“I was diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression & anxiety. I had struggled since childhood with feeling misunderstood & not understanding why. When treatment didn’t help, I asked my psychologist if I had ADHD, since my son had been diagnosed with it.'
“H” in ADHD. We had the same doc, so she told him that I might have ADHD. The next time he saw me, we discussed it in depth, and he agreed that I had ADHD.“I was diagnosed with both treatment-resistant depression and anxiety. I had struggled since childhood with feeling misunderstood and not understanding why. When medications and psychological treatment didn’t help, I asked my psychologist if I had ADHD, since my son had been diagnosed with it. A lot of testing was done, and it confirmed ADHD.
She sent me to a neuropsychologist for testing. The diagnosis was changed to ADHD.”“I was diagnosed with depression at age 15. In my early twenties, I left home for college, and life became challenging. After a near-successful suicide attempt, I was referred to a reputable psychologist. In our first meeting, she diagnosed me with depression and ADHD. That was a huge turning point for me.”“I was diagnosed 25 years ago as having depression.
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