Since I'm talking about medical stuff here already.
I finally got a physical copy of my shiny new ADHD diagnosis.
But do I get meds? Nope. Not without my cardiologist getting involved. I asked the psychiatrist doing the ADHD diagnosis if she could talk to him, since he is in the same building just one or two floors up. Nope. "We don't do this here" she said.
It's now a year since I first got the ball rolling, and I'm still not on meds.
I finally got a physical copy of my shiny new ADHD diagnosis.
But do I get meds? Nope. Not without my cardiologist getting involved. I asked the psychiatrist doing the ADHD diagnosis if she could talk to him, since he is in the same building just one or two floors up. Nope. "We don't do this here" she said.
It's now a year since I first got the ball rolling, and I'm still not on meds.
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In my experience the whole ADHD diagnosis process is just one big gatekeeping thing. I know so many people who would need one and possibly meds, but do not have the spoons to even start the process because it's too much for them to handle. It is needlessly difficult. I'm not talking about the diagnostic routine itself, but all the overhead and waiting times.
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