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[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I like to refer to myself as "peer reviewed" AuDHD. Every neurodivergent person I've talked to is like "yeah dude, we can tell." I had autistic people accepting me as autistic before I accepted me as autistic. XD

[–] moonbunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Damn, I got my ADHD diagnosis, but I’ve been constantly looping between if it’s ADHD and possibly C-PTSD or ADHD, Autism and C-PTSD that’s making things so difficult for me 😅

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

Thankfully the first person who ever suggested it to me was a psychiatrist

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