“Don’t forget to return the questionnaire with ambiguous questions and the documentation you need to gather at three separate places by calling a dozen disparate people by the end of next week”

You start to wonder whether it’s an elaborate play to keep dx numbers down.

I was diagnosed with ADD as a child. No extra help was given to me (Possibly because all of my parents effort was given to my brother because he has Autism). The extent that my condition was considered boiled down to "try harder", because that's what I was told. I can appreciate as an adult that I have ADHD (which is what people with ADD are now being diagnosed as), and I can even appreciate that some of the techniques that I might gain from an adult diagnosis might be beneficial if I can afford them.

But here's the thing. I function, mostly on the backs of a bunch of coping mechanisms that I have developed over the course of almost 40 years because I didn't have a choice. I have the support of a spouse who goes out of his way to help me if he thinks I need it. Getting re-diagnosed feels exhausting, and honestly (probably because I don't feel like it would necessarily be beneficial to me in the short term), I don't want to go through that process again. It seems like a lot of effort for a maybe type payoff that I'm not even sure I can afford (yes, I have healthcare).

What annoyes me more that the doubters are the clinics which wanna force you doing a therapy. But all you were asking for is a diagnosis.

I waited 7 months for my first appointment for screening, then another month for an in person assessment that took 3 hours. It's been almost 2 months since then and no response except for the $1000 bill. I'm about to call a lawyer (if I can ever get around to it...)

i have literally been waiting TWO FUCKING YEARS here in sweden, and now i'm finally getting referred to a private clinic in november, and then presumably i'll get to actually go there sometime in december.

wow golly fucking gee i wonder why people are killing themselves, what a mystery huh, man such a brain tickler.

this is fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, what society really needs is cheaper gasoline

Get a referral to a psychiatrist. It'll take a while so book an appointment today to request the referral. Let your doctor know you want to do things right by getting a full evaluation with a psychiatrist and clarify you know it could take a while but its been on your mind for a while and you want to get the ball rolling to check things out.

With the private stuff, it might work, it might not, but its going to be enormously expensive and its ironically less simple than doing as I mentioned because its becoming an industry that doesn't necessarily want to sell the cow, or will milk the shit out if you. In another sense, you need fewer options rather than more and the psychiatrist route is the most straightforward

Earth sucks but all the logistical headaches magically disappeared once I got great insurance from an employer.

Edit for clarity my point wasn't "get insurance lol" it was "magically, when you.have good insurance, all the bullshit referrals wait times, and runaround evaporate. They see you quickly, diagnose transparently and prescribe promptly.