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Indeed, I would say it's kind of bollocks. And I'm in at least two of these groups.

These are all spectrums. Experiencing all of these symptoms is normal. Experiencing these symptoms frequently and with such high degree that it impacts your daily life - that is a disorder.

I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice.

You're a lizard, Mary!

I had suspected being gifted could have helped mask autism and ADHD (a psychiatrist even said "you have a PhD, you do not have ADHD"), but I had never seen it like this and it makes me even more suspicious.

Then you are truly a beautiful animal.

Super mutant

I think “Highly developed morals” in this context doesn't mean being a "better" person by following a "superior" code of conduct.

It means a higher chance to follow any established code out of principle - even to one's own detriment - even with zero chance of getting caught cheating - even without getting to have bragging rights on upholding integrity. (But only if that code is properly understood first and deemed reasonable. Arbitrary BS-rules don't have that effect) There was a study about it, I think, from Bazil?

I can't tell you how many times I was told I was "too honest"

My best friend is ND (she thinks she's autistic but hasn't been diagnosed), I think I'm ND too since I've noticed I have a much higher capacity for empathy than basically anyone I know, but we often talk about sense of morality. She has a very strong moral compass and sense of justice. I don't think it's so much that NT people lack this sense of justice/morality (obviously there are exceptions but I don't consider psychopaths that lack morals as NT), so much as it's much easier for them to ignore to not upset the status quo. This comes out mainly at work. She would burn bridges because she would see major moral issues come up that her coworkers just kind of ignored but it ate at her until she finally said something, often being dismissed as a result unfortunately. It's a really interesting topic though

I actually hate the term neurodivergent or neurodiverse, it's so tentative and annoying. I've been called crazy my entire life, they might as well just stick with that - it's clearly what they're implying.

I think "highly developed morals" refers to, for example, internally consistent morals. Calling them highly developed shouldn't be understood to imply the morals are "better" or more "right", only that they are consistent. My neurotypical family members have morals and they will preach those morals to literal death. When actual circumstances of life require a sacrifice of them to live within the morals they preach though, they have no difficulty imagining a special exception to those morals.

In Ontario, Canada, if they still do it the same way as they did in the 80s/90s, they do a test in grade 3 which can determine giftedness. After the test I was sent to do a psycho-educational assessment, then sent off to another school with a gifted program. I was in gifted classes until the end of grade 10. I definitely made some great friends in that program, but I think I would have been better off being taught how to survive in the real world, compared to the experience of having your own special class. There is no “special class” in the workplace. Or, you can probably just go directly to a psychologist for a psycho-educational assessment, but there is usually a cost involved.

That's a good question to ask your local pediatrician.

Ha, yeah I was one of them. Be kind to him.

Do you know where it’s supposed to be reposted to next? 🤨

Thanks for reminding me where I downloaded it a few weeks ago :3

Shot in the dark, not a doctor yadda yadda

Sounds like it could be burnout. (not only workaholics can get one) You can try some mitigation strategies for that and see if they help you.

If you have trauma, it could also be cptsd.

I was formally diagnosed with ADHD in February this year, but due to suspicions I spent a long time (with the help of my family) trying different supplements or diet related things, etc. The thing we settled on is a supplement of Citicoline (which at least where I am is available at most pharmacies/chemists). It took a couple weeks to settle in, but for me it was a night and day difference in terms of emotional/mental stability. Even now I'm on a proper Ritalin regime, I still find the Citicoline helps with that part. To clarify, I didn't find it explicitly helped with focusing, but that mental and especially emotional stability was life changing, and helped me on the road to getting more formal treatment.

Unpopular opinion, but a great way to treat many neurological conditions is a ketogenic diet. It works great with intermittent fasting/time restricted eating.

Low budget carnivore is very cheap and surprisingly healthy. It's also guaranteed to be ketogenic and it's easy to prepare the food.

The ketones that your body produces have a protective effect in your neurons that can help them recover if they are being damaged by inflammation or a host of other things.

Childhood trauma is highly correlated with a host of digestive and inflammatory conditions. So if you had any trauma growing up, it's even more likely.

If you're unwilling to change your diet, intense resistance training (weight lifting) and sleep hygiene are also huge.

I personally recommend looking into free lifting programs that are simple like stronglifts 5x5. Melatonin for sleep (start very low dosage and adjust up if it doesn't work - stop after a week and see if you still need it). Also Sam Harris's meditation app which is free if you email and ask for access because you're struggling financially. Meditation is great on it's own but it will also help with sleep.

I wouldn't worry too much about the label, just focus on your symptoms. Impulse issues, restlessness, difficulty relaxing, difficulty falling/staying asleep. Emotional regulation issues. Unsafe decisions. Etc.

I was recommended https://embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/ and it's given me quite a bit of information about myself. Wish I could help more. Keep reaching out and eventually the right answer will find you! Good luck on your journey. Don't give up.

ADHD is great in a crisis. The adrenaline spikes hard, everything gets super focused, shit gets done. It's like a double simulant dose right in your bloodstream.

Honestly, this is when I'm at my highest functioning. Unfortunately that means it's easy to get addicted to stress.

It's "common" traits. Not "must have" traits. or is the confusion about interpreting what a "crisis situation/emergency" is in this context?

Everybody's a little ADHD, and everybody's a little crazy. You have to reach a particular threshold before you qualify as "clinical."

If you are able to function independently, then you probably won't be clinically diagnosed even if you have some struggles here and there.

Consider the difference between a person with OCD who feels really uncomfortable when they aren't able to perform their compulsions vs. a person who suffers a complete mental breakdown and loses all ability to self-regulate for hours or days.

Same, but I've been placed far onto the spectrum by every Asperger's / autism assessment I've taken.

Alright, it's not about that though. This is about 3 difference condition types that often resemble eachother.