rickinboca
Dick
I'm Richard but my father's "greatest generation" friends always wanted to call me Dick, as in "Dick Nixon," so now I use it as an online moniker.
My superpower is my ability focus on a single task and to complete it on-time, on-budget, and with a high degree of accuracy.
When I was already an adult my mother recalled an incident in which she brought me to a women's club meeting, sat me on the couch, and told me to sit quietly. She came back an hour later and found me sitting in the same spot, sitting quietly. She told me that it was then that she wondered if there wasn't something wrong with me, but a child behaving as instructed isn't something people talked about as a problem.
During a series of tragic events I became depressed and a psychologist diagnosed me with lifelong clinical depression, even in my childhood. That didn't make sense to me, because I always thought I was a pretty happy-go-lucky kid. Prescriptions for antidepressants didn't do anything for me. I tried several. I started taking Dexedrine and it helped me.
When my son was diagnosed with ADHD, I realized that I had undiagnosed ADD, which went untreated. I was put on Phentermine for weight loss and I hoped it would help with the ADD but I felt it made me too nervous. I use / abuse coffee instead. After some recent setbacks, I came to realize I think I have either Autism or PDA. I'm interested in learning more.
My ADD symptoms:
Difficulty paying close attention to speakers, difficulty sticking with or finishing tasks, difficulty following verbal instructions, challenges with staying organized, difficulty with time management, forgetfulness, easily being distracted, impulsiveness
My Autism symptoms:
Finding it hard to make friends or preferring to be on my own; seeming blunt, rude or not interested in others without meaning to; finding it hard to know how I feel.
My Pathological demand avoidance symptoms:
Resisting ordinary demands, Impulsivity, Surface sociability, Passivity, Avoiding demands
My superpower is my ability focus on a single task and to complete it on-time, on-budget, and with a high degree of accuracy.
When I was already an adult my mother recalled an incident in which she brought me to a women's club meeting, sat me on the couch, and told me to sit quietly. She came back an hour later and found me sitting in the same spot, sitting quietly. She told me that it was then that she wondered if there wasn't something wrong with me, but a child behaving as instructed isn't something people talked about as a problem.
During a series of tragic events I became depressed and a psychologist diagnosed me with lifelong clinical depression, even in my childhood. That didn't make sense to me, because I always thought I was a pretty happy-go-lucky kid. Prescriptions for antidepressants didn't do anything for me. I tried several. I started taking Dexedrine and it helped me.
When my son was diagnosed with ADHD, I realized that I had undiagnosed ADD, which went untreated. I was put on Phentermine for weight loss and I hoped it would help with the ADD but I felt it made me too nervous. I use / abuse coffee instead. After some recent setbacks, I came to realize I think I have either Autism or PDA. I'm interested in learning more.
My ADD symptoms:
Difficulty paying close attention to speakers, difficulty sticking with or finishing tasks, difficulty following verbal instructions, challenges with staying organized, difficulty with time management, forgetfulness, easily being distracted, impulsiveness
My Autism symptoms:
Finding it hard to make friends or preferring to be on my own; seeming blunt, rude or not interested in others without meaning to; finding it hard to know how I feel.
My Pathological demand avoidance symptoms:
Resisting ordinary demands, Impulsivity, Surface sociability, Passivity, Avoiding demands
