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  • SaddieTheMad@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksNo hablo ingles
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    6 months ago

    It is inglés.

    Without the ‘é’, it says that it doesn’t speak “groins”.

    We can correct it in our minds, but as a Mexican scholar explained, these marks in Spanish should not be erased in other languages as they are quite important. It is the difference between “¡Feliz año nuevo!” (Happy New Year!) and “¡Feliz ano nuevo!” (Happy new anus!).







  • Bipolar disorder is kind of severe by definition (mild cases are still impactful), but there’s a milder version called cyclothymia or cyclothymic disorder. Depending on the person, it can be managed without medication, and a common comorbidity is ADHD.

    A recent paper reads:

    Cyclothymia seems to be often associated with coexisting ADHD symptoms, although this comorbidity is understudied.

    The paper is called “Clinical characterization of coexisting ADHD symptoms in a sample of adults with cyclothymia: A preliminary observational study”.

    It says:

    In our clinical sample, nearly half of cyclothymic adults present with ADHD symptoms.

    That’s a lot. I hope more papers come out soon.





  • Many teachers liked me, but they definitely were frustrated because they thought I was relying on my good tests only, as if I thought that being smart was enough in life. They warned me that hard work was also necessary.
    I don’t blame them, and it is kind that they were worried about it, but it was not an attitude or belief, it was ADHD! A teacher even detected my memory problems and suggested a to-do list, but she didn’t know that even acquiring those habits is hard for us.

    I wish my teachers knew more about ADHD as all the clues were there. An early diagnosis would have helped me a lot.








  • Here: https://github.com/XargsUK/awesome-adhd

    My personal choices are…

    • Russell Barkley, phD
    • Dr. Tracey Marks
    • How to ADHD
    • ADHD ReWired
    • ADHD Experts

    And you asked for sources, but these tools are great…

    Apps

    MyTherapy Pill Reminder: Notifications are annoying enough for me to take my pills.

    Alarm Clock for Heavy Sleepers: I am not a heavy sleeper. I use it as my default alarm because it is highly customizable and it lets me snooze whatever time I need to snooze from a list of options I decide. Also, you can have alarms with different behaviors.

    Bitwarden Password Manager: It’s impossible to remember all your passwords nowadays…

    Everyday objects

    Clever Fox Pocket Weekly Planner: Before, I had reminders and to-dos everywhere (phone notes, post-its, to-do app, alarms…). Now I only use this notebook. Everything is here, from “do laundry” to “Friend’s birthday”. It’s been very helpful.

    Fidget cube from Antsy Labs: It’s the original one! It’s nice.

    Loop Experience Plus Earplugs: Expensive, but effective and comfortable.

    This, and a minimalist lifestyle are helping me. I share it, just in case.

    ⚠️ By the way, learning about ADHD is chaotic because people have different takes on it. There’s the “I am a researcher, an expert, and all my years of study have let me to conclude that ADHD is not what the DSM tells us but something different, similar but different” (e.g. professor Russel Barkley). There’s the “ADHD is what the DSM says because that’s the experts’ consensus. If we discover something new via sufficient evidence, it will appear in future editions of the DSM. Of course there are other things to say about the disorder, but they are too new and need more research” (e.g. Dr. Tracey Marks). And then there’s the “ADHD is not even a disorder, it is just a brain that’s different from the average brain. ADHD is therefore not understood by psychiatrists but by people who live with it, and we say that it resembles the description from the psychiatrists but it has additional traits” (e.g. the neurodiversity movement).

    Sorry for the long answer! I hope it helps.