twoshea749

Thanks so much for your thoughtful response - I did not expect a reply but was rather screaming into the wind. I'm very glad to hear that you have opened your heart to exploring the newer research and reality of adhd in adults, especially older women. Unfortunately, the field of psychiatric education is woefully inadequate and hopelessly out of touch and is too often destructive to vulnerable people who seek help. We know ourselves and likely our disorder from the inside - especially if we have faced a lifetime of misdiagnoses and invalidation. Please just never err away from adhd and/or autism in favor of deadly and stigmatizing conditions like bi-polar and schizophrenia if there is any doubt or your patient is self advocating against jumping to such a serious and invalidating conclusion. The identity destruction and the medication harm caused by misdiagnoses is truly injurious and can cost people their lives-

As a 51 year old woman who has again run into the battle axe of NP trauma and not being allowed my medication after 14 months of trying again - even with a diagnosis - after 10 years of being turned away or misdiagnosed and prescribed bipolar or depression poisons - I hope you to be merciful and listen to my post I make in pure despair- maybe you will help someone else - Please research adult inattentive combined adhd -folks like us are in situations where we are the caregivers of infirm parents and two grown children with adhd- I promise you that if you err on the side of listening and not judging you may actually help and not harm someone who has done the time in the hell of misdiagnosis because of the research on adhd that they didn't give you in your 30 credit certification - slinging abilify and lamictal and lithium and hurting neurodivergent people is criminal. Please - I know you make 160000 or more - but your main understanding of stimulants is from the drug war - don't cause suffering and hell to those that crawled their way to your door one last time to be heard - give us a chance - and be honorable and investigate your craft. All the best -at least you're asking the question.