AuDHD Medic
@adhdmedic.bsky.social
I've been quiet my entire life; that was what was expected of me. I'm very tired & very angry.
I'm an AuDHD emergency medical professional who's pro-vaccine, pro-mutual aid, pro-planet...
My tone and RBF hurt big egos.
The profile pic is Chaos, the cat.
I'm an AuDHD emergency medical professional who's pro-vaccine, pro-mutual aid, pro-planet...
My tone and RBF hurt big egos.
The profile pic is Chaos, the cat.
The potato has vitamin c stores just as The Towel was soaked in nutrients for emergencies.
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The potato has vitamin c stores just as The Towel was soaked in nutrients for emergencies.
I especially enjoy having this conversation with patients who definitely DO NOT have dementia! HOW DARE YOU ask questions that unintentionally highlight their inability to recall their current meds, diagnoses, reason for visiting a medical professional today...
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I especially enjoy having this conversation with patients who definitely DO NOT have dementia! HOW DARE YOU ask questions that unintentionally highlight their inability to recall their current meds, diagnoses, reason for visiting a medical professional today...
I think I failed the sentence diagramming segment, because I had already read far more than my teacher and I didn't need to know how to label words in order to read or write well. Reading a library book under my desk was standard operating procedure. That did not help my participation grade.
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I think I failed the sentence diagramming segment, because I had already read far more than my teacher and I didn't need to know how to label words in order to read or write well. Reading a library book under my desk was standard operating procedure. That did not help my participation grade.
And to your other point, they did have a growing network of people with similar health issues, which has been helpful for them. I provided some recommendations for new lines of inquiry during normal office hours. Then, we discussed what ChatGPT is good at and why medicine isn't one of those things.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
And to your other point, they did have a growing network of people with similar health issues, which has been helpful for them. I provided some recommendations for new lines of inquiry during normal office hours. Then, we discussed what ChatGPT is good at and why medicine isn't one of those things.
They did appreciate me & *had* been disappointed by the nurse line before. But I would expect anyone staffing that service to be able to help evaluate for anaphylaxis & not make up fake signs of impending death. ChatGPT: Do your pupils look larger than normal? Are your ear lobes tingling? Epi pen!
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
They did appreciate me & *had* been disappointed by the nurse line before. But I would expect anyone staffing that service to be able to help evaluate for anaphylaxis & not make up fake signs of impending death. ChatGPT: Do your pupils look larger than normal? Are your ear lobes tingling? Epi pen!
My recent UK houseguest brought "everything needed for a Sunday roast" in cans (I'm not sure if there was tinned beef). I gathered it was their family comfort food due to tradition, not due to high quality flavors or skilled preparation.
Also, their custard doesn't involve eggs. Mystifying.
Also, their custard doesn't involve eggs. Mystifying.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My recent UK houseguest brought "everything needed for a Sunday roast" in cans (I'm not sure if there was tinned beef). I gathered it was their family comfort food due to tradition, not due to high quality flavors or skilled preparation.
Also, their custard doesn't involve eggs. Mystifying.
Also, their custard doesn't involve eggs. Mystifying.
Thanks for answering that unspoken question for me. Having treated the pain of *so many* SCD patients on the East Coast, I've been befuddled by the apparent lack of SCD patients in central Texas.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Thanks for answering that unspoken question for me. Having treated the pain of *so many* SCD patients on the East Coast, I've been befuddled by the apparent lack of SCD patients in central Texas.
Not me wondering why this wasn't the Ambrose Bierce reading assigned in my high school 🤔 ... oh right, we didn't want any students to question their conservative upbringings.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Not me wondering why this wasn't the Ambrose Bierce reading assigned in my high school 🤔 ... oh right, we didn't want any students to question their conservative upbringings.
This sounds like a recipe straight out of Redwall 😍
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This sounds like a recipe straight out of Redwall 😍
Well damn. Can't all of my patients be that kind of kid?
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well damn. Can't all of my patients be that kind of kid?
I mentally prep kids, they overreact, they watch me do it to myself, they agree to participate, they respond, "Oh, that wasn't bad at all." Could I bypass that whole song and dance with promises of a microscope? If so, I will happily be the ambulance with a microscope!
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I mentally prep kids, they overreact, they watch me do it to myself, they agree to participate, they respond, "Oh, that wasn't bad at all." Could I bypass that whole song and dance with promises of a microscope? If so, I will happily be the ambulance with a microscope!
So much knowledge is disappearing with retirements, lay offs, and lack of funding for projects. I'm thinking about a team in a lead-lined basement and wondering what they'll do if their lab shuts down? Just... retire? Can I adopt scientists just to visit me and tell me stories about the glory days?
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So much knowledge is disappearing with retirements, lay offs, and lack of funding for projects. I'm thinking about a team in a lead-lined basement and wondering what they'll do if their lab shuts down? Just... retire? Can I adopt scientists just to visit me and tell me stories about the glory days?
The machines and tools just sitting in storage, waiting to be dusted off when the need arises, are 🤯. There are full buildings where people study and create new metal alloys to exact spec! The machining shops should have specialized apprenticeship programs that partner with local VoTech schools.
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The machines and tools just sitting in storage, waiting to be dusted off when the need arises, are 🤯. There are full buildings where people study and create new metal alloys to exact spec! The machining shops should have specialized apprenticeship programs that partner with local VoTech schools.
I'm sorry @astraughnomer.bsky.social. I know you probably can't say much/anything, but this is terrible. I hate that everyone at GSFC is being subject to this further insult.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm sorry @astraughnomer.bsky.social. I know you probably can't say much/anything, but this is terrible. I hate that everyone at GSFC is being subject to this further insult.
I know I'm small beans with no following, but this is so incredibly sickening, and I wish the general public and Congress cared enough to save our public sector space program. Thinking about all of my favorite scientists and their cool-as-hell labs and projects getting dumped has me teary eyed.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I know I'm small beans with no following, but this is so incredibly sickening, and I wish the general public and Congress cared enough to save our public sector space program. Thinking about all of my favorite scientists and their cool-as-hell labs and projects getting dumped has me teary eyed.
I prefer these homemade signs when they are printed on continuous feed paper. Just dust off the dot matrix printer hiding in the back office. We all know there's one hiding somewhere in that building.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I prefer these homemade signs when they are printed on continuous feed paper. Just dust off the dot matrix printer hiding in the back office. We all know there's one hiding somewhere in that building.
They're vital tools on single-responder units!
We do everything in our power to work all codes on scene, as it provides better outcomes. We also pull over for CPR if a patient codes en route to ER. Patients in persistent ⚡ rhythms get transported, and that's a slow code 3 with full Pit Crew CPR.
We do everything in our power to work all codes on scene, as it provides better outcomes. We also pull over for CPR if a patient codes en route to ER. Patients in persistent ⚡ rhythms get transported, and that's a slow code 3 with full Pit Crew CPR.
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
They're vital tools on single-responder units!
We do everything in our power to work all codes on scene, as it provides better outcomes. We also pull over for CPR if a patient codes en route to ER. Patients in persistent ⚡ rhythms get transported, and that's a slow code 3 with full Pit Crew CPR.
We do everything in our power to work all codes on scene, as it provides better outcomes. We also pull over for CPR if a patient codes en route to ER. Patients in persistent ⚡ rhythms get transported, and that's a slow code 3 with full Pit Crew CPR.
Ah. We seem to run past our neighboring departments and shout "catch up" as we blatantly refuse to comply with their standards. It mostly works. Some outliers have LUCAS devices, but they switch to Pit Crew if we show up on scene.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ah. We seem to run past our neighboring departments and shout "catch up" as we blatantly refuse to comply with their standards. It mostly works. Some outliers have LUCAS devices, but they switch to Pit Crew if we show up on scene.
I know *why* I missed this news, but jfc...
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I know *why* I missed this news, but jfc...
My medical director says "fuck you" to the AHA every year, which is a nice treat for the rest of us. We're too busy to sit through that set of recerts, anyway.
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My medical director says "fuck you" to the AHA every year, which is a nice treat for the rest of us. We're too busy to sit through that set of recerts, anyway.
Was going to say: my autism brain has noticed this pattern before.
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Was going to say: my autism brain has noticed this pattern before.