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A casual community for people with ADHD

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Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
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Questions on confusing situations.
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Relevant Lemmy communities:

Neurodivergent Life Hacks

lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.

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ADHD meds, depression, and sertraline (self.adhd)

submitted 2 days ago by PurplebeanZ to c/adhd

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Firstly just a quick thank you as the only reason I went through ADHD diagnosis was because people here were convinced I was trolling, or had undiagnosed ADHD when I was quite being dismissive of ADHD behaviour and arguing certain traits were just normal for everyone and people saying they had ADHD were just attention grabbing. Well I had to eat shit on that one as I actually did have ADHD and didn't know it.

So, the actual question I have is do you have lots of 'end it all' thoughts? Not in an emotional way, but like digesting news from around the world and seeing logically we are fucked so may as well just quit? Also I'm on 100mg sertraline but have ADHD treatment consultation tomorrow so has anyone been ok mixing antidepressants with ADHD stims?

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[–] scrollo 3 points 2 days ago

I think I understand what you mean re: recent news.

An ADHD brain may be more likely to extrapolate ideas, i.e., try to piece together small parts into a big picture whole and project it into the future. While these brains are good at this, beware that a lot of assumptions are being made about those future projections. Just because 2 ideas seem related, doesn't mean one will guarantee the other to happen.

Also, I'm not saying you should have rose tinted glasses. If you feel overwhelmed by everyday news, try pausing news consumption and know your brain is offering possible futures -- not guarantees of futures.