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[โ€“] Wren@lemmy.today 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It's a lack of mental health care and education.

I don't have a formal ADHD diagnosis beyond a questionnaire given by a psychiatrist, and even that was a six month wait to start getting proper meds โ€” a process that continues to be a fucking nightmare. Hospital visits give me near anxiety attacks because I don't know if I'm going to see a decent doctor or someone who reams me out because I don't have a "real" diagnoses.

I'm on waitlists for a formal diagnosis and specialized care, have been for years. During that time one of the ADHD institutions shut down over lack of funding. I could have skipped the line by going private and paying thousands, but I don't have that.