[ryukoposting]

It affects your insurance? MORTGAGES? What the hell? In the US, the only external downside of ADHD is when you change doctors and the new one automatically assumes you're trying to swindle them to get Adderal, so they make you do another psych evaluation that will inevitably say the same thing as the last one. Defibutely doesn't affect mortgages. I doubt that it would affect vehicle licenses.

[nibbleshifter]

Friends of mine in various countries with adult diagnoses of ADHD have mentioned it has affected a whole bunch of things.

Driving permissions and insurances are a common one, but also: suddenly being deemed medically unfit to do various other things such as possess and use firearms, scuba dive, fly aircraft, etc.

What strikes me as absurd about all this is that they always had ADHD, but once they got it diagnosed and started managing it, they are deemed unfit to do a load of shit.

[t3rabytes]

> In the US, the only external downside of ADHD

The FAA doesn't look kindly on ADHD diagnoses for people looking to get pilots licenses, even private. It adds a bunch of extra hoops to jump through.

[kayodelycaon]

This is true for a variety of health problems. You need a doctor to verify it doesn’t impair your ability to fly a plane safely.

There are also restrictions on medications you can take and still fly a plane.

[devonkim]

Being on anti-depressants is also a no-no as well it seems.

[kayodelycaon]

I’m pretty sure ADA stops companies from increasing rates for having a disability.

(ADHD is a recognized disability under ADA.)

There are public safety provisions allowed, for example, if you are bipolar, you can not be a commercial airline pilot. Driving a car does not meet the public safety exceptions.

[acadapter]

The part about driver's licenses is different nowadays, people can get exemptions from their doctors in most cases.

[pksebben]

it affects vehicle licenses globally; with any psych diagnosis you're restricted to single engine VFR flight iirc

[brianwawok]

Seems important to double check yah? Vs randomly prescribe any medicine and person requests?

[ryukoposting]

When the "double check" costs me $400 even though <new doctor> already has all my medical records including 60 pages detailing my previous psych evaluations? No, it's not important, it's completely superfluous.

[v8xi]

Of course, but its an absolute pain when you switch jobs/insurers or move and have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get prescribed the drugs you need to get through those bunches of hoops.

[BizarreByte]

Generally people with proof of a diagnosis and a current prescription get to continue taking their current prescription without any hassle.

Not so in the case, you might lose it for months if you move and switch doctors.

[thebigspacefuck]

Life insurance is way more expensive if you have an ADHD diagnosis