If they were diagnosed by doctors and you have no other reason to doubt this other than the fact that they have body issues, just stop. You’re making an ass out of yourself.

The world does a great job of making you feel stupid if you have it, especially when people go all Sanctimony Pony over it, patting themselves on the back for not needing psychiatric meds like that’s an achievement.

For anyone interested in the upsides of ADHD, the following is an awesome book and it’s avaible in audio…

Agreed, and I bet there’s a cognitive link between the increased empathy and problem solving abilities—if you’re thinking 3x the volume of thoughts others are thinking, eventually you’ll probably put yourself in someone’s shoes and wonder about their experience twelve times over.

I’d love to read more thoughts/studies…

Amen. Can people please demonstrate a little nuance when writing about ADHD and its treatment? Not to mention the upsides, like enhanced creativity, hyperfocus, increased physical and mental energy, etc. Or the interesting collision of gender socialization and neurochemistry in explaining how ADHD can present so…

Cheers, friend, me too! I couldn’t tolerate methotrexate despite my best efforts (that shit is harsh) and I got pancreatitis almost immediately from prednisone, so if these biologics give me a hard time I’m gonna burn this house down.

I so understand your fears. I’m sure you’ll go in and get checked when you’re ready, just don’t wait too long. The inflammation can do a shocking amount of damage in a short space of time, and you may not have much pain associated with it in the early stages. And remember, most cases of RA aren’t as severe as mine…

I’m in my early 30's and I’ve got severe RA in almost every joint it can attack. My life has come to a complete halt since I was diagnosed three years ago. The pain and fatigue are incapacitating and life altering. I had to drop out of grad school and move in with family. I have health care thanks to the ACA and…

Damn. That was spot on.

Right, neither do I. What the fuck does any of that have to do with gender.

You realize sports fans beat and kill each other with some regularity over their sports teams, yeah? You’ve got to work on your choice of trolling nonsequiturs, man.

Awesome, that’s very helpful. Did you ever consider going the mental health counselor route? I can’t imagine that’s any less emotionally draining that social work, but that would probably be my ideal gig.

Well, I got some great advice. Worked out for me. Very productive use of my time. Yours, well...

You have some weird weekend hobbies.

Thanks for the input, this is the nitty gritty stuff you only get from talking to people doing the work. Would you say that there’s stable work available, even if it’s not ideal? It’s hard to imagine anything worse than the academic job market but it’s not like mental and social care workers are rollin in it. I’ve…

Thanks very much for the encouragement :) Unfortunately I had to relocate from the UK to fucking Florida to live with family, so I’m looking at all options that will get me out of this godforsaken state ASAP. There is a men’s rights law clinic in the next town over. Shit you not.

You’re in a strange, strange place if you can’t stand strangers complaining about their lives on the internet.

Paging psychologist/therapist/counselor/social work peeps!

Hey folks. I’ve had a rough several years, had to put a halt to a PhD due to severe RA that cropped up right in the middle of the degree. Relationship fell apart, ex is a giant asshole, now I’m unemployed, still awaiting treatment for the RA (I’m totally…