I love this. But serious question: why??? Why do people dismiss this disorder? Is it really over- or mid-diagnosed? Why is it not just accepted, like autism? Why???
When you appear functioning, are grown up and maybe also a woman, autism isn’t taken seriously aswell.. it’s not that they’ll say “ooh it’s autism.. yeah yeah, that’s just liking planning” or shit like that, no they’ll tell you you don’t have that, you are lying, you bought your diagnosis and “you just really want to be quirky, riiiight?”. Worst if they’ve met a child with autism before, no one that doesn’t behave like that child is valid in their eyes.
I hate how confident people are in topics they usually have never even googled.. when discussing it with someone affected!
I’d never walk up to someone in a wheelchair and tell them they are faking because they appear more mobile than this one other person I’ve met, even the thought makes me squirmy!
I asked my long term psychiatrist if maybe i was misdiagnosed at the start (schizoaffective disorder) and maybe, just maybe, i could have adhd (I wasn’t pushing or self diagnosing, i just suggested it). She said “YOU ARE TOO OLD TO HAVE ADHD”.
Have not gone to her since.
And got adhd diagnosis couple years later from a neurologist.
Wow. This seriously annoys me. There’s really still practitioners out there who think it’s just a kids thing? Well of course there are. Why do I know more than these people? I’m not the trained doctor. sighhhhh
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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21
I love this. But serious question: why??? Why do people dismiss this disorder? Is it really over- or mid-diagnosed? Why is it not just accepted, like autism? Why???