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After years of wondering, going back and forth, and putting it off, I've finally got an appointment set up to get evaluated. I set the appointment about two weeks ago and it's tomorrow, I even did all the paperwork already! Is there anything I should know, or consider going in?

Update: Well I got a diagnosis. I have ADHD, and he's sending his recommendation med to my PCP. It's weird that it has to go through them, right? I figured a therapist could prescribe meds. Also he added that I have "highly impulsive" ADHD. Is it normal to add the qualifier? I mean, he's not wrong, but are there categories?

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[โ€“] 48954246@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

My wife described part of the test as:

Doc: do you struggle with {simple task}?

Pt: No, not at all because I have {overly complicated system} that makes {simple task} easy for me! {explains in great detail}

Doc: congratulations, you have ADHD

[โ€“] RQG@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Me and my 4 nested to do list system both agree.

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