Re: 99% sure I'm ADHD & now I have to circumnavigate getting diagnosed?? Cruel joke!

[billd]

Family doctor will typically mis-diagnose as often as properly diagnose. I’ve been the whole route, and although in my case the “doctor” was right – that’s as far as he could go, he knew so little about it. They aren’t trained in areas of the brain – they are trained in internal medicine, colds, broken bones, that sort of thing.

After all I’ve been through – and it was a lot – I’d say don’t even diagnose yourself, use it only as a lead to get more information.

There are SO many things that echo or mimic ADHD it’s amazing. I had a 4 hour session with a neuro-psychologist, and were my eyes opened. I was correct, I’m adhd, but then, grandfather, mother, son – doesn’t that sort of put me into the more likely category? Plus, my troubleshooting and reasoning abilities helped – I can often tell the family doctor what’s wrong with me before he or she can, and I”m typically quite accurate.

But when I heard the list of OTHER possible causes of almost every symptom I had, wow – I wonder how many visit forums, leave thinking they have add, and try to self-medicate, only making the REAL cause worse, or being wrong?

Get a formal diagnosis from a pro – just do it. Hey, it took me nearly a YEAR, and I was lucky as instead of a 3 months wait, there was a cancellation – I got in 7 days after the referral was made. (now I wait 2 weeks for a follow-up with him, a month for a follow-up with the previous provider, and 2 months for a follow-up on the sleep study for more answers)

I’m not trying to tell you that you are wrong – you might be dead-on, but I’m saying that your life is too darned important to make a mistake on such an important diagnosis. You are an important person – go get something done to make the rest of your life better.

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