• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        pro tip: if you have to consume lovecraftian amounts of caffeine and you have autism, that’s the next best thing to an ADHD diagnosis.

        frankly it boggles me that step 1 for an adhd diagnosis isn’t just giving people 200mg of caffeine pills and seeing if they start vibrating or promptly forget they ever took the pills.

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        1 year ago

        I believe I have both ASD and ADHD, hard to say on the latter but I used to take Vyvanse and that shit was the bee’s knees. The only reason I stopped is I was on a high enough dose that my heart would pound for no reason. Not worth the perceived health risks

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        1 year ago

        people with adhd generally need stimulants to function normally, it’s no different than any other prescription medicine and saying that they should “just sleep” is like telling a person without legs to walk it off, you dick.