#diagnosis confusion

[deplcythebattery]

why are functional disorders not seen as real? why is the functional part what makes people think it's not real? i'm autistic and struggling to grasp why the word functional means not real to a lot of people. like. it's a functional disorder. it affects functioning. why is that not a big deal? why does that make it not real like other disorders that aren't labeled functional disorders?

also why does it not count as a real disability if it's functional?

[nezoriy]

hello i made a niche meme

[cold--carnage]

reminder that the vast majority of systems stay covert until adulthood and anyone who goes around claiming you're "too old" to be discovering yourself as a system is fucking lying to you

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Transcripts are not for the transcriber's jokes or text speech (if a character says "see you later", the transcripts better not fucking say "C U") or background info that isn't part of the audio. Transcripts are accessibility aids and should provide full and accurate text that matches the audio.

I'm sorry if this makes me a killjoy, but those little additions are really only fun for the transcribers; the people who actually need those transcripts just want to understand the show without getting distracted or confused by inaccurate transcripts.

[greghatecrimes]

well today I learned that "the normal amount of pain is zero" also means "the normal amount of discomfort is zero", and that it is not healthy or normal to constantly be in varying levels of discomfort, and oh my god it feels like someone just flipped my entire world upside down and shook everything around like a snowglobe and I think I need to actually go cry in the bathroom before my brain explodes

[sentimentalslut]

is this a manic episode or am i just in a Good Mood

[owlbelly]

oh i love that in response to me sort of coming out as face blind on a FB post (because it's gotten so much worse that i feel like i do actually need to tell people now), all of my most autistic/ADHD (but mostly autistic) friends are showing up in the comments in support :') <3

we're all talking about not getting diagnosed or even suspecting certain kinds of neurodivergence until adulthood & it's fucking hilarious because i could have told you years ago about these friends being autistic & i bet they also pinged me as ND but not themselves

i still don't think i'm autistic but i really am out here queering the autistic/allistic binary sometimes lmao (obligatory disclaimer it's not a fucking binary. diesemfive categories do not dictate reality)

i'm about to write something for a zine someone's making about sensory issues with food & i'm like. the only non-autistic ARFID person i know. i wish more people were aware of The Cluster, which is my fun term for the autism, ADHD & anxiety Venn diagram that's mostly circle

[starlight-bread-blog]

Am I in love or is it my ADHD?

[nickbutnodick]

i wish i could tell you im 100% certain that im 100% neurotypical. but that would be a lie. and lying is wrong.

[lifenconcepts]

GENUINELY GOOD ADVICE and could help some!

delirium:

How to deal with agitated or violent individuals.

[izvmimi]

so the funny thing about radiology as a specialty especially in the training is because you're doing outright diagnosis and constantly generating reports, you can much more quickly get very like blatant and obvious feedback if your attendings think you're an idiot cuz you can get a flat out WRONG on your report so the day after every shift i check all of my previous reports from the night before to see if the attending and i are in agreement and like it's kind of incredible cuz my heart races like i'm taking a fucking exam every time and i'm like a grown adult lmfaooooooooooo

i will say unlike getting a d on an exam, the outcome can be like... death so it makes sense for me to be stressed but man oh man

[story-book-sillies]

Having complicated emotions about my possible neurodivergency again

I just wish I could at least get tested to see if I have ADHD because I just want to know if my years of research and analyzing my brain means anything. Because I don’t want to self diagnose. But I just know something is up with my brain and I don’t know what it is

If I don’t get a diagnosis, then I’ll never know and I’ll never get the resources I need or the community of other neurodivergent individuals (in the case that I do have ADHD or something else) but if I do get a diagnosis and end up being neurodivergent, I’ll be shamed by my family and end up alone in that way. So I don’t win in either situations

And I know I can use resources if they help make my life easier, but I feel like such a fraud like, “Oh look at this loser, she’s using resources for people with ADHD and Autism even though she’s undiagnosed, I bet she’s just faking it.”

I don’t want to be unfair to those who do actually need help but I also feel like I need help with nobody to help me and I’m lost and scared and frustrated and confused and hghhghhjgfhhnn

[chaos-in-one]

Being a system whose prone to splitting off introjects is so confusing sometimes (And just kind of feels surreal at times, tbh. Like are we sure this isn't some prolonged fever dream? /j)

Like what the fuck do you mean my brain has split off like 10 different variations of fucking Sans the Skeleton? Brain why did you decide that was needed???? Is that really what's gonna help you cope with this shit????? Really??????? The bone man????????

[deliciousdietdrpepper]

I know I talk a lot about health anxieties on here and I feel very grateful that it’s a space I can do that. It’s hard to voice them in my personal life without other people forming their own opinions on I’m going through, which is such a can of worms.

[fallenfawnn]

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[bunny-is-cute]

MAJOR LIFE UPDATE!

I have some good news and some questionable (?) news.

First off, MY LAST BIOPSY RESULTS CAME BACK CANCER FREE!

Now my doctor is very optimistic! He says I have hyperplasia inside me (which is non-cancerous masses basically) and that will/should thin out as my body clears itself out (aka lots of random bouts of bleeding)

Now for the questionable news.

I’m still under treatment, which means another surgery will be in 3 months (ironically the same month I had my first surgery ever and when I was first diagnosed). I’m still taking medicine like before and I’ll be having more biopsies to make sure it’s not growing back.

So…there’s that 🤷‍♀️…