> “A lot of my patients would hold up their phone to the camera and be like, ‘Here’s this video that I saw on TikTok and this is why I have ADHD,’” said Dr. Sas

> “A lot of my patients would hold up their phone to the camera and be like, ‘Here’s this video that I saw on TikTok and this is why I have ADHD,’” said Dr. Sasha Hamdani. She is a psychiatrist and ADHD specialist who also is a content creator about the condition with more than 800,000 followers on TikTok. > Hamdani estimates that about 50% of patients who inquire about the condition actually yield an ADHD diagnosis. That would be weird. Part of a ADHD diagnosis is a in depth differential, digging deep into the patients psychological backstory. It also doesn't help that there isn't a clear agreement on the signs of the disorder, going so far that the validity of a diagnosis becomes really murky unless a patient has most obvious symptoms. > “Logistically, it’s been a nightmare for patients and providers,” Hamdani said. ”[Stimulant medications] are so highly controlled, you can’t just transfer it [to a different pharmacy]. You have to cancel a script. You have to then go find another pharmacy that has it. By that time, it might not be filled because other people have filled it there. It’s a lot of logistical shifting and work on that front. And that’s extremely frustrating for the patient.” Ah yes, the joys of the american health care system. Instead of fixing patients having to go through unecessary hoops in order to fill legitimate prescriptions (i.e. by tracking, I dunno, the controlled substance from when it's produced), we ought to blame patients with a diagnosis instead.