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2 hours ago, miraclemet said:

Hm. The ironly is ADHD and Dyslexia is far easier to diagnose in school-aged kids than in adults, so if they couldnt nail it down when you were younger Im not sure how they would as an adult. What were the symptoms the doctor recognized?  

This journal keeps being on the first page, and even though I really don't agree with it even been allowed being what it is in a forum like this, I have been reading the last pages but didn't want to write anything.

However, being a psychiatrist, I just want to give my 2 cents about this, since this is not really the case any more. ADHD, dyslexia and intellectual disability can easily be examined and diagnosed nowadays in adults. All it takes is an experienced team consisting of a psychiatrist and a psychologist, a couple of tests, a good clinical examination and a thorough history taking and here you have it. It's really not rocket science. ADHD in adults is nothing more than a number of specific criteria consisting of core symptoms that have been present from school age throughout adulthood that cause a significant clinical impairment in at least two different settings (social life, work, school etc). Similar impairments can be caused by even mild intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorders, but they are different conditions (that can however co-exist). 

I am not saying that any of these is the case here - that would be absurd to say as a professional - but I do insist that such an assessment is not rocket science and it would take an extreme case to have 50 different doctors rubbing their heads.