Does anyone happen to know of a community similar to this for people with ADHD that you don’t have to pay? I am not abandoning this one but thought the more support options the better. Thanks!
Not that I know of, no. Other than non-professionally made groups on Reddit, FB, etc.
I got ADHD too and I get worried and obsessive with my brains health and the prefrontal cortex and executive functioning.
@RememberWhoYouAre. Me too!
@RememberWhoYouAre. I also feel like I can’t ask my psych about ADHD things without coming off as OCD reassurance crap that’s apparently one of my compulsions. Mine are mainly internal compulsions. Sometimes I wish I had the OCD my bro has where he’s rechecking and pushing the oven stove light off and on. I guess I am obsessing over freaking ADHD and OCD again starting back. I don’t want to take Prozac again to knock another thought loop off.
@RememberWhoYouAre. Then when he doesn’t reply which is very rare to my messages I think my question did come off as my OCD which makes me worry more about it. Damn it! This sucks. I just sent another message to him saying I understand my last message may have seemed like OCD reassurance etc. Now I feel like I screwed up by sending another message. I can’t win with this crap no matter which way I go it seems.
@Chickens_Frogs Damn I’m similar with reassurance. I don’t even notice I’m doing that crap too. I do that at work whenever I feel like I said something offensive or did them wrong which I didn’t but their reaction and behavior I’m very sensitive too which makes causes me to chase reassurance making sure everything is alright. For the Brain and ADHD I hate when I hear there is no cure for OCD or ADHD how could some happen and not end? For ADHD our executive function isn’t proper and working memory but why? I don’t just want to hear “genetics” what the fuck am I supposed to do with that information. Okay so genetics but how did it get into my family’s genetics or hereditary how did it start? How come my brain has these issues I want to know the root cause I want to fix it or improve it.
@RememberWhoYouAre. That was my exact thoughts about searching for who I got this from and why me. I mean hell, my family are some OCD perfectionist types. I got one bro I can say for certain clinical OCD. The other two I think maybe not clinical but some traits. My mom is well known to be called OCD but DAMN! I am the messy, disorganized, can’t remember crap, can’t be on time to save my damn life anymore and they are the get there early ones. I am a definite freaking outlier in my family. Talk about clashing with my OCD perfectionist mom over the years! Yelling at me to do shit just was not going to work with me. I wasn’t wanting to upset anybody and I don’t like being this way so asking the WHY is big for me too. Glad for someone on here they can relate to both because I think there is a big difference probably if your battling both. Treat one the other gets worse. Treat both and your on a cocktail of meds and side effects that’s not tolerable for me.
@Chickens_Frogs Sorry for my late reply back to you. I will try to get back quicker.
@Chickens_Frogs Yea I asked around about why does ADHD exist and they kept saying hereditary and genetics but to me there has to be more to this than just simply genetics. Outside of adhd from psychology there’s people giving out advices and saying it’s a superpower to have and you have to do something you really love. I’m listening to an audiobook from Mastery by Robert Greene and so far it’s relatable even though it’s not about ADHD. I think you should listen to that book and you know what I mean because it does feel like we are deficient from ADHD but this book not being about ADHD makes you feel like your not deficient and we need to find out life’s task in this life. The cocktail of meds. I only take meds for ADHD but before this I never taken anything for OCD ironically the adderall helps me with intrusive thoughts and feelings but I still got em just easier to deal with. But I definitely don’t want bunch of meds and just “manage” screw that shit. No worries about the replies
Hi all, As of Monday, I received the diagnosis for Pure OCD during an ADHD evaluation. It came as a bit of a shock, despite knowing my grandpa had OCD (according to my parents and extended family, he passed away before I was born). I'm just a little lost on where to go from here. I'm trying to find a therapist who does both OCD and ADHD, but it's surprisingly hard. Do people typically have different therapists for their different needs? I've mentioned it to close friends and family, and when I've tried to discuss what I'm feeling, they said they do it too to a certain extent which is a little invalidating. Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Would anyone be able to give some advice/supportive words for a newly diagnosed college student? Thanks :)
I’m irrationally terrified of being found somehow by someone who knows me but I’m trying to post anyway. Not sure if I qualify as young adult or mid-life at this point because I’m about to be 30. Hi, I’m new here and I’m in the process of getting a diagnosis. I’m already diagnosed with autism, GAD, and probable ADHD, and I believe I’ve had varying subtypes of OCD since childhood. My worst OCD-related issue right now has been constant reassurance seeking. I’ve fallen into a trap of constantly doing it and without reassurance I’m terrified to make decisions in my new job. It’s causing me to ask too many questions I already know the answers to which makes me not look competent. Even though I’m somewhat experienced in my field of work, starting this new job has me feeling like I’m starting in the field all over again because I’m so bad these days with working independently since I can’t reassure myself that what I’m doing is correct. I’ve been stressed out of my mind and have come close to losing my job because the stress has exacerbated my autistic struggles such as meltdowns and social issues and I’m also battling the ADHD and GAD on top of it. I’ve also been pushing away people who are close to me with my reassurance seeking because I have problems with not being satisfied with any piece of advice or reassurance given to me by friends and family. They can say things will be okay a thousand times and even though I’m the one who asked I will fight them on it and I’m getting tired of my own difficult behavior and obsessive thoughts. I finally got into therapy again to try and save my job and my relationships from the clutches of my various mental illnesses and I’m just looking for community here.
I’m a bit confused because whenever I hear the term neurodivergence I think that it means someone has a condition based in a variation of brain structure. Like autism, adhd, ocd, dyscalculia, dyslexia, tics, etc. (although I recognize sometimes it’s a hormonal thing and can go away over time). What I’m confused on though is whether other people with ocd resonate with a lot of the content on neurodivergence? Like through TikTok, YouTube, etc. I feel like it’s mainly targeted toward people with autism and adhd. But I also think maybe it is a common experience for people with ocd to have things like difficulty with social cues or sensory sensitivities and I just assume other people with ocd don’t have it because I don’t have it. Any thoughts?
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