Starting ADHD evaluation for the second time next week. I am really stressed out because this is basically my last shot. I am pretty confident that I have ADHD, but since I also have bipolar, they are just assuming that whatever symptom I am experiencing must be that.
I've been through public healthcare where they discharged me after the intake conversation, because they regard me as too high functioning (did good in school and have a job) and they don't have the capacity. So no help there unless I run my life into the ground. Got declined by my health insurance because they have a clause in fine print saying they don't cover ADHD. So now I am paying out of pocket, blasting most of my savings. The price tag is around $2700. If they discharge me because they think I don't have it, it will "only" be $1900 though.
So now I am stressed out, worried I am just throwing my money out the window. And that I am just wrong. If this doesn't pan out, I don't know what I'll do.
Not really looking for any advice (but they are welcome), just wanted to vent a little.
Thanks! I am glad to hear your daughter has been getting help!
You provide a nice perspective, but I don't think it applies in my situation. I feel I am coming from the opposite way. I have been getting a lot of help for my bipolar illness, and I also went to a therapist for two years for general help with life. And it is through this process I have become healthy enough to see that there is something else going on here, which was previously masked by bipolar and shitty life situation