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thenewgreen  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "ADHD does not exist"

    Perhaps I will make my own post about how it works out, when I do go.
Good luck at the appointment 8bit. Do you trust your doctor? If so and you value their expertise, my advice would be to be as honest as possible.

If you are diagnosed with ADHD I'd be interested to know how they came to that conclusion, how quickly and if you think it was appropriate.





user-inactivated  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, my Doc is aces, and what I'm not worried about is his honesty. If he thinks I'm being a lazy sad-sack that definitely doesn't need medication, he'll have zero problems telling me.

I'll let you know how it goes. I think I'll deem it appropriate or not based on how quickly he diagnoses me. There's also that aspect of skepticism due to the fact that I'm a grubby college kid looking to score some adderall. I'll be interested to see if he addresses that.

It feels like ADHD is one big self-fulfilling prophecy of self-doubt. At least I'm struggling with whether or not I should label my issues as ADHD, as opposed to blaming my problems on ADHD, I suppose.

_refugee_  ·  4044 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How did this turn out, by the way? Oh right - sleep apnea? Are your symptoms improving now?

user-inactivated  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yup, drastically. Never knew I could sleep this well before in my life, I'm feelin rull good. And I have way more energy in the day, better concentration, etc. etc.