Neurodivergence

ADHD, autism and neurodivergent experience: sensory overwhelm, executive function, diagnosis

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Trusted voices in Neurodivergence

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  1. goblinodds — trusted by 114 posters here
  2. QiaochuYuan — trusted by 129 posters here
  3. visakanv — trusted by 90 posters here
  4. nosilverv — trusted by 86 posters here
  5. eigenrobot — trusted by 63 posters here
  6. RichDecibels — trusted by 67 posters here
  7. mechanical_monk — trusted by 53 posters here
  8. michaelcurzi — trusted by 60 posters here
  9. mykola — trusted by 55 posters here
  10. uberstuber — trusted by 31 posters here
  11. algekalipso — trusted by 45 posters here
  12. _brentbaum — trusted by 40 posters here

Top posts in Neurodivergence

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  1. if i were starting from scratch w/ my adhd i would: 1. get on a low dose of meds (to give myself a fighting chance) 2. take 2g omega 3, 500mg magnesium, 5000iu vit d daily 3. have a coaching call… (_brentbaum) — 36 likes
  2. guys can we talk about this completely insane thread where oxytocin nasal spray apparently makes an autistic guy not autistic temporarily? i'm gonna be fucked up about this for days… (QiaochuYuan) — 34 likes
  3. the ADHD meme is something like "omg i'm interested in so many different things" but my personal experience is that i've always felt like i have a single interest. it's just very big and expansive… (QiaochuYuan) — 31 likes
  4. hypothesis: "sensory overwhelm" is a side effect of using your serial processor for tasks that should be handled by the parallel processor (RichDecibels) — 30 likes
  5. autistic women turning 15: oh no i need to learn how to interact with people. i shall check out the library's entire psychology collection autistic men turning 15: oh no i need to learn how to… (eigenrobot) — 29 likes
  6. Twitter folks, What are your tips for improving executive function? Please sort advice into two categories: - obvious effective stuff -esoteric non-obvious schizo-gnosis https://t.co/sdVS59q4Lz (the_wilderless) — 29 likes
  7. day 17 of no porn, no TV, no movies, and no video games and i can feel my long-atrophied imagination coming back to life (QiaochuYuan) — 28 likes
  8. noodling over a reframing of ADHD. “attention deficit” is a terrible name i think; the way i experience it is more like my sense of what’s important at any given moment is unstable, jostled around… (QiaochuYuan) — 26 likes
  9. Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate is the most beautiful, empowering, impactful book about ADHD and approximately zero people with ADHD have managed to finish it (uberstuber) — 25 likes
  10. low executive function is a symptom of being under fucked (RichDecibels) — 24 likes
  11. some low executive function people have a lot of highly-focused executive function when it comes to defending and arguing for their position, which I’ve always thought is fascinating. Like there was… (visakanv) — 24 likes
  12. a pattern i’m noticing in certain high sensitivity, high intelligence folks (hi tcot): this combo allows rapid progress: become a famous mathematician, a spiritual athlete, a popular socialite but… (_brentbaum) — 23 likes
  13. Very handy site, especially for folks with ADHD etc! Put in a task, click the magic wand, and it'll break the task down into a pretty decent list of subtasks. Lots of good customization options, can… (SarahAMcManus) — 23 likes
  14. at vibecamp playing a little game i like to call Are They An Actual Schizo Or Just +2 SD Higher Openness To Experience Than Me (myceliummage) — 23 likes
  15. The thing about Adderall and other stimulants is that they don't actually give you focus. What they do is chemically numb the separation you feel from your work, so it becomes bearable. They're an… (vividvoid) — 23 likes
  16. @visakanv so the question of how to manage or even heal ADHD changes from “how do i get better at paying attention to things?” to “how do i stabilize my sense of what’s important?” which strikes me… (QiaochuYuan) — 23 likes
  17. because there seems to be interest lately, an old essay about my 15 years of prescription and the fallout: IDENTITY UNDER ADDERALL I took psychoactive drugs, mostly prescription amphetamines, from… (BLUNDERBUSSTED) — 22 likes
  18. interesting consequence of this is that adhd might just mean you have a body with more fragments of the computation in it, distributed across society. you are responsible for their integration.… (myceliummage) — 22 likes
  19. Last year I was diagnosed with ADHD. I haven't written about it much because the diagnosis was a shock. Now I have a more solid understanding of ADHD, how it presents for me, and ways to mitigate… (uberstuber) — 22 likes
  20. almost done. scattered minds is a longer read than i expected, not just by raw wordcount but because it brings up a lot of stuff, but wow is it wild to read someone describe in vivid detail every… (QiaochuYuan) — 22 likes
  21. w e l p > The progression of [autism] is proposed to be driven by overly strong reactions to experiences that drive the brain to a hyper-preference and overly selective state, which becomes more… (QiaochuYuan) — 22 likes
  22. @QiaochuYuan @a_witch_in_time Yeah, I generally phrase this as "because the DSM measures deviation from norm, it is structurally incapable of recognizing a dysfunctional condition that everyone… (Malcolm_Ocean) — 21 likes
  23. someone once said something like "I like how visa says he's going to do something, then immediately does it". it's actually an ADHD coping mechanism. if you ask my friends from my teenage days,… (visakanv) — 21 likes
  24. reading tao lin's tweets for research purposes and just marveling at how specific and perfect his deeply autistic style is. i am truly seeing a master here and i cannot help but stan… (QiaochuYuan) — 21 likes
  25. so it turns out I have remarkable executive functioning when i'm doing things in the context of a relationship (bashu_thanks) — 21 likes
  26. i was diagnosed autistic at 26. a part of me always wished i knew sooner, because the integration process (identifying, disidentifying, gaslighting, then allowing) was tough as an adult. i had… (_brentbaum) — 21 likes
  27. new job seems incredibly geared toward neurodivergent (ADHD) people almost no standing meetings most communication done via chat full remote and worldwide employee distribution so incredibly… (eigenrobot) — 20 likes
  28. so for years i've been apologizing to people with "sorry, i'm really out of it" and i'm finally really realizing that this is basically true all of the time now so there's nothing to apologize for i… (goblinodds) — 20 likes
  29. so e.g. @visakanv has called ADHD "obedience deficit disorder" and the way i'd phrase that using importance as the foundational concept is "unwillingness to submit to anyone else's sense of… (QiaochuYuan) — 20 likes
  30. a post about ADHD that's really stuck with me disentangling shame about "wasted potential," recalibrating sense of "top speed" vs sustainable speed: "that’s like saying if Usain Bolt just kept going… (SarahAMcManus) — 20 likes
  31. with love: in my view, this isn’t ADHD itself, but punitive, coercive self-bullying. It’s likely inherited from the people in your life who didn’t know how to deal with your ADHD. This is… (visakanv) — 19 likes
  32. so a fun fact about me is i thought people were being metaphorical or something when they talked about their head hurting from thinking too hard about math or w/e. i didn't experience this feeling… (QiaochuYuan) — 19 likes
  33. it's only autism if you arent more attractive and successful than i am, otherwise it's just sparkling sociopathy (goblinodds) — 19 likes
  34. low executive function is a symptom of being under encouraged (RichDecibels) — 19 likes
  35. i’ve resisted doing this for a long time but i think it’s finally time to start paying attention to the cluster of stuff around focus, will, intention, concentration, adhd. i think i’ve cultivated a… (QiaochuYuan) — 19 likes
  36. most social interactions i have with people happen somewhat too fast. like i can’t quite process what’s happening in real time. is there a word for this? (QiaochuYuan) — 19 likes
  37. I just came across the idea of treating inattentive ADHD as being similar in nature to erectile dysfunction It was a video on Instagram that I now can't find again, but the gist of it was... yelling… (m_ashcroft) — 19 likes
  38. me: *slowly coming around to the idea that i won't die if i smalltalk a stranger in public* maeby: https://t.co/YImh84yDh7 (mechanical_monk) — 18 likes
  39. my adhd ass is flickering between mechanistic interpretability, qi gong, myth and jung, and k-pop (exgenesis) — 18 likes
  40. did you know that 15 years ago, in the last interview before his death, the person who made ADHD a thing said it's "a prime example of a fictitious disease" https://t.co/zFXks9NTVn (Malcolm_Ocean) — 18 likes
  41. my hot take is that neuroplasticity is a choice people lose plasticity on a neurological level when they choose to secure what they have instead of that level of openness that can be detrimental at… (sanjehorah) — 18 likes
  42. of course if you're neurotypical you can perceive the Vibe of the group as a single entity, and you are an equal partner in the dance from which the entity arises; you co-decide whether you're… (mechanical_monk) — 18 likes
  43. My unkind take on autists is that they figured out how to avoid major parts of their perceptual field, forgot they did so (trauma locked and threw away the key at 4 y/o), and are making it everyone… (michaelcurzi) — 18 likes
  44. intention surplus hyperactivity disorder (visakanv) — 18 likes
  45. so there's a way i get stuck occasionally which i imagine is an ADHD thing people already have a term for, i might call it "sensory deadlock" - like e.g. you are simultaneously hungry and thirsty… (QiaochuYuan) — 17 likes
  46. Hot take about Psychedelic Science 2023: I'm overjoyed, and love the crowd. But there's one way it could get even better: More autism. People here are a bit too... Embodied. The density of Aspergers… (algekalipso) — 17 likes
  47. me: (nothing) @selentelechia: what if you're using nicotine to self-medicate low grade schizophrenia (eigenrobot) — 17 likes
  48. we need a new science of autistic rizz to explain how SBF seduced every single person he talked to from Caroline to investors and journalists to Tom Brady and Michael Lewis and none of you are… (myhandle) — 17 likes
  49. I really love the aesthetic of guy who keeps autistically posting all the same no matter what’s going on (nosilverv) — 17 likes
  50. we just talked to each other 15 seconds ago, what do you mean "hi :-)" what do i do with this (i am extremely normal and neurotypical btw) (mechanical_monk) — 17 likes

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