How should I tell my doctor that I might have ADHD?
I'm a little confused, I know based on my whole life experiences that I do indeed have ADHD; but I don't know how I should tell my doctor about it? I mean, it's disrespectful and yet probably would think I want drugs or something. A little help? Thanks.
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You should be formally assessed rather than just “telling your doctor” / going with a self diagnosis
No really? Maybe that's why I'm posting this..
You need to ask your doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist for a formal evaluation. Your general practice doctor is unlikely to just diagnose you and prescribe medication if they aren’t a specialist.
Can confirm, thats how its done where I'm from too.
Then I met with a psychiatrist, he asked me why I thought I might have it, I presented a post from Reddit which kinda fit some of my descriptions. And we went through a bunch of questions. I answered honestly and ended up with a few of the answers "right" but not enough of them to be diagnosed.
Then he recommended some changes to my anti-depressiva medicine that worked pretty well! So a win! Curiously enough these anti-depressiva, Bupropion, are used sometimes to threat ADHD too.