Posted by GavinoFelix on January 19, 2014, at 13:57:31
In reply to Re: Questionable Quizzes overdiagnosing ADD » HomelyCygnet, posted by baseball55 on January 18, 2014, at 19:52:29
I do have a ADHDpi diagnosis. And yeah, these 'quizes' seem to bother me. For what it's worth, my diagnosis with ADD was something suggested by my psychologist (who I had been seeing for a year). Then went to psychiatrist and was put through a battery of tests.
I do have a some resentment for those who have just gone to their primary care doc and just 'asked' for whatever psycho-stim they choose. But, at the same time, I'm more accepting of having had to go through the hoops (e.g. growing up with a mother who 'didn't believe in medicine' and basically was forced to live with the fact that I forget everything all the time, or the whole failing out of college twice...) to be prescribed psycho-stims. Because really, what other choice do I have?
Frankly, I think psychostims (when used in 'regularly prescribed amounts') are significantly safer than pill-based narcotics. Which I'm only saying, because it's really frustrating to see them both as Schedule 2. But, yes, I know, this is an extremely comlicated issue...
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