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Medical personnel: Hello, you waited so long for this important appointment, let's get started right away, yeah? So tell me about your symptoms.
My brain: (white noise)
Fucking worst.
I show up to appointments with a structured list only. Downside: Every GP thought that, whatever I have, it's certainly NOT ADHD.
I brought an excel sheet with color coded cells and tons of notes to my GP when we were trying different meds. Seemed like overkill but I know from experience if I was having a bad day I'd feel like the meds never worked, and if I was having a good day I'd feel like they always worked every time, no side effects.
I also started carrying around a notebook I use for everything, and one of those things is keeping a page for a running list if I think of something I want to talk to my doctor about (I have this type of list for all kinds of stuff, and just carry the notebook everywhere)
Oh also, especially fun in context of ADHD and various psychiatric comorbidities:
Medical personnel: Do you ever experience [situation]?
Me: oh yes, all the time.
Medical personnel: Can you give an example?
My brain: (whiter noise)
Interview for a new job for which I am perfectly qualified: "Tell me about a time that you <something which I do at least weekly in my current position>"
My brain: (white noise)
This is the issue i have. I am totally qualified, 15+ yrs of experiwnce but cant remember the basic shit when asked. I dobt kbow what to do. Lost my job in Jan and have one maybe 2 montha left before im homeless. :(
Like yeah, I mean it sounded like a joke, but it's really fucking serious. I've submitted nearly 1,000 resumes, have had maybe three or four interviews from that, and they've all been like kthanxbye.
Oh yeah. I'll be complaining about this or that to my wife as things occur, and when I finally have that Dr appointment, he asks, anything else going on that's bothering or concerning you?
Nope! Can't think of anything!
Then later, I get home and she asks what the doctor said about all the things I've mentioned to her. 🤦🏻♂️
That's the reason I keep so many fucking lists
Especially in a country where healthcare is expensive, that's really frustrating. That always happens to me, even when I'm taking a kid to the pediatrician. If I didn't have notes I'd be completely lost.
Oh my gods, you see me!
I use my notes app to try to mitigate this. If I remember. Which. Well.
And then if you did remember, which sublist did you put it in? And how far down? And do you see it further down again? Or also in a different list?