[hirvi74]

I constantly read people that have experiences like this, then on the other hand, I know countless people that lied about having ADHD and received treatment with virtually no issues at all.

I do not advocate for drug-seeking behaviors, but I find it wild how there are such contrasting diagnostic experiences.

I wonder if professionals would be less adverse to treatment administration if patients were more willing to trial non-stimulants first?

[keeganpoppen]

it’s true. i have a friend who got prescribed via “knowing the right answer”… and honestly i didn’t know myself whether my honest answers were “honest” or not. i vowed to never tell a lie throughout the diagnostic experience, but a lot of it is super ambiguous… i feel confident in my self-understanding now, but i certainly didn’t then, and i was absolutely an adderall enjoyer at the time (now i portion out my pills fastidiously, because days without them suck ass, and i didn’t want to self-inculcate any sort of adverse relationship with the medicine that unambiguously makes my life better… but i absolutely was not as mature on the whole concept at the start.).

[AppleBananaPie]

Just like engineers every profession has a huge range in quality of the professionals.

It's just far more concerning in the medical profession than for the average software engineer.