Why Diagnosis Matters
Why getting a diagnosis is good. Why you want to know. The difference it makes. As well, separating ADHD from Bipolar, Anxiety, Asperger’s Syndrome, and O.C.D..
Difference Diagnosis Makes
August 4, 2010
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You cannot manage what you don’t understand, or don’t even suspect is there. Even after getting the diagnosis, many ADDers fail to appreciate the many ways it sabotages their lives.
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Exactly. Which is why when people take it on, and get it handled/treated, or whatever you want to call it, it’s so eye-opening. You separate who you are from your symptoms. And it’s also why this isn’t a mental illness. An illness is something you catch. Or develop.
I like what the guy with the beard says about, “It’s all they know.” It’s true. We don’t really sense we are different.