Hello. I was diagnosed with ADHD one year ago already (I was 35 back then), but since then I’m only with medical treatment, in other words, with medication. This medication can keep my ADHD symptoms under control, at a degree. But it does absolutely nothing against my executive dysfunction and my focus issues, and I don’t have proper tools to handle my ADHD.
On a Discord server someone told me to look for therapists that do online sessions from third world countries for ADHD people, but I don’t know where to look for them, and I don’t know whether they’re actual therapists or random scammers either. I live in Spain (pointing that out in case you try to push your US narrative), and a psychologists charges between 40 € and 60 € per session, being one session per week. And I can’t afford spending 160 €/240 € per month when I don’t even have a job.
Does anyone can give me some advice or recommendations, or webpages where I can look for someone?
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As you probably speak Spanish, why not look into Latin American countries for therapists. My ex girlfriend (from Colombia) told me that especially in Argentina there are a ton of under- or unemployed therapists. There are even some WhatsApp groups of therapists where you can post and then you’ll get many therapists responding you. Unfortunately many of them are pseudoscientific or esoteric. But the brother of my ex girlfriend lives in Buenos Aires and found a great therapist for tdah. So you probably would have to filter out quite a bit but I’m sure there are some qualified therapists that are pretty cheap compared to European prices.
Unfortunately I have no advice on the therapy bit. Just want to say congrats on putting in the effort to seek out the therapy!
The tools that I developed with the help of professionals have been invaluable in making my ADHD easier to deal with. For me it’s 90% tools and 10% meds.
I hope it doesn’t take you too long to find someone that works well for you!
Maybe this search could help: https://internationaltherapistdirectory.com/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_place&s=+&snear=&spost_category[]=164&sclientfocus[]=Adults&sspecialties[]=ADHD&slanguages[]=Spanish&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon=
I’m assuming that you know about SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA – ANPIR and their directory, but just in case: http://www.anpir.org/socios/panel/profesionales_avanzado.php
I’m assuming that you know about SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA – ANPIR and their directory, but just in case: http://www.anpir.org/socios/panel/profesionales_avanzado.php
Thank you. I’ve only found one psychologist near my town, and he doesn’t even treat ADHD on adults. Only on children and teenagers. Either way, being in Spain I can assure you that price would be astronomical for my wallet.
About the other link, I’m looking at it. There are a couple of psychologists from Singapore, but I need to be sure that they treat ADHD on adult population, and I don’t even know how the price is per session there.
Solo es mi experiencia personal, pero creo que tendras que asegurarte muy bien al buscar psicologos que traten TDAH en paises tercermundistas. Soy de uno, y he estado como pelota de tennis de un psicologo/psiquiatra a otro. Un psiquiatra que vi incluso no creia que el TDAH existiese y atribuia mis sintomas a fallas personales. Muy decorado su CV y todo, no esperaba eso.
Digo esto nada mas porque avances medicos tienden a tardar un poco en llegar aca. Tal vez podrias tener mas suerte con psicologos/psiquiatras jovenes, podrian estar mas actualizados.
Buena suerte, por cierto!
I think the classic adage applies here:
“You can pick one, (two if you’re lucky): Fast, Cheap, or Good”
Fast in this case means easy to book I guess.
I live in Spain
From what I know of Spain’s healthcare system is that it is generally quite good for traditional healthcare. Reading up on it, it does seem that mental healthcare is not as good in the sense there are very few therapists and such. But does that also mean that it isn’t covered by your insurance at all?
I don’t have any insurance, only for dental treatments. For everything else I’m under the Social Security.
Spain’s healthcare is quite good, which means most people don’t bother with private insurance.
For better or for worse, it falls short in:
- preventive care
- aesthetic care
That means dental (other than diagnosing, and pulling teeth out), plastic surgery (except for functional purposes, with recent debate about whether reassignment surgery is functional or not), or stuff like mental therapy.
Pregunta: ¿Cómo has conseguido el diagnóstico de TDAH?
Mi psiquiatra por la SS es razonablemente decente, pero aparte de hablar con sentido y soltar pastillas, preguntarle por un diagnóstico de cualquier tipo, es encontrarse con sorna y guasa. Al de cabecera también me lo rotan más que un ventilador; no sé qué les pasa, que cada uno dura medio año como mucho, es un poco difícil contar mi vida desde cero cada vez. Los últimos diagnósticos que he conseguido, han sido a base de soltar pasta gansa, o de casi palmarla en el hospital (me soltaron con un kit completo de diagnósticos de propina, yay!).
PS: hace unos 20 años, estuve yendo a terapia, a razón de 50€ semanales… curioso que para eso no haya inflación (o me estaban timando, hm).
Creo que un psiquiatra, independientemente de si es sanidad pública o consultorio privado, no debería comportarse así, dada la fragilidad de los pacientes que acuden para precisamente tratar esa fragilidad. Pero te cuento: fui a pedir derivación a mi médico de cabecera en noviembre del 2022. Me dieron cita con una psicóloga clínica para enero del 2023, y luego de eso una cita con una psiquiatra en marzo del 2023. Dada mi urgencia (estaba queriendo preparar oposiciones a funcionario), no quise esperar y fui a un consultorio privado. Comenté mi asunto, y me recetaron medicación. Funcionaba, pero no como yo quería, así que me la cambiaron, y sí que se notaba, de no hacer nada en todo el día a estudiar casi todo el día. De ahí se confirmó que efectivamente yo tenía TDAH. Luego en la seguridad social me quitaron ese estimulante por problemas legales, y volví a la medicación original. Y con esta sigo.
Ahora intento obtener terapia psicológica en algún despacho privado para manejar o superar esa disfunción ejecutiva, y poder hacer cosas sin depender de café o té o lo que sea que pueda tomar.
No diré nombres de medicamentos ni nada, ni tampoco diré nada que vaya contra las normas de esta comunidad. Solo te deseo mucha suerte, y ojalá que consigas ese diagnóstico en la seguridad social.
