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This is unironically me. I just went through a lengthy diagnosis process that determined I do not in fact have ADHD, despite ticking an alarming number of boxes. I call myself ADHD-adjacent now.
@Leg @Stamets @adhd I'd say it's always okay to get a second or third opinion. Brains aren't fully understood and one doctors opinion might be on the stricter side of the testing while others will agree you check off enough of the boxes to qualify for a diagnosis.
It's not exactly as easy as looking at a scan and noticing something clearly wrong.๐คทโโ๏ธ
Of course this is just another opinion and I am not a doctor so take it with a grain of salt. Though I went to 2 different doctors and the second disagreed with the first when I was diagnosed.
I'm considering a second opinion, after a rest period. The process took a lot longer than it was supposed to and stressed me out quite a bit. The person who started my assessment left the company before she could finish, so someone else had to take over, and no one knew this fact. Took months to get an answer. Sigh.
Wow does that feel worse? I mean ADHD or no, you're still beholden to your neurology to some degree.
Even if isn't a common diagnosis for the kind of thing you are.
It felt pretty bad at first. I wanted to be able to help myself somehow, and I thought this was a great place to start. It was like starting back at square one. But practices and therapies that assist with ADHD also tend to help me out, so at least I got something out of it.
Hmmmm I dunno, if get a second opinion, if you're that closely aligned with ADHD. It could be that you just have a "lighter" case? Anyway, I'm not a doctor, but if you're still struggling and using coping mechanisms, then to me that says you would maybe benefit from other help too.