In short I’ve been suspecting for a while that I have ADHD but I don’t know how to go about figuring that out. I don’t want to come across as one of those weird people obsessed with being diagnosed with disorders but I also don’t want to be passive about this, so I’d like to at least get tested by a professional when it comes to this kind of thing.
How were you tested for these kinds of things, especially people who were only diagnosed as an adult? Is it something you bring up to your primary physician?
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I knew something was very different about me from childhood, but I didn’t have a name for it for the first half of my life. Then my children were both diagnosed with autism and ADHD as children because it was obvious and unmistakable. Three of my niblings also were diagnosed with ASD. Then my brother got an adult ASD diagnosis, apparently during his assessment for Disability. However, the only person qualified to assess an adult where I’m living now required cash in hand, and it was fifteen years between beginning to think “maybe I’m neurodivergent too” to my own ASD/ADHD diagnosis at age 46.
In Australia you talk to your primary doc to get a referral to a psychiatrist. Diagnosis as an adult they will both be suspicious that you are just after amphetamines. My brother succeeded with a diagnosis as adult. Best of luck.
