I love my husband but I love not shidding my pants better.

Here is the official diagnostic criteria:

Disregard for and violation of others rights since age 15, as indicated by one of the seven sub features:

1. Failure to obey laws and norms by engaging in behavior which results in criminal arrest, or would warrant criminal arrest

2. Lying, deception, and manipulation, for profit or self-amusement,

3. Impulsive behavior

4. Irritability and aggression, manifested as frequently assaults others, or engages in fighting

5. Blatantly disregards safety of self and others,

6. A pattern of irresponsibility and

7. Lack of remorse for actions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

How is this “not really bad on its own?”

Just dug mine out of the closet. Here it comes.

I read “beers” as “bees” and was really confused. Although a few bees wouldn’t hurt as long as you don’t antagonize them.

What about…

So, likely major depressive disorder? I’m not surprised. The future looks bleak.

I’m pretty sure they are talking about doing this all day. It’s just a new name for major depressive disorder.

I’ve got irises. Can you milk me, Greg?

Happy International Women’s Day!

For those of you who want to either get involved politically or to just have a community that gets it, I highly recommend finding your local chapter of the League of Women Voters. It’s a great organization.

Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Asking the very important and frankly, controversial questions.

You just summed up 2026.

Admit it, y’all couldn’t resist correcting them.

It does have a lot of fiber but you also might be allergic to it.

https://open.substack.com/pub/naturespharmacy/p/does-yellow-dragon-fruit-cause-diarrhea

TIL I’m an average mammal.

It’s so beautiful when nature is healing.

Get that margussy, King.

Nice beaver!

Because this is a shitpost. Shitposts are not supposed to be nice.

Like @yucandu@lemmy.world said, it would need to be an fMRI, which is primarily used in research as far as I know. And while it alone could not tell you definitively “this person has ADHD,” it could help rule out other conditions (like TBI, which can also present similar to ADHD). Ultimately, your doctor is right that a standard MRI cannot diagnose it.

I like to combine the checklist with interviews (like DIVA, Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults) and computerized continuous performance tests, like QBTest. Of course, there is also a lot of observation and sometimes even asking humorous questions, like “Do you have The Chair^TM at home?”

The Chair^TM

Great question! To my knowledge, they are just starting to look into it, but with PTSD specifically, not CPTSD. There is this case study (n=1) and this pilot study (n=32) that show promise. They are recruiting people for more testing.

Preliminary evidence shows that it does help - and it makes sense. If cognitive deficits from PTSD are a result of an impaired executive function, then stimulants would help with those particular symptoms, much like in ADHD.

Here’s the thing though - the US healthcare system still doesn’t even have CPTSD as a diagnosis, so there is not too much research happening on the topic here. Considering how ADHD (especially in women) is also very understudied, there are so many variables we just don’t know or understand.

If you are interested in novel treatments of PTSD, I also recommend looking into blue light therapy. There is some promising results showing a reduction in symptom severity within 6 weeks of daily 30-min blue light exposure in the morning. Here is a systematic review that looks at 4 studies.