Something very interesting I accidentally came across while investigating what neurotransmitters are involved in an orgasm (turns out to be basically all of them, but oxytocin and vasopressin are specific to sex, love and friendship):

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn3044

#mentalhealth #autism #anxiety #bpd #schizophrenia

The way the autistic "narrow interests" part of my #AuDHD manifest itself is not in the learning department. It's in the motivational department. I have broad lexical knowledge but a narrow ability to perform, especially if sustained effort is needed.

I sound like an encyclopaedia but I need help in everyday life, which I have only started receiving a little bit of in the past year or so. It's just really hard for me to take care of myself, even if the consequences are very bad.

It's a challenge to find a viable career when you're so picky. I worked as a software developer for over a decade, but with repeated burnouts. They kept giving me projects that were too boring to stay motivated. I tried out ADHD drugs to compensate, but they made me unstable, so I had to quit those, and the industry itself.

I can pretend to function like a normal human for a few months while I'm still excited by the novelty of the situation (such as starting school or landing a new job), but once everyday life settles in, things start to get difficult due to the motivational issues.

#autism #ADHD

Just spotted this. In a neurotypical world which hasn't been created with sound-sensitive neurodivergent people in mind, this statement is an act of revolution.
The uprising has begun...
...Inaudibly.
✊
@actuallyautistic

#autism #ASD #misophonia

Did this textbook seriously just use a furry to represent ASD, lol.

#ASD #Autism

I'm a definite putterer

#adhd #adhdlife #ADHDer #adhdmemes #memes #actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #stayweird #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodivergence

Somehow I missed this, but a study of over 2.4 million Swedes found no link between using acetaminophen (key ingredient in Tylenol) during pregnancy and risk of autism, ADHD, or other intellectual disabilities.

https://neurosciencenews.com/acetaminophen-pregnancy-asd-25883/

#ADHD #Autism #IntellectualDisability

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"What frequently underpins the external and internal chaos, according to experts and many ADHDers alike, is a pervasive sense of deep shame and the quiet realisation that their potential in life is not being met."

Well excuse me.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/04/audhd-what-is-behind-rocketing-rates-life-changing-diagnosis

#AuDHD #autism #ADHD

The sudden rise of AuDHD: what is behind the rocketing rates of this life-changing diagnosis?

Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed

^{Siân Boyle (The Guardian)}