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Disabled Community Megathread from April 14, 2025 to April 27, 2025

Hi everyone! That's right, it's time for another c/disabled megathread.

Update on the meds: they work! Quite well, actually. I feel like I'm finally functioning at a reasonable level, like I was not only getting stuff done, but I'm now able to actually effectively multitask (as much as one can lol). I'm quite happy with how it's working, and I might not even need an SSRI at this point. If I'm getting anxiety from the meds, I'm not feeling it, because they actually reduced the amount of anxiety I have to deal with. I don't know how (thinking ADHD-induced anxiety), but yeah, I'm a lot better than I was just last week. Quite happy for that, might actually be able to manage the end of the semester without crashing and burning this time around.

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"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

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  • :::spoiler audhd & the struggle to learn and communicate / not being given tools to prepare ones self / trying to improve

    I feel like my early interest in reading and writing has helped me immensely, but in comparison I cant really do oral learning & learning in general is very difficult.

    I was taught how to read and write on a basic level (unschooled) and after that it was all on me. So despite not being the most eloquent fellow, I can still use writing to an extent which helps me function - to remember things, to express myself, etc.

    But, there is a limit to that. Everything I write I have to rewrite and double check to make sure everything is worded exactly as I mean it. I can read, but my comprehension can be bad, I have to take my time and really think about whats being said. Sometimes it doesn't make any sense at all, and I have to find someone to explain it to me (but that doesn't always work)

    The way I talk also necessitates this method or else I talk in a very disjointed, unorganized fashion.

    When it comes to conversation -- I am terrible at comprehension. As with reading I must unpack what is being said; which can take a long time, and includes questions.

    The longer the person goes on without allowing me to catch up, the less I understand, and the more I start to forget what is being said and why.

    In situations that require answers, I always have to call them back. I have to mentally prepare an answer; so I don't generally like doing impromptu phone calls.

    Then there is the factor in which I hold myself to a standard that I absolutely cannot fail, which I have been letting myself do lately.

    Its hard because while I have been improving, it feels very slow and almost undetectable. Like the timeline of improvement is such that most people don't even notice it; it seems like you are exactly the same.

    I remember the times when I couldn't speak to anyone, I couldn't express myself through writing, so I definitely have improved -- but still struggle to learn and comprehend in general.

    It's hard to figure out exactly how I can teach myself things. I feel like written, oral, or demonstrative instructions can all be elusive to understand. That I must basically take the idea like dough and shape it in my mind until its something that I can understand.

    :::

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