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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Serious questions. If I think this is me, is there any benefit to getting an official diagnosis? And if so, what’s the best/least scammy way to go about it?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yep. But at least my life makes perfect sense now. Everything just seems so clear now.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh wow, this hits in a peculiar way

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel personally attacked, lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

I apologize for nothing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Hey, it's me!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've yet to get the official diagnosis. But im on track.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t give up, it took me eight years from my suspicions to actually getting a diagnosis. The hardest part was finding psychiatrists, making appointments, going to the first appointment, and then going to the following appointments.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Apart from stimulant prescriptions, what is the benefit of getting diagnosed with ADHD?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Im at the "psychiatrist referred me to psychologist for testing" stage. As of like, a few days ago. Otherwise identical, 7+ years of wanting testing (and having insurance and money to do it), before even making an attempt at getting treatment.

Psychiatrist seemed confident meds would seriously help tho! Although i guess they are kinda paid to say that i guess?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They are not at all paid to say that. That said, the meds were a game changer for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Now i feel like i made an impression and will dwell on that for the next several minutes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

You did. But I won't remember your username or comment in about 4 minutes

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If only we applied ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No, trying harder doesn’t work for us.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like if only I had worked up to my potential, my life wouldn't be a shambling corpse-to-be.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As it turns out, our potential is really high in a select few categories, and that makes it look to authority figures like we’re good at everything.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

me explaining to my family that the only thing I actually know is how to formulate a proper search query