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Adult ADHD Diagnosis - what is the process like?
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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P.S. I have dysgraphia, which was diagnosed when I was a child. To my knowledge, no professional ever diagnosed me with ADHD. I've tried to ask my mom about this, but she's being cagey. She says, "we all knew you had ADHD." I was never given medication for ADHD. The only help I got was for the dysgraphia. All this is to say, if you want to get help for another disability you will absolutely need to be proactive.
Yeah it’s like once they latch on to one disability they refuse to look for other possibilities. But then you become a drug seeker or some shit. It’s annoying. The VA was latched onto PTSD; took until I argued with my regular psych that I needed to seek another opinion because he refused to believe I had ADHD and or bipolar. I’m almost it certain it’s ADHD but now they’re attached to bipolar. It’s hell.
Yeah it’s like once they latch on to one disability they refuse to look for other possibilities. But then you become a drug seeker or some shit. It’s annoying. The VA was latched onto PTSD; took until I argued with my regular psych that I needed to seek another opinion because he refused to believe I had ADHD and or bipolar. I’m almost it certain it’s ADHD but now they’re attached to bipolar. It’s hell.