Every doctor and psyche I spoke to told me an official diagnosis will make it easier to get my medication and care.
ADHD is a disorder, meaning it significantly reduces my quality of life to the point where I require therapy and medication to function. Since ADHD meds are super fun for non ADHD folk, without an official diagnosis I get accused of drug seeking by shitty doctors. I’ve gone months hitting brick walls trying to get meds I’d already been prescribed because of it. I could even get partial disability payments for periods of time I’m unable to work, or unable to find work that fit my needs.
I dropped out of university twice because of ADHD symptoms I didn’t know were part of a disorder at the time, with a diagnosis I could get a modified program.
An official diagnosis for ADHD is not at all like getting an IQ test where I live.
For ADHD: YES! I’ m literally currently in the process of getting it checked, because of this!
But I was talking about autism, where you do not get meds or anything useful, which really makes it a useless diagnosis that will do more harm than good in most places. (One ceveat: If I moved back to Germany, I could probably get tax benefits because it counts as a mild disability, but until I decide to do that and stay there, it’s not worth the risk.
Every doctor and psyche I spoke to told me an official diagnosis will make it easier to get my medication and care.
ADHD is a disorder, meaning it significantly reduces my quality of life to the point where I require therapy and medication to function. Since ADHD meds are super fun for non ADHD folk, without an official diagnosis I get accused of drug seeking by shitty doctors. I’ve gone months hitting brick walls trying to get meds I’d already been prescribed because of it. I could even get partial disability payments for periods of time I’m unable to work, or unable to find work that fit my needs.
I dropped out of university twice because of ADHD symptoms I didn’t know were part of a disorder at the time, with a diagnosis I could get a modified program.
An official diagnosis for ADHD is not at all like getting an IQ test where I live.
For ADHD: YES! I’ m literally currently in the process of getting it checked, because of this!
But I was talking about autism, where you do not get meds or anything useful, which really makes it a useless diagnosis that will do more harm than good in most places. (One ceveat: If I moved back to Germany, I could probably get tax benefits because it counts as a mild disability, but until I decide to do that and stay there, it’s not worth the risk.