There is actually no #evidence suggesting that #paracetamol/ #acetaminophen use during #pregnancy might cause #autism or #ADHD.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2850980

Way I'm starting to see #ADHD and #Autism isn't that they're disorders, they only appear that way because society has changed to privilege the people now called neurotypical while causing problems for the now neurodivergent. It's why a lot of people think neurodivergence is a new thing: Until society disordered itself to exclude us, it wasn't as such a big, visible problem.

Me: “Alright, I have *almost* figured out the correct stain formulation for these kitchen cabinets. Now I just need to figure out the finish procedure, how many coats, if I need to add a catalyst…”

My brain: “Oh good job, you! Mission accomplished! Time to switch gears and figure out the best way to do laundry, using science and chemistry!”

#ADHD #AuDHD #Laundry

“Catch several hares and you’ll catch none.”

#adhd

Need to rant today about neurotypicals.

The ambiguity, the information witholding is exhausting to me. How do they stand each other?

#acruallyautistic #ADHD #AuDHD

It is kind of crazy how over-stimulated we are in this era. I distinctly remember my childhood self having a more serene & calm state of mind. And that's saying something because as kids we're always learning, curious, playful and more aware of our surroundings.

I've been consciously trying to get back into reading in the recent past...in a way to combat this feeling to some extent (finished The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle this week, wonderful book btw) 😊

I want to put it into more words. Has anyone reading also observed this in the past?

I would love to hear your thoughts.

#books #reading #bookstodon #technology #adhd

Can anyone recommend sites or info on researching #EU member state’s laws, policies, and availability of #anxiety and #ADHD meds?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DS90210/117230489226525025

Any other ND folk vibing this? 😆

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent @autistics

🧠⏰ I updated one of my favorite ADHD automations.

The original version used Alexa to announce upcoming calendar events.

Alexa has now been relieved of duty. 🫡

My reminders are now handled by Home Assistant Voice + OpenAI TTS.

#ADHD #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SelfHosted #Homelab
https://s.adhdhomelab.com/_Obr

"Kiva" herätä kolmelta yöllä ja ahistua jostain teini-iän muistoista, kunnes nykytodellisuus alkaa tulla liian voimakkaina ärsykkeinä tajuntaan. Ei siinä, tiedän että tämä on vain ohimenevä aamuyön perinteinen ahdistus, ymmärtääkseni ihan yleinen ilmiö, mutta saisi edes imuroida, mutta koska kerrostalo.

Sitten taas toisinaan saattaa tulla sellaisia impulsiivisuuskohtauksia, jolloin lähden pariksi päivää seikkailemaan ja koti jää taakse. Kotiin on pakko palata, koska chilit juovat niin paljon, etteivät pärjää yksin - altakasteluruukut on kalliita.

Kukaan ei siedä minua, mutta joudun sietämään itseäni. Valitukseni jokapäiväisestä selviytymisestä on kuulema rasittavaa. En minä valita, kunhan sanon miten asiat ovat.

Mulla on listat kaikesta mitä pitäisi tehdä, mutta kaikki tekeminen on haastavaa, koska assosioin niin paljon, että väsyn nopeasti, siksi on hyvä, ettei tärkeät asiat unohdu, koska niistä on muistutukset. Pystyn hahmottamaan suuria kokonaisuuksia ja ajattelunikin on lähinnä visuaalista ilotulitusta.

Pakko tähän lisätä #skitsofrenia ja #erilaistumatonskitsofrenia -tägit vaikka termi itsessään ei kerro yhtään mitään, on vissiin natsien keksimä, haukkumasana ja leima, jolla saadaan leimaamisen ilosta määrättyä kemiallinen lobotomia, joka ei tähän maailmanaikaan haittaa yhtään /s. Todelliset syyt voivat olla myös #ADHD #PTSD #erityisherkkyys #autismi #vilkasmielikuvitus #ylivilkkaus #todellisuus #yksilensiylikäenpesän

Pahoittelen, jos loukkasin jollain, mutta tämä kertoi nyt minusta.

Totally came off as we were leaving.

Dinner wasn't wife's convoluted plan. Ended up at an all you can eat sushi place with a ton of rules. My #ADHD wife over ordered. The place has a $1 charge per piece not eaten. I hurt from eating 2.5 extra rolls.

Alt...

Two shoes. One without a sole.

#Autism #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AutADHD
#AdultAutism #Neurodivergent #FWakeNeurodivergent

"Nothing pains some people more than having to think."
Doctor Martin Luther King Jr #MLKjr
Chapter 1 : A tough mind and a tender heart
Year 1963 book

Ever feel like you're just burnt out, or is it deeper? Knowing the diff is key for the right treatment. #MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

Burnout is more about being overwhelmed by stress, while depression is a more persistent sadness. Both can hit hard, but identifying the cause helps find the cure!

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

https://brainjoos.com/?utm_campaign=meme_brainjoos&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Burnout is more about being overwhelmed by stress, while depression is a more persistent sadness. Both can hit hard, but identifying the cause helps find the cure!

Ever feel like you're the only one who sees the big picture, but everyone else thinks you're just lazy? 🤷‍♀️ #MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

Executive dysfunction can make it hard to start tasks or switch gears, but it doesn't mean you're not capable. You just need a little more support and understanding. 🌟

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

https://brainjoos.com/?utm_campaign=meme_brainjoos&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Executive dysfunction can make it hard to start tasks or switch gears, but it doesn't mean you're not capable. You just need a little more support and understanding. 🌟

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 5 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource crafting and mining voxel game, available in the #luanti game engine.

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited. We also have a #Deltachat group for game-related discussion. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/
(You can join with pretty much any device which **isn't** an iPad/iPhone)

#game #gaming #games

I had some mildly high blood glucose readings at physicals over the last few years and a VERY high fasting reading just before surgery recently.

I do. not. want. #diabetes. I mean, nobody does, but I additionally hate the idea of giving myself shots. My BP spikes just from normal #medical checkups, let alone shots, blood draws or surgery

So I changed my #diet to get my insulin response normalized, obvs.

But as an #adhd #engineer I need immediate, real-time measurements of the thing I'm trying to control. So I got a #cgm (ironic for someone afraid of needles, but it honestly did not hurt and I barely notice it)

It's very interesting already. Although it's also confounded by the fact that I'm still recovering from surgery...

Got plans but can't seem to make them happen? It's not laziness, it's executive dysfunction. BrainJoos can help you track your patterns. 🧠✨

Understanding your brain's quirks is the first step to managing them. #MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

https://brainjoos.com/?utm_campaign=meme_brainjoos&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Understanding your brain's quirks is the first step to managing them. #MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

Alright, well I have spent enough time on an #adhd rabbit hole here on the fedi. I need to go be a quasi-productive human and feed myself.

I'm up to my nose in rubber ducks right now. 

My prose writing gives some people a wrong impression. I function a few hours a day... at least for mind-intensive tasks like writing or otherwise creating. 

So I'm a bit overwhelmed maintaining social media and actually trying to get my book out. My autobiographical frags from Autistic Noir are bringing a lot of public private comments my way.

I’m not doing you folks justice. At best you may be getting brief tossed off comments out of me.

Even as they mean a great deal to me. And several times have taken me in new unexpected directions. 

I'm easily overwhelmed. I'm that guy in the movie who rarely comes out of his apartment. Rarely talks with another human. The guy the neighbors kinda giggle about.

So? I don't talk with too many folks. I mostly leave comments here and there. Short interchanges.

That's all. 

I started writing in this adult autistic space in 2019. And i've always tried to work from the understanding that I can only. Represent my own experience. But there's certainly been a learning curve for me.

For the first couple of years, I put out my share of listicles and 7 Easy Steps to Being an Autistic kind of stuff. Trying to always maintain that these were tricks that worked for me and came out of my lived experience.

But as I talked with more and more adult autistics, I began to understand that all that work was perceived by some as ableist, even toxic positivity.

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Psychology #MentalHealth #ADHD

I had to think about that. 

I realized the only real, true thing I had to offer was my life. Not as an exemplar. Just an exploration of one life. 

In the hopes that many would feel seen. And others might see what needs seen.

Everything I've written over the last year or a little more has been based on that.

Alt...

Me.

Ever tried to fall asleep but your brain won't stop racing? 🛌🧠 Sleep hygiene is key! Try a calming bedtime routine & limit blue light exposure before bed. #MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

Taking a warm bath, practicing deep breathing, and listening to soothing music can work wonders for your sleep quality. BrainJoos can help track your patterns and see what works best for you!

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Neurodivergent

https://brainjoos.com/?utm_campaign=meme_brainjoos&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Taking a warm bath, practicing deep breathing, and listening to soothing music can work wonders for your sleep quality. BrainJoos can help track your patterns and see what works best for you!

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/dopamine-may-play-a-bigger-role-in-autism-than-we-thought-416151

It kinda makes logical the overlap between #autism and #adhd
Also, to me personally it’s interesting that it mentions connections between cortex and deeper regions, because in my teens, I had a bunch of encephalograms, and they said that I have irregular cortex - subcortex connections with increased cortex control, and I now wonder if those things are related
#AuDHD
@autistics

This is what planning my semester looks like for me.

#professor #organization #adhd #teaching

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A 2-foot by 4-foot sheet metal drain pan stood vertically with a schedule grid drawn on it in marker. Weeks of the semester proceed from 1 (top) to 14 (bottom; we only have 14 instruction weeks this semester, which is weird; usually it's 15). There are columns for the date, and for five separate classes. Labels on magnets of different shapes appear in the spaces for the individual days, indicating things like assignments, lecture topics, exams, quizzes, and activities. Some of the magnets are painted mat board and others are 3D-printed. All have magnets glued to the back. In the right margin of the calendar are currently-unused extra pieces.

Ever wondered why you can't stop switching tabs? Your ADHD brain loves new stuff! Here’s how to work with that craving for change.

Track patterns and triggers with BrainJoos - it's exactly the kind of thing it was built for!

#ADHD #MentalHealth #Neurodivergent

https://brainjoos.com/?utm_campaign=meme_brainjoos&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Track patterns and triggers with BrainJoos - it's exactly the kind of thing it was built for!

You won't believe this MESSY #MAKEOVER - Renter and #ADHD Friendly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aty0pMIyv8

My c.im #introduction post (I always pin my first post when moving servers)...

I'm an escaped Brit, late 50s, childfree, #AntiTheist, former #musician, living in 🇵🇭 since 2019. I'm #neurodivergent with severe #CPTSD. You can ask me about it, I'm trying to get better at discussing it. I can also be abrasive and inconsistent. *shrugs* I am what I am.

I'm married, I work in #tech and I love animals and nature. My wife and I bought a run-down farm to have a peaceful place to live and now we're accidental hobby farmers. My one-page personal site at https://www.drewtowler.me tells my story.

I may post about: #DogsOfMastodon #Tech #WebDev #Linux #RaspberryPi #Apple #Starlink #NoAI #FuckAI #Privacy #InfoSec #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #Alexithymia #Synesthesia #ChildhoodTrauma #MentalHealth #Stroke #SubarachnoidHemorrhage #Arthritis #Trains #TrainTrackTuesday #Railways #ModelRailway #NGauge #SilentSunday #Today #3Things #Bookstodon #Books #Music #DIY #FarmLife #GoatsOfMastodon. I edit posts a lot (including this one).

I'm bullshit-phobic and keep my feed as free from politics and religion as I can. That said, I would welcome the annihilation of #China by any means. If you lived here in the #Philippines you'd understand.

Anyone following me whose bio asks for money will be blocked instantly. I don't have any patience for the fedi police either. "Don't read this, don't buy that, don't patronize the other"... just fuck off already. I listen to my own conscience and nobody else's.