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  • Shows that those psych-whatever-ists knew drat about the (ancient) greek language, because ‘word’ would be ‘logos’ and ‘alexi’ is actually a greek surname of ancient decent, that would mean ‘defender’. The ancient greeks would never have named the condition that way! My impression is that various Freudians and Anti-Freudians converged on the term in the early-mid-20th century as a means to make themselves sound smarter than any of them really were.

    Source: As someone named Alexander, I just finally felt vaguely offended enough by the term to start digging a little deeper:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005782/

    And also, nothing about the condition as described by modern sources ever made any sense to me - which after reading the article I linked, wasn’t even a surprise to me anymore. Sorry, rant over.

    TL,DR: It’s another piece of etymologic fallout from a historic shitslinging match between researchers and practitioners, but one that didn’t get resolved conclusively. Because brains …












  • Even though I am aware of sounding incredibly cliché and cringe: The more you try to force it, the less success you’ll have. Forget personality types. Forget ‘effort’. People seem to instinctlively know when you’re not having a good time or when you’re outside your comfort zone. So have a good time first, and look for a mate second.

    (Also, I am aromantic, so my sack of advice is probably worth only the sack)







  • Agamemnon@lemmy.worldOPMtoAuDHD@lemmy.worldADHDog
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    1 year ago

    From what I understand, effectiveness is not guaranteed for any of the currently available meds. I won’t disclose which one at this time, as I don’t think it would be helpful to do so. I can only relay from my assessor, who explained to me that if a med is working, you will definitely notice the difference.

    If you experience a problem with medication (like: it seems to you to not be working) you’ll have to take it to your doctor irregardless. Maybe you can make your case and get a different dose or a different substance. Maybe you need to get a second opinion from another doctor. Maybe you need to switch doctors altogether. That last option can be a hard decision to make, but that is one that online people can actually help - if you provide some context information. If you don’t want to do that and just read up on other people’s experiences, I suggest you go over to c/ADHD, because they are around a little longer and you’ll have a bigger chance of finding answers there.

    Best of luck. 👋




  • Agamemnon@lemmy.worldOPMtoAuDHD@lemmy.worldADHDog
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    1 year ago

    Valid, too, of course.

    I am speaking from the perspective of a late-diagnosed adult. With kids and teenagers it is difficult to gauge the cause of mental health problems as well as the effectiveness of treatment. You better find a doctor that knows what they’re doing… Sorry yours didn’t - not all of them do, unfortunately.