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hiii everyone!! hope you're all doing well ^^
basically i have thought that i have adhd for well over 3 years now, i check most of the symptoms, it runs in my family and multiple friends and family who have it and there parents who have raised them have assumed that i have it to or asked me if i do. i originally tried to talk to my ma about it three years ago but she dismissed it with a very abrupt "no" so i did not press her further. around 4 months ago however i brought it up again with her because i could no longer ignore the effects my symptoms were having on me and the stress i felt about not knowing what was "wrong with me" (although ofc there is nothing wrong with me or others who are not neurotypical, but growing up and especially now i felt/feel separate and different from others). my ma actually listened to me this time and got me a meeting with our gp, all was going well and he seemed to be listening to my concerns, up until i mentioned i would have panic attacks. the reason i have panic attacks is due to me being overstimulated and overwhelmed but he took it as me being anxious and so wrote me down to have anxiety. both me and my ma were very annoyed at this and so left, since my ma has recently done a lot of research on people with adhd but more specifically women and she realised how unfairly and how much harder it is for women to get diagnosed. after the meeting me and my ma tried to reach out to companies but they all said that they only provide therapy for diagnosed conditions and not the act of diagnosing themselves.
i was just wondering if any of you guys have had a similar experience with your diagnosis and what you did to finally get it, i live in Australia so am unsure how different it might be in other countries with the process, but i could really use all the advice and help i can get.
especially because my original goal was to obtain my diagnosis before my hsc but now i have completed hsc and graduated so now I'm worried how much longer its going to take.
thank youuuuu :D
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