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I'm a little confused, I know based on my whole life experiences that I do indeed have ADHD; but I don't know how I should tell my doctor about it? I mean, it's disrespectful and yet probably would think I want drugs or something. A little help? Thanks.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should be formally assessed rather than just “telling your doctor” / going with a self diagnosis

[–] Nullpwn@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No really? Maybe that's why I'm posting this..

[–] mephiska@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to ask your doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist for a formal evaluation. Your general practice doctor is unlikely to just diagnose you and prescribe medication if they aren’t a specialist.

[–] emptyother@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, thats how its done where I'm from too.

Then I met with a psychiatrist, he asked me why I thought I might have it, I presented a post from Reddit which kinda fit some of my descriptions. And we went through a bunch of questions. I answered honestly and ended up with a few of the answers "right" but not enough of them to be diagnosed.

Then he recommended some changes to my anti-depressiva medicine that worked pretty well! So a win! Curiously enough these anti-depressiva, Bupropion, are used sometimes to threat ADHD too.