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There could be consequences, btw. Like being barred from getting a pilots license in US if you'd ever acquire a taste for flying for example.

__s 5y ago
+1. If you're doing well & aren't curious to try prescription drugs, don't get diagnosed. Live your life, no need to bother being classified somewhere in the non-NT taxonomy where if you're not acting weird in the same way as everyone else you need to be labelled with your brain put in the appropriate cupboard of mason jars
falcolas 5y ago
Late 30’s diagnosis for ADHD, who went to school to fly in college. Here’s my hot take: Being barred from a pilots license is a good thing. I look back on that time, and I’m shocked I didn’t crash the damned aircraft. I couldn’t focus when landing (executive focus disfunction), I would freak out randomly (emotional disregulation), and I gave at least one of my instructors several grey hairs when landing. When you’re a pilot, you can’t afford to not be paying attention.
- pilot7378535 5y ago
  Same goes for operating a car. How many accidents are caused by distracted driving? The good news is that medication may mitigates the symptoms so you can focus on driving or flying safely. The bad news is the FAA says you can't use the medication while flying nor can you have an active diagnosis. So if you have ever been diagnosed with ADHD, even as a child, your only option is to go through an expensive testing process to prove you don't have ADHD anymore. Or some people just lie. Easiest and most dangerous approach is to never be diagnosed in the first place. The FAA is rewarded for caution, not inclusivity. But they are making changes, like very recently making exceptions to allow diabetics to be pilots: https://www.diabetes.org/resources/know-your-rights/discrimination/employment-discrimination/pilots-with-diabetes https://www.diabetes.org/resources/know-your-rights/discrimi.... Just know that a diagnosis can never been deleted.

__s 5y ago

+1. If you're doing well & aren't curious to try prescription drugs, don't get diagnosed. Live your life, no need to bother being classified somewhere in the non-NT taxonomy where if you're not acting weird in the same way as everyone else you need to be labelled with your brain put in the appropriate cupboard of mason jars

falcolas 5y ago

Late 30’s diagnosis for ADHD, who went to school to fly in college. Here’s my hot take: Being barred from a pilots license is a good thing. I look back on that time, and I’m shocked I didn’t crash the damned aircraft. I couldn’t focus when landing (executive focus disfunction), I would freak out randomly (emotional disregulation), and I gave at least one of my instructors several grey hairs when landing. When you’re a pilot, you can’t afford to not be paying attention.

pilot7378535 5y ago
Same goes for operating a car. How many accidents are caused by distracted driving? The good news is that medication may mitigates the symptoms so you can focus on driving or flying safely. The bad news is the FAA says you can't use the medication while flying nor can you have an active diagnosis. So if you have ever been diagnosed with ADHD, even as a child, your only option is to go through an expensive testing process to prove you don't have ADHD anymore. Or some people just lie. Easiest and most dangerous approach is to never be diagnosed in the first place. The FAA is rewarded for caution, not inclusivity. But they are making changes, like very recently making exceptions to allow diabetics to be pilots: https://www.diabetes.org/resources/know-your-rights/discrimination/employment-discrimination/pilots-with-diabetes https://www.diabetes.org/resources/know-your-rights/discrimi.... Just know that a diagnosis can never been deleted.