>Finally realize at 31 that I have ADHD >Everything in my life fucking makes sense, why did nobody fucking catch this in childhood >Book appointment with psychiatrist to try getting treated >Have to fill out 15 pages of information >Lose focus the whole way through and take like an hour to fill out forms >Forget I important info like what previous hospitals I've been to, what specific dates I was on specific meds, how long ago my last checkup was, etc. >Paying out of pocket cause I have too much anxiety over insurance companies being scams to pay for insurance >Receptionist belittles me for not having insurance, already off to a horrible start >Pay out of pocket, doctor calls me in >Has a look of absolute bewilderment on and tells me he doesn't even know where to begin and he can't help me >explain to him that I've been doing well helping myself but finally realized that ADHD must be at the core of my depression and anxiety >Asks if I could even afford therapy, he expected me to come once a week and couple it with therapy >completely blank out the conversation and understand that he's not going to help me >kept threatening to call 911 on me because I'm a danger to myself >asks me why I was never diagnosed for ADHD back when I was like 12 or so, as if that's my fault >he writes down a .gov help site and tells me he can't do anything for me >feel even worse than I did before I booked the appointment, proving that it can hurt to try seeking help
Please share with me your professional help disaster stories so that I don't feel so alone right now. I'm out $300 and only have some .gov we sites written on the back of a self help flier to show for it.
Stay strong user, I got nothing to share but if you need help try checking /adv/ here you will only get suggestions to an hero
Juan Cruz
and yet you wrote this whole greentext... interesting...
Michael Young
I know that feel, bro. It sucks but the best your can do is find a way to a job that provides decent insurance (hospitals are a good place to start) and get your therapy paid for. Also fuck that piece of shit for being a complete cunt.
I had all my depressive symptoms as 5 on his 1 - 5 scale. I told him I've been suixidaly entire life but I've actually been a lot better this past few months. He replied with "how do you know that?" and made me question my progress.
Self medicate with what?
Nicholas Jones
Damn bro that's fucked I keep thinking I might have some ADD/ADHD shit lately but I'm too proud to admit and will never see a psych at best I'll just take alertness pills or something
Levi Powell
A general doc can prescribe it? Doesn't need to be a psychiatrist?
Caleb Thomas
And what if someone had caught it in childhood? You’d be like me. A grown ass man dependent on Amphetamines because I’ve been on them since I was 12.
Joshua Mitchell
Cigarettes, caffeine, browse some forums of people with similar problems I'm sure you will find something.
Landon Carter
Your psychiatrist should lose his fucking job.
Hunter Ramirez
Illness is not in charge. Manage your illness. you are self directed and self actualize on your own. Medication and meditation. Get it together man It's your lifeship. Captain of your own experience. Both hands on the wheel.
Lucas Collins
Yes... my general doctor literally handed me a piece of paper, had me select symptoms 1-5, and then read my list of symptoms. Then he talked to me about the medicine he was going to give me. They helped me focus, but I stopped taking them. They made me impulsive.
My realization was the same as yours... hey maybe I'm not depressed... maybe I just have adhd. I am currently off of amphetamines, and on some depression meds that aren't working. Next step is to try new depression meds, then consider something like bipolar disorder.
Until then I'm just gonna keep pounding caffeine. Also fuck these forums, stupid captchas.
Cooper Ward
I dunno, maybe better than a grown ass man who can't pursue his passions because he gets bored of them within 5 minutes. Or who keeps on quitting jobs out of guilt due to understomulation.
Zachary Miller
>Probably acting weird >No insurance
They were working under the assumption that you were faking it and just trying to score amphetamines. I went through something similar trying to get a refill on an asthma inhaler, they kept grilling me about drug use and checked me for tracks.
Joshua Cook
You'll need to find an adult adhd specialist, there may be a few months wait. I was in the same boat user. Hell just booking an appointment took me half a year. It's amazing how difficult keeping track of dates is. It's even more amazing how much my life turned around following medication and therapy. I'm a better driver, I'm patient, I listen in conversations, I have savings building up now, I've lost 40lbs (was a fatass but I'm getting better). I take 40mg vyvanse daily. I would recommend vyvanse over adderall, it's much smoother and lasts 14 or so hours in the body so there's not a crash. Ritalin made me very angry and can't drink on it.
Honestly, good luck user. Adhd isn't curable but it does get better. The therapy let me see what are the symptoms (like that depression. I know it too. You feel like the world is totally fine but you're a fucking mistake. Like you're the cause of all the problems in your life and if you just were better at not being garbage then maybe you'd be meaningful. I know that feel man.) and you can solve them. The.medication isn't a handicap. It's a pill I take that makes me feel okay with being me, it lets me remember where my keys are. Music is better because of it and the air tastes sweeter.
Luke Butler
>like that depression. I know it too. You feel like the world is totally fine but you're a fucking mistake. Like you're the cause of all the problems in your life and if you just were better at not being garbage then maybe you'd be meaningful. I know that feel man. Not him but this is super relatable and I’m glad someone gets it because that’s exactly how I feel. I have a tendency to blame myself for everything that goes wrong in my life.
