I’ve been on sick leave now for 2,5 months…
Psychiatrists are so hard to convince. My life has gone to shit, but because I got okay grades in school they don’t care about me. I asked my doctor if I have to be homeless before they even consider helping me with diagnosing adhd, he basically said yes.
Yes, I managed to graduate, but I’ve had these problems all my life and it was really easy to mask my problems in school, because life is of course much easier in school than adult life.
Because we have free healthcare in Sweden the waiting lists are “full” and even if you get a yes, the time of waiting for your turn can be up to 2 years until you get the first meeting.
I know I have inattentive ADHD and autism with 125IQ, and I feel like my intelligence has just gotten me into a position where they see me as too successful for having adhd. I’ve been told by different people in healthcare that my next step is definitely to get diagnosed so I can get the help I need but even with referrals from 3 different doctors, the psychiatric unit denies my evaluation. It feels like the psychiatrists threshold for getting diagnosed is failing school. Everyone with higher IQ and adhd could pass school I believe, but graduating with okay grades shouldn’t mean you can’t be allowed professional evaluation.
Now I’m exhausted. Thank you for reading