Bruh self diagnosis is entirely valid, especially when trying to get diagnosed as an adult is incredibly expensive and not necessarily covered by insurance
Self diagnosis is entirely not valid, especially with something as nebulous as neurodivergence. Unless you are a trained medical professional, “I read it on the internet” is not a diagnosis.
Except it's not "I read it on the internet', it's usually "I spent years being misdiagnosed by doctors, ignored by teachers and utterly believing I was fundamentally broken because I'm not a textbook 8 year old boy" but I'm sure you know everything there is to know about it, don't you?
I saw your reply before it got deleted. Fyi, for me, they first diagnosed with adhd, then switched it to Nonverbal Learning Disorder and then just overarching Autism Spectrum Disorder when that diagnosis encompassed NLD. This all happened in elementary school, andI've had to figure out that the ADHD bit is in there on my own as an adult and set myself on the path to a formal diagnosis. Unfortunately that's been stalled by a number of emergency vet visits (I love my guinea pigs but they're Worrisome Little Beasts) that ate up my money.
So yeah, I'm pretty sure being pretty sure I have adhd is valid in this case. It's certainly let me find tools to help myself in the mean time, such as apps that send automatic reminders and extra caffeine on days where I'm going to have to remember a lot of different things.
Sometimes, people can know themselves better than professionals.
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u/aarakocra-druid 4d ago
Bruh self diagnosis is entirely valid, especially when trying to get diagnosed as an adult is incredibly expensive and not necessarily covered by insurance