[nilsherzig]

I have a recent ADHD diagnosis (M 21 / from Germany) and this apparent social media trend of having ADHD makes it very hard for me to get taken seriously with my diagnosis.

I'm very sure that my diagnosis is right (they even talked with my primary school teachers and I respond very well to the meds), but I still get these moments of self doubt / imposter syndrome in which im thinking, that I might just have made this up to trick other people and lift some responsibility from myself.

[viraptor]

On the other hand, it's the trend of talking about mental health more openly that allowed me to figure out my issues. It's going to take some time for things to cool off and stabilise either way. Let's just keep in mind both the positive and negative effects here.

It's actually HN itself where someone mentioned a paper/medication that turned out to work quite well for me.

[nilsherzig]

Oh absolutely, I didn't mean to imply that these minor annoyances outweigh the benefits for society.

Being able to talk about issues like mental health problems is incredibly important and even nowadays in a modern country like Germany, not everyone is happy to do so. Every little bit of normalization helps.

Apart from that, I think it's better to help a few people who "didn't really need it" than to make it harder for those who really need help to get it.

[d1sxeyes]

That sucks :( sorry to hear that.

[nilsherzig]

Thank you, but everything is fine. I know that these thoughts are not true and the advantages of the diagnosis clearly outweigh them :).