• ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    5 months ago

    I went to a doctor, a psychiatrist. She told me she couldn’t assess me for ADHD because the primary symptoms I was presenting were also symptoms of an anxiety disorder, which I definitely have, and once I had my anxiety disorder under control then she could do an ADHD assessment. So I’ve been working on that for the last year and wondering.

    I’m not self-diagnosed and I’ve never claimed to have ADHD. I’m also not leaving, soooooo

    • frogfruit@slrpnk.net
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      4 months ago

      Maybe you should find a different doctor. My anxiety did not improve until I went on ADHD meds.

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        4 months ago

        I have to agree very hard with this. My depression and anxiety were in a very large part caused by the unmanaged symptoms of ADHD.

        When the ADHD got diagnosed and addressed the depression and anxiety mostly disappeared.

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          4 months ago

          Thanks for the encouragement. It’s been a year and my anxiety is a lot better now. I’ll see if I can’t get another referral and be seen again, maybe by a different psych.

    • MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.worldM
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      4 months ago

      This community is here to support all those who identify with the common struggles typically attributed to ADHD and it’s comorbid pathologies like anxiety disorders. You don’t need an official diagnosis to be a member of this community, and it’s perfectly fine to be in the questioning phase. I was hoping this was clear enough with the no gatekeeping rule but I guess I have to spell it out to people sometimes.