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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 4 months ago (5 children)

My test administrator genuinely laughed while I was doing the test because I couldn't stop asking questions/making comments about it.

Apparently that specific test is administered with a human present for exactly that reason. Clear as day indicator of Overactive Brain Disorder.

I was diagnosed at 5 originally but didn't have any records of it because I stopped medication at 13, the earliest age my parents would listen to me about how bad I felt on medication (was on a super high dose they wouldn't even give me as an adult, no wonder I hated it) and then raw-dogged the next 20 years, so they skipped a lot of the truly basic stuff and went right for a confirmation test of impulse control. Of which I have absolutely none.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

that specific test is administered with a human present for exactly that reason

I knew it! God damn it.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ayy this sounds like my origins story! Starting dose of 64mg of Concerta and I never felt well or could sleep. Gained weight which my parents shamed me for (nice). Since they expected me to grow out of ADHD at 18, I stopped meds and raw dogged it until my early 30s. Check my post history for how that went.

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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Mine was 45mg methylphenidate (as ritilin) time release in the morning and 15mg after school. For a total daily dose of 55mg, (which is more than the 35mg max daily dose they’d give me now as an adult, and way more than the 18mg I actually take occasionally). I was 90lbs until I started cheeking it at 11-12, and got punished both for not eating dinner AND for “stealing” food from the fridge at 11pm when it all finally wore off and I got desperately hungry (also for cheeking the pills but that’s its own problem). Thanks for the food issues, fam. They work so well that living with people makes me feel guilty in my own house!

Sorry we both dealt with shit.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

This unlocked a core memory of me sneaking down to the pantry at 11pm-1:00am when I was hungry too! My parents would sometimes catch me and that was a whole performance. I had forgotten about all that. Crazy how similar people's experiences are. Fortunately we're both out of those situations now

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[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

I told the guy present during my test that I'd love to bite the pencil, stab the questionaire with it and then shred the papers and form them into tiny balls to throw at him. He took some notes.