I’ve had enough. I may or may not have ADHD but I damn think so, as well as people I’ve talked to about it. I know I am smart and can accomplish certain things/tasks, but I literally just can’t get my mind to it sometimes. It was bad in college and only got worse since I started working. How do I go about at least getting tested or what’s the the process? Thank you so much in advance.

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I went through this recently. I never went to get evaluated because I was already “successful” so it seemed like I didn’t have it. During the pandemic, it really spiraled out of control for me. I went through my insurance to find a psychiatrist in my area. In particular, I looked for one who noted adult adhd in the services on their website. I set an appointment (took 6 months to get an appointment as a new patient). After some testing/interviewing, I was diagnosed with ADHD inattentive

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Literally has the same experience. The psych I saw thinks I always had some degree of ADHD inattention but I coped well until I went remote work with covid. She actually mentioned it’s been a common experience with remote work.

Got diagnosed also recently (age 30) and was so helpful to understand my brain. However, even on meds it isn’t a cureall and requires soo much effort too. There’s lots of good resources to help - for example “How to adhd” on YouTube or “adhd alien” on Twitter. Good luck !!

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Hope this helps!

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I’ve also went through the same thing recently. You can always start with your primary physician and ask them to refer you to a clinic, to undergo testing.

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Thank you.

I found an ADHD-specialized psychiatrist through the Psychology Today website. I had a wonderful experience because I knew my doctor understood ADHD and wouldn’t work around a diagnosis, which was especially important to me as a woman with the inattentive presentation and a “late diagnosis” at 28. Best of luck, OP! You’re going to be so glad once it’s done. Just having the diagnosis was a relief and it’s helped me be kinder and more patient with myself as I get better.

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The service “Done.” I believe does all of the evaluating and treatment plans - I haven’t used it since I have a provider but see the ads all the time. They don’t take insurance and it’s a monthly fee instead. If you can’t get a psych appointment, it may be a good resource.

Thank you.

Might depend on what state you live in, but a lot of people don’t realize, your PCP can diagnose you. I think it’s something related to it being a central nervous system disorder; thus, doesn’t necessarily have to go through a psychiatrist. I took a short, written test, and diagnosis was very easy. That was in GA.

My PCP didn’t want to get anywhere near it — especially given the meds being a highly controlled substance.

Recently started realizing I’m an ADHD and now a lot of my past struggles make sense. However, I don’t want to take meds. Any advice on how to manage this beast without medication?

I’m concerned about growing dependency and also about the long term side-effects

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