I have a doctor who’s a friend. He specializes in, and has written papers about diagnosing adult ADHD. He pokes fun at me for my undiagnosed ADHD. Little comments like “gee, I wonder why…” while I’m telling stories.
He sees it. But I cannot get my fucking doctors to even talk to me about it. Whenever I ask about how to get a diagnosis, they just put me on another antidepressant.
Why can't you get a diagnosis from your friend? Genuine question, idk how that works.
It's unethical to diagnose, and treat, a friend/family member if you are that close.
Also given that one of the Frontline treatments for ADHD is a controlled substance - it would be a very bad look.
That said, if this is the doctor's specialty - it is very odd that they do not know of a colleague they could refer to.
Conflict of Interest, maybe?
And it would probably be a bit weird for your friend to also be your medical practitioner.
Social media got me thinking about it. The more I looked into it, the more I recognized myself in it, so this year, at 41, I was diagnosed. I started taking medication last week and feel like a new person.
How has your life improved?
In general, a lot of things from my past now make more sense. Even my perception and character traits. With the meds, I can tackle and complete tasks more easily, concentrate much better and generally feel much more relaxed. If the constant earworms disappear now, I'll be almost perfectly happy. However, I am still at the beginning of adjusting the dosage and hope that everything stays that way or gets even better.
With me it was asking a coworker a question and literally zoning out in the middle of his face to face explanation and having to ask him to repeat himself. A pretty 'wtf dude' moment from him, and I then proceeded to apologize and said it happens a lot...which got me thinking. Yeah, didn't take long after that.
What film is he talking about?
Its gotta be Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Evelyn clearly struggles with it.
That makes more sense than a dead Daniel Radcliffe. Thanks
I have a doctor who’s a friend. He specializes in, and has written papers about diagnosing adult ADHD. He pokes fun at me for my undiagnosed ADHD. Little comments like “gee, I wonder why…” while I’m telling stories.
He sees it. But I cannot get my fucking doctors to even talk to me about it. Whenever I ask about how to get a diagnosis, they just put me on another antidepressant.
Why can't you get a diagnosis from your friend? Genuine question, idk how that works.
It's unethical to diagnose, and treat, a friend/family member if you are that close.
Also given that one of the Frontline treatments for ADHD is a controlled substance - it would be a very bad look.
That said, if this is the doctor's specialty - it is very odd that they do not know of a colleague they could refer to.
Conflict of Interest, maybe?
And it would probably be a bit weird for your friend to also be your medical practitioner.