It cost me thousands to get an ADHD diagnosis

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'It shouldn’t be the norm to go into debt to afford medicine, but that’s exactly what people with ADHD are having to do.'

Growing up, I was never the ‘type’ of kid who you’d suspect of having ADHD.

My mouth felt like it went faster than my brain, getting me in trouble with friends and teachers. I struggled with tasks that seemed perfectly doable to others, especially anything that required planning or organisation. Bosses pulled me up on lateness and forgetfulness, yet no amount of reminders or alarms could fix the problem.

That’s when a TikTok enlightened me to the different ways ADHD presents itself in women, often coinciding with other mental health issues. Things got off to a very bad start. The GP triaging me over Zoom dismissively asked me if I’d got good grades at school, saying it was ‘unlikely’ to be ADHD if I had. Not only was her attitude sneering and rude, it was disheartening to hear such misinformation from a medical professional.

 

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