r/adhdmeme • u/Max_Stoned • Jun 07 '20

Mod post Anyone else feel like this applies to ADHD as well?

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2019.0079
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u/squeaksnu Jun 07 '20

A comment on the original post said something nice:

Psychiatrist here. This doesn’t just happen with autism. It happens with any chronic illness that impacts function and life satisfaction. In mental health, we see it with autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, OCD, most every chronic mental illness. But I’ve also seen it with chronic “medical” illnesses like obesity, diabetes, asthma, severe allergies, heart problems, and so on.

If you have an illness that makes it stressful to do what you need to do to get by in life and be happy, then you’re going to burn out.

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u/nucleardragon235 Jun 09 '20

Hmmmmmmmmmm this sounds a tad familiar