#sent there for a diagnosis

[featherymainffins]

You know what at this point I feel like maybe I just need to either get institutionalised again or start an internship again because I feel like I am getting nothing.

[arthropod-diagnosis]

a little Sandhopper to diagnose?

Name: The Notorious Journeyman

Skill: Steppin' With Da Best Of 'Em

Quote: "It never ends! New places to go and sights so see! Forever! It NEVAH ends!!!! :D"

[sadkachow]

me: so yeah i feel super dizzy and lightheaded when i stand up and also just at random times of the day and also my heart just starts pounding randomly and it skips a beat randomly at least once a day and im also experiencing these other small things that i realized probably arent normal

the cardiologist: yeah, your heart’s beating too fast, but that’s just Normal Teenager Things™��! probably just like dehydration or something lol

[pinkiemme]

I have a meeting on Monday with a social worker to review my medical history so I was checking and printing everything and the first unspecified abdominal pain I had diagnosed it’s from 2022, damn

Have been in a “tummy hurt send help” state for longer than I thought

[tiffanyachings]

fascinating how this one gp manages to make me feel like shit every single time

[boyfriendyke]

idk whats worse the idea that my parents genuinely dont believe that mental illness exist or the apparent reality that they Do believe in mental illness they just dont think people need accommodations or medication. is this a joke. taps on the glass let me out of my enclosure

[demento-mori]

Now... how do i phrase "i have depression and maybe some kind of personality disorder, and i need antidepressants now or else im gonna hurt myself" in a way where my doctor will think that it was his idea, and that he came to that conclusion all by himself, so that he'll actually take me seriously and not just try and pawn me off to a school counsellor again

[blaithnne]

For the record I spent months going back on forth on whether or not to talk to my doctor about the possibility of me being Autistic, getting my self so worked up over the fear that I was giving my self an incorrect self diagnosis and would be laughed out of the hospital. Or that, like my ADHD diagnosis, it would take an incredibly emotionally taxing year before I got an answer, until I finally worked up the balls to just get it over with.

I spoke to the guy for like 10 minutes before he went “yeah you’re definitely autistic, we’ll mail you a questionnaire for you to answer but that’s really just a formality, you’re a clear case”

[girldadbuckley]

i know i'm not a medical professional but i simply could not imagine withholding a diagnosis because your 5 year old patient's mother doesn't fully understand the condition

[yippie-madness]

do i play the o so fun game of Risking Getting Sent to The Psychward Again or play it safe and say im the same amount of insane and suicidal and all that?

[dirt-nerd]

[outlying-hyppocrate]

changeline blood is the only thing that can melt the white wax seals on the acceptance letters.

[hikeyzz]

today i learned there are only two doctors in my entire state that specialize in my very common nervous system disorder, and one actually had to close his waitlist because it was over two years long. so best of LUCK to me trying to actually get a formal diagnosis or any sort of treatment. meanwhile my health deteriorates every single day so cooooooooooooool 👍

[an--artistic--autistic]

i got like 10 people to take the RAADS-R test today

the topic of autism and self diagnosis came up again, and i always go "the first place i went to told me to pay $3000 for the assessment + with a diagnosis there comes a ton of legal barriers such as immigration, so until all of that stops being a thing, self diagnosis is totally okay as long as you're looking at reputable sources for that information"

which became people comparing RAADS-R scores, and then more people started the test as well.

Out of everyone there, one person got below an 80— with a 20. (The threshold for autism is 60+/240, I got a score of 190)

[solarpunkvince]

on the train to my new gender therapist and looking out the window the world is so pretty <3

[frogofalltime]

me when i spend all morning filling out important forms and sending important emails like Hell Yea i am indeed the Productive Boi nobody can stop me from Doing Tasks (as if i hadn't been procrastinating all of these things for Literal Months smh my head)