Join the club. I’m more interested that you look at your ADHD diagnosis and say “that’s the thing that destroyed my marriage and career. If I didn’t have this brain disorder that would have never happened.”
I have a feeling it’s more like “if I was always on adderall this would not have happened”. Which is not the same thing of course.
More like my marriage and career were in shambles so I sought help. Now things are better. The medication works (and I present the paradoxical reaction), so why question it?
Yeah if I’d been medicated from a young age I wouldn’t have had so many issues. That’s the point of medicating, no?
My point was the “diagnosis” is hardly a diagnosis at all, and it’s not surprising that amphetamines help you perform (that’s what they do). You have no reason to claim that you have ADHD and someone else doesn't.
Edit: @m463 I strongly disagree that the cdc statement below reflects the reality. If you don’t believe me, please go take the test just as an experiment. I couldn’t reply, I think I’m banned from posting. I may have spoken too harshly but I stand by what I said.
The cdc seems to say the dignosis is more rigorous than some sort of internet self-assessment:
Diagnosing ADHD usually includes a checklist for rating ADHD symptoms and looking at the person's history of behavior and experiences. The provider will determine if ADHD symptoms were present before age 12 years and may ask for permission to gather information from friends and family. A medical and psychological exam may be needed to rule out other health problems that can cause symptoms like ADHD or that are often present with ADHD, such as anxiety, depression, sleep problems, alcohol or substance misuse, or learning disabilities.
You've been breaking the site guidelines badly and repeatedly in this thread. Could you please stop? We have to ban accounts that keep posting this way. This is not a site for flamewars.
> Shockingly, the processes for diagnosing different types of health problems are... different.
I think you forgot to tell me more about the rigorous ADHD testing process. What were your tests like? Did it take 10 mins on an iPad in office? Or did you just do it online?
I'm not entirely sure why I would spend time defending the established diagnostic criteria for ADHD from you. Are you someone who establishes those criteria?
