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Why is diagnosis/assessment such an access issue in America and elsewhere? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Like, if its nots public health system its obviusly price-gated for obvious reasons (it can be a commodity or boutique diagnosis for the rich and connected to get their sweet-sweet pharma speed)

I take arguably the sweetest or 2^nd^ sweetest of that sweet-sweet pharma speed on prescription so lets not get into the the whole speed semantics for those of us otherwise inclinced

Edit: some advice- skip your first appointment on accident. It seems counterintutitive but its actually completely intuitive and expected for an actual ADHD person. If I was a psychiatrist I woupd almpst expect or come to expect people who end up diagnosed to do that haha

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[–] jahtnamas@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago

experiences i'm aware of mainly consist of "doctors that don't believe you and do nothing to assuage your own concerns about your brain so you have to keep making more appointments and spending more money, or maybe try seeing another doctor who most likely also won't believe you and do fucking nothing about it but demand more money"