ADHD Barrister
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@Lnslvtch It gets easier. But watch your physical health- keep fit and go to bed early! Watch for burn out. Do not work on Saturdays. And there are more of us at the Bar than you imagine.
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No, we do not all have the same 24 hours in a day because I have ADHD, and I swear that I must be wasting a good 4 hours on the daily just trying to transition from one task to another. I don't understand the need for this incessant battle, but it is what it is, I guess?
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@OliverConway You’re ND? This explains so much and am glad to not be alone. Ps I do that too…
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I’m looking to meet people with ADHD or dyslexia for the new series of @BBCTwo ‘Inside our Minds’ .
If you want to make a short film about how ADHD or dyslexia shapes your life , applications are now open – apply below:
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Was I very productive this week? No. But was I able to rest and relax? Also no. But was I gentle with myself about all of this? No
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The ADHD tax of forgetting to cancel/ pay things on time is real. And verrry costly.
Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist@drjenwolkin
ADHD is profoundly costly. It costs money, energy, and time. Money: subscriptions we forget to cancel, buying yet another planner Energy: bandwidth ebbs + flows and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed Dr. Jen Time: takes us a day to finish what could have been done in an hour
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@ChloeSApter That paper (and I accept it’s only one) seems to suggest that the profile of EF for both ASD and ADHD in young people were almost indistinguishable.
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@ChloeSApter Also both affect executive function so there’s an apparent overlap. See for example journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11….
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On social media, I keep seeing typically autistic traits being attributed to ADHD.
I find it really confusing as to me - an autistic ADHDer - they are very different.
Can anyone explain this?
/genuine question
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@CatrionaSScot @NeuroRebel Yes… masking and learning how to play the “game” of school. Then carried on until it can’t be sustained any longer.
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@NeuroRebel Many neurominority children spend their formative years feeling "wrong" much of the time and having to find coping strategies to survive. That's pretty punitive. Then as adults, it just goes on, doesn't it?
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@auntietory48 @Dr_BellaR @TheBMA See also the legal profession. But it can save lay clients money in areas like family law.
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Just saw a content creator become upset that she didn’t fulfill the clinical criteria of Autism and/or ADHD.
Hope they find the help they think they need.
BUT this is the concern when it’s used to get clout on social media or becomes your entire personality…
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@teaforpterosaur Meanwhile, there is now a national shortage of meds for those who need the “speed” to function & can’t afford the private script of c£150 for a month’s supply.
Some of these accounts are great at explaining or raising awareness but worryingly many are just for clout.
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@teaforpterosaur Am kinda glad you are saying this. Having watched a few of these now, they take snatched parts of what it’s like to have #ADHD without context. Think she’s trying to explain executive function (or lack) but ends up trivialising it.
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Controversial take: some of these tik tokkers may mean well but they are trivialising certain aspects of #ADHD or making them so generalised that they become meaningless without context.
She’s describing executive function in it but unhelpfully.
joanie@laracroftbarbie
at some point we're gonna have to deal with these """adhd influencers""" before things get even weirder than this because.... the amount of likes and positive comments this has.... like tiktok is making people SICK!
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