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I've been trying to get assessed for ADHD for almost a month now, and the therapist i've been trying to schedule with has been dragging their feet for WEEKS.
Both my brother and father have ADHD, my brother was diagnosed when he was a teenager but my dad was diagnosed in his 50s (I am 30). I work from home, which works great and I have no regrets, but when I get distracted, i get distracted HARD. I am constantly getting up, I have about 60 tabs open on multiple monitors, about every 30 seconds I think "I should look at xy or z" and open a new tab. When i'm not working, I have to have 2 or 3 things on at a time (read social media app redacted, have a tv show on, play with my dog, ect), and I have constant decision block in choosing how to spend my free time. It's getting to the point where I'm up until 2am or worse towards the end of every deadline. I have a bunch of side projects I really want to dig into, but I can't seem to maintain focus on any of them.
My insurance covers the costs of therapy but only within network, so I feel a little hamstrung to use this therapist because they're the closest to me and have great reviews and seem to have an approach I would appreciate, but JESUS CHRIST just respond to my fucking emails! To add to the stress, I feel very self conscious of the perception I might be fishing for drugs, and ever time I send a follow up email i feel like i'm making it look like I don't really need help.
I feel like i'm failing my wife, and my employer, and my friends, and I just want some help so I can get my life a little more in control. It's exhausting.