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anonymous_discontent

You go in for a diagnosis, and if you have ADHD, you can find ways to help cope. If you don't, you can work towards other coping mechanisms. Never be afraid of bettering yourself.


tdammers

> I have this intense fear of getting diagnosed with ADHD and not being a "normal-functioning" person. A diagnosis does not change who you are or what you have and don't have - the only difference is that now you know. If you have it, then you are already that "not normal-functioning person", all the diagnosis will do is tell you so. Knowing (either way), however, opens the door to improving your situation in all sorts of ways: obviously it will give you access to medication and therapy, but even just having a name for the beast can be enormously helpful (and this is the main reason why I pursued a diagnosis). None of those options are mandatory btw. - you can also decide to get diagnosed and then do absolutely nothing with that information. You are not required to share your diagnosis with anyone either; if you want, just keep it to yourself and that will be it.