-grade reading and math) teacher was not even a little surprised.
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Mary Bogan
@marylue42.bsky.social
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I was diagnosed at 57. I think ADHD was in the DSM—maybe. I can look back and absolutely see symptoms no one realized were symptoms. I understand the tendency to discount something that seems to be a trendy diagnosis. But those symptoms led a lot of self-loathing and insecurity. It’s real, folks.
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Gloria!
@smilodonichthys.bsky.social
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Anyone saying that is not familiar with research on adults with ADHD which shows the gender ratio is nearly 1:1 men and women
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Timpanogos Slim
@timpanogosslim.bsky.social
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When more people started working from home, many of them discovered that they had unwittingly been leaning on coping mechanisms that didn't work outside of the structure of the office.
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Delanie
@delrex.bsky.social
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I am old enough they literally thought only boys had it when I was in school.
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SkyIce
@skyice.bsky.social
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An age where they handed out drugs like it was candy abd would tell your husband instead of you if you had cancer.
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Baj Mihal
@bajmihal.bsky.social
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“In my days women in their 30s were diagnosed with hysteria and treated with opium tinctures or lobotomy”
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NatsRetiredTeacher
@natsretiredteacher.bsky.social
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Not to mention that all studies on medication have been performed on males. Forever. No one knows how to diagnose girls/women because they don't know how diseases present in women. Not even women's diseases!
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Mira, Mistress of Blades ⚔️
@kythkyn.bsky.social
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yo, right though! we used literal speed for weight loss, like... there's a reason...
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Kay Bennett
@nykb.bsky.social
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12 cups of coffee and a pack of Marlboros as needed.
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That guy
@chefesque.bsky.social
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Also the Dr would recommend smoking to settle your nerves.
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Jyrose
@jyrose.bsky.social
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I mean, why would women in asylums with “hysteria” ever need an ADHD diagnosis…
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Omar Kooheji 🍉
@ohmz.bsky.social
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Growing up there was so much stigma behind ADHD and Autism, that even if they thought you had it they wouldn’t do anything about it. That stigma is still there, in some schools parents have to initiate the discussion even if teachers notice ND traits they can’t tell parents unless they ask.
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C. L. Polk
@clpolk.com
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How did the busy wives of yesteryear get it all done? Dexatrim.
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Filigree Needlequeen of the Desert
@filigreemchana.bsky.social
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This. In the 70s & early 80s I was repeatedly told 'girls don't have autism or ADHD.' I suspected for a long time, self diagnosed since 2006. I might get formally tested, but at this point I'm cool with the benefits of my different brain.
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🌛Haunted Hart🌜
@moofable.bsky.social
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My maternal grandmother was so shocked that I couldn't just go to a doctor and get amphetamines and benzos. She was very concerned about how they expected anyone to get anything done.
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Isobel Carr
@isobelcarr.com
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Or if they'd actually accessed us as kids, instead of telling us ADHD (and dyslexia) were things only boys got.
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Keelah🔜AC!
@cruxfat.bsky.social
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I mean, I got diagnosed in my 30s because when I was growing up "it was only something that boys had" despite needing a team of teachers to plan ways to help me (my school cared so much, bless them) so I don't see how a huge increase of older women being diagnosed now doesn't make perfect sense. 🤷♀️
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cottagecoregoblin.bsky.social
@cottagecoregoblin.bsky.social
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Right before that it was a lobotomy so you also wouldn't have had time for it then either
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J.System.exe
@jsystem.bsky.social
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Is it a coincidence we also lack cocaine and laudanum?
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Emma □ feet
@scary-lil-emma.bsky.social
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🤣
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InfiniteSideQuests
@infinitesidequests.bsky.social
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One night in 1984, after midnight, I listened to my Nan and Aunt tell each other, in great detail, the outlines of their novels. They were fascinating stories and to this day neither story is completed. When a family member was diagnosed as an adult I was like, "But we're all like that?"
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Elly
@ellyzoe.bsky.social
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“We used to have ‘hysteria’ and happy pills instead!”
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Blame Tag 🏷️
@blametag.bsky.social
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"Weird how you never hear of women being diagnosed with hysteria anymore."
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Fiona
@apple314.bsky.social
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Standard fizzy drinks used to contain stimulants/mood stabilizers. Coke notably, but 7Up with lithium too.
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Pete Milan
@petemilan.bsky.social
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"I have trouble paying attention to things." "I see. Mr. Smith, your wife's insane. I advise you have her committed and start dating again." "Excuse me?!" "Not now, dear, men are talking."
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maz • bog witch & hag
@mxmaz.bsky.social
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sometimes…… doctors learn things….. as time passes.. ah.. the passing of time. like i have fibromyalgia and every time there’s this medical conference on chronic pain, they change guidelines and it affects my life! healthy people have no concept of disability or being sick!
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Zerofox
@zerofox72.bsky.social
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My boomer aunt went from dexitrim to Adderall
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Joe Discenza
@jdiscenza.bsky.social
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My wife used to occasionally ask me, "How did our moms [both of whom had three kids; we have only one] _do_ it?" Every time, I reminded her, "Nicotine."
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Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX
@themilfmag.net
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im listening
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hatwell
@hatwell.bsky.social
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i do wish those housewives who were all on speed to stay thin had been able to give coding a go cos i reckon they'd have been great at it
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Lauren W. she/they
@lifelivedwildly.bsky.social
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That plus smoking? No additional medications were needed.
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Bible Blackbelt
@estrusflask.bsky.social
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RETVRN but for this.
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Eileen Wilson
@glensidetwo2.bsky.social
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Mental asylums were still in existence in Britain well into my lifetime & were full of autistic women with or without ADHD. As an extremely late diagnosed autistic woman, I wouldn't have dared get a diagnosis when I was young.
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TiaraLA Should Be Writing
@tiarala.bsky.social
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In high school I had ephedrine and trucker speed. In college I had a Sudafed and no-doz cocktail. After that it was the diet pills my doc gave me. Swearing off diet pills made my ADHD diagnosable.
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Sheila in Southeast Michigan
@iamhereinmichigan.bsky.social
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Female ADHD may have a different face than male. The spacey girl had an inattentive form. It was under-diagnosed because it was not disruptive.
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Accelerationista
@accelerationista.bsky.social
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Caution: my mom died of that. I was 15. It sucked beyond all reason, and utterly upended my life.
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