Why I Chose to Pursue an Official ADHD Diagnosis after a Self Diagnosis
I’ll begin this by simply saying: a self diagnosis — whether it’s ADHD or Autism — is perfectly valid. And anyone around you that has a problem with it? It speaks far more to them than it ever does of you. That all said? I self-diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 37. Then, two years later in 2021, I would pursue an official diagnosis. I entered that evaluation thinking, okay – I’ll come out of this with my diagnosis of ADHD and that’s it. But it wasn’t. I walked out of my evaluation as an Autistic and ADHDer adult. The Path from Self Diagnosis to Official ADHD Diagnosis as an Adult I had been sitting with that self-diagnosis of the inattentive ADHD for about…