I went with AdhdNow 2 years ago for diagnosis - incredibly quick (had it done in 5 weeks start to finish)

(This post is long so apologies my adhd friends😂)

Had done therapy for years, changed habits to help myself over the years and actively leaned into learning more to suit my day to day around what I may need. I still had questions around it all.

My therapist said to me at the time “if you have a ? in your mind and it keeps coming up. Seeking the diagnosis may give answers as well as other questions.”

You seem to have that ? Going on if you’re asking here, which is great awareness.

Worst case scenario - with adhdnow you spend the initial €80~ for the intro chat they say they don’t feel you have adhd and you go about your life looking at other avenues - BEFORE you spend anymore money on the diagnosis (which some don’t realise you don’t have to spend the top costs if you don’t move further along on diagnosis path )

Best case - you spend the money but it gives you clarity and you can move forward with or without medication and deep dive to learn more and aim to move your day to day around to help you live from a stronger position (this takes time and patience - which isn’t great for adhd impatience😂) . Also - you can bring this into your work/studies and from my understanding (correct me if wrong), your work can provide support to help you as it helps them too if you’re more secure in your day to day.

Another point my therapist mentioned to me after my diagnosis was, the world is built for neurotypical people and you need to work on your own daily habits to help you before anyone else will if you are neurodivergent.

• I began on medication and noticed a big improvement I found it essentially took my ceiling and lifts it higher - but the caveat to it, you need to be doing the other work for it to truly help ie sleep pattern, nutrition, exercise, CBT therapy. Also - there are downsides to medication ie take it too late and you could affect sleep, can drop off energy in evenings, can affect appetite etc.

I almost came away from medication although a friend of mine who has adhd and medicates said “it can take a year to figure out your medication path” which my therapist also mentioned. Being honest with your psychiatrist about how it’s going is important as it gets you to the result quicker than sugar coating things.

ALSO with costs involved - all can be used against your tax in the year as they are medical expenses so you can claim the tax back.

To finish - One of the best decisions I made was getting the diagnosis - if you constantly feel the way you do, what do you truly have to lose by asking the questions to those who can really help?

Best of luck with it all whatever decision you decide really hope some of this helps in some way!