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ADHD is one of the most well-researched disorders, and medication is very effective. Removing the "disorder" label would only lead to people not getting the hel
by coldblues 2y ago
ADHD is one of the most well-researched disorders, and medication is very effective. Removing the "disorder" label would only lead to people not getting the help they need. In Europe it is already an awful situation with psychiatrists completely ignoring your symptoms or using outdated information for diagnosis such as not being able to sit still or say the days of the week backwards (I shit you not, that was a hard requirement that exempted me from diagnosis).
For some reason, neurotypicals really want to normalize our disorder so that we can be exempted from proper medication and treatment because we're just like them but just a little quirky. It makes me very angry to think that instead of just giving people medication, one of the most effective treatments, they'd rather just employ "accommodations" that nobody is going to care about properly implementing, if they even barely help at all.
- TomK32 2y agoKnow what my untreated ADHD (not for long I hope, finalized my diagnosis last week) costs me every single week because I don't work as much as I should be able to? 1000 Euros if not 1500. Every single week. I have enough of working as a freelance developer with a minimal amount of work getting done and my bank account in constant overdraft. Gimme meds.