As a person who has struggled with their ADHD diagnoses for 25 years, maybe shut the fuck up. “Have you tried NOT having cancer?” I’m so fucking tired of being told to try the same shit I have tried my entire life and being told I’m not doing it good enough. Have fun feeling superior to people who are struggling to complete even the most basic tasks because their brains refuse to just move!
I think you missed the point they were making, which is that after waiting 9 months for an initial appointment, and attending several sessions, the total “care” provided is usually “get some more sleep, drink some more water, get some more exercise, talk to people, and pay this exorbitant bill”.
The next advice is usually “if you can’t build a rapport with that provider, try another one”. Another 9-months, same advice, bigger bill.
Repeat until you run out of money. Struggle at a low paying, dead-end job until you can try again.
That’s not therapy, though. Therapy is talking sometimes, sure. Tweaks to life patterns, sure. It’s also about mindfulness training, teaching coping mechanisms, and practicing/being held accountable for all the above. If that’s not occuring in your therapy, you need to find a better therapist way quicker than in 9 months.
If that’s not occuring in your therapy, you need to find a better therapist way quicker than in 9 months.
9-month wait-lists.
So, I guess I just have to set appointments with 4 or 5 therapists 9 months out, so I’m already through the next therapist’s wait-list when I drop the first one.
How about I reduce the workload on the local headshrinkers, and you just refer me directly to a pharmacist?
As a person who has struggled with their ADHD diagnoses for 25 years, maybe shut the fuck up. “Have you tried NOT having cancer?” I’m so fucking tired of being told to try the same shit I have tried my entire life and being told I’m not doing it good enough. Have fun feeling superior to people who are struggling to complete even the most basic tasks because their brains refuse to just move!
I think you missed the point they were making, which is that after waiting 9 months for an initial appointment, and attending several sessions, the total “care” provided is usually “get some more sleep, drink some more water, get some more exercise, talk to people, and pay this exorbitant bill”.
The next advice is usually “if you can’t build a rapport with that provider, try another one”. Another 9-months, same advice, bigger bill.
Repeat until you run out of money. Struggle at a low paying, dead-end job until you can try again.
That’s not therapy, though. Therapy is talking sometimes, sure. Tweaks to life patterns, sure. It’s also about mindfulness training, teaching coping mechanisms, and practicing/being held accountable for all the above. If that’s not occuring in your therapy, you need to find a better therapist way quicker than in 9 months.
9-month wait-lists.
So, I guess I just have to set appointments with 4 or 5 therapists 9 months out, so I’m already through the next therapist’s wait-list when I drop the first one.
How about I reduce the workload on the local headshrinkers, and you just refer me directly to a pharmacist?