Pull up a chair, or a beanbag, or pace about, with or without noise-cancelling headphones, and let’s celebrate (and occasionally grumble at) the many faces of neurodiversity and neurodivergence.
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Having already had a very brain-foggy, ‘teeth feel like radio static’ few days, I drove across town last Friday to go to the one shop that sells balachaung (crunchy, delicious), stopped at the bakers on the way back (parked on a double yellow), spaced out in the queue buying bread and walked home, and so lost my car until I went and sat somewhere quiet to figure out every step I’d taken that day. Again 
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Oh, no!
How many cuppas did it take?
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I was already overcaffeinated 
Took me about 10-15 minutes to calm down so the blank bits in my memory came back.
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So now I’m not posting under my actual, like, real name any more… 
Can I come out as ASD?
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Sure, come sit by me. (AuDHD, because I’ve always been such an overachiever when it comes to being weird.)
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I would probably be just short of officially having ADHD by clinical standards, depending on interpretations. I sure wouldn’t have been diagnosed as a kid because the stereotype is that “boys” with ADHD are hyperactive, where nearly all of my traits are on the “inattentive” side. (But then, I’m nonbinary, so…)
Also throw in some general anxiety and social anxiety, and summer SAD (if it’s not in fact anxiety-related which I think it is). And a horrible sense of direction, not very good proprioception, and hypophantasia (which all seem like they might may be related to each other).
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Does depression/anxiety count? I’m not sure because in my head, it is different than ASD, ADHD, or ADD. I’m not sure how to articulate it though 
if this isn’t the place, please let me know
I’ve been doing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (link below) for my depression for over a year now. It sounded like woo when I first heard of it but had some good studies behind it so I tried it.
It’s worked, really well. I was able to drop my SSRI med entirely and am down to half the dose of buproprion, though that is a recent thing.
I noticed some odd changes along with the relief. The better my depression got, the more room it seemed my anxiety seemed to have. The more I also noticed certain oddities in my thinking and processing coming to the fore. I’ve always had 2nd and 3rd thoughts (thank you Sir Pratchett for giving me those words!). But the thinking-about-my-thinking definitely ramped up. I wonder if the SSRI was dulling that a long with strong emotions?
The anxiety has been a bit better since I dropped the dosage on the buproprion. Which makes sense, the PTB don’t warn about but everyone I’ve ever heard who takes it and all my healthcare providers acknowledged it can exacerbate anxiety.
Basic info on TMS
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) | UC San Diego Health.
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I posted this the other day on Facebook after spending several minutes explaining to my wife the logic and importance of how I assemble a burger. 
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My younger child is doing a double degree in Criminology/Psychology.
For their most recent class, they needed someone who isn’t a Uni student to do a quick survey.
I did it. It turned out to be a couple of Anxiety diagnostic questionnaires.
I scored 20 out of a possible 21 for severe anxiety.
Now I’m wondering how I’ve functioned for, like, forever.
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With a great deal of effort and continuous mental and emotional exhaustion, I’m guessing?
I only figured out a year ago that anxiety can express itself as irrational irritation. A revelation into my psyche
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Pretty much.
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Yes, cheese grilled on the patty then served cheese down on the bun so as not to be slippy for the pickled beetroot, tomato, lettuce and avocado that follow. 
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I like beets, I like pickled beets…they do not belong on burgers!
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You’re wrong, but I respect your right to be wrong 
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Oh… I was converted to this by my wife, who is from 
… don’t knock it until you’ve had a quarter inch thick slice on a fresh, hot burger… so good.
Drop by some time and I’ll serve one up for you.
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It’ll have to be an Impossible burger or veggie burger of some type, but sure, I’ll try it once and reassess my opinion after that!
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This jumped out at me:
ADHD makes up 60% of enlistments through the pilot program, St. Clair said. The latest changes moved the time without treatment for ADHD from the past three years to one year, opening the door to quicker enlistment for many who recently graduated high school.
“High school students who have some type of learning accommodation, an individual education program or are on medication, once you graduate high school, you don’t need that anymore. By lowering it to a year, that’s allowed [the military] to pick up a whole bunch of folks,” he said.
Once you graduate high school you don’t need to be treated for ADHD anymore?
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Or a portabello mushroom maybe? My ex’s aunt was a vegetarian and once made us some very awesome grilled mushroom burgers.
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I was wondering the same thing.
Though my brother is what they used to call ‘high functioning autistic’ (I’m not sure what the proper term is now, apologies) I have never been tested for neurodiversity myself.
Now that I know the spectrum is a lot wider than I would have ever thought, I often wonder…
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