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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm still on page 16 of 195. Too early to tell. It's pretty much a school reference book from what I can tell, but so far the language has been accessible.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    I'll be a bummer and conclude that it's full of reasonable sounding advice that is marginally effective especially in mild cases, if it's anything like all the other advice I've heard. I'll put it in the category of there's always market for solutions to unsolvable problems.

    I'm also kinda spiralling right now because my problem is task initiation, and I had a lot of hopes riding a psych eval I just had a consult for.

    I asked her "if my problem is initiating tasks at home, how is testing me in an office with no distrations and strict supervision going to evaluate for that?" She said I would do the five hour assessment and then she would give me a score and my self assessment would be considered in her report, but she sounded really dismissive and didn't seem to understand how ridiculous her position was. "My tests will pick up if you have inattention." Bitch, fuck you, I have a fucking master's degree, I've passed Calc I, Calc II, statistics and aced research methods. I can pull this shit together when its absolutely necessary, my problem is getting myself to do things when they are not absolutely necessary without social support.

    Anyway. Maybe I'll make a comment tomorrow.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's about how medication helps adults with ADHD but absolutely does not come close to being enough. They (we) haven't had help growing up and didn't develop the skills necessary to deal with executive dysfunction.

    So complimentary to medication, it's imperative to develop the skills to make use of the focus now afforded by them. That's where CBT comes in.

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