First off, thanks for all the supportive notes when I mentioned being nervous about my psychiatry appointment!
I got diagnosed with Inattentive type ADHD, which makes a lot of sense to me. Currently I’m coming to terms that I’ve spent a lot of energy covering up my dysfunctional traits for the past decades, and put myself into a state of burnout for the past few years. I’ve started medication, too, and that’s been a huge help to start building good habits and pull myself out of the slump I’ve been in. Super weird not needing coffee throughout the day, though! I feel like a cyborg or vampire or something when I prepare a single coffee for my partner lol
Thanks, i still can’t believe i already got an appointment next week
you’re lucky!
it took me a little bit over a year to get my appointment.
yeah i’m used to ridiculously long wait lists from the time when i needed recommendation letters for gender affirming care, a part of me still thinks this will somehow not be happening in just a few days.
I feel like I got super lucky with the therapist and psychiatrist I’ve started getting care from, but I have to remind myself that I’ve had a handful of other therapists that weren’t able to get to the root of a lot of my anxiety and depression issues.
That, and I had some skin issues that I had to see like 5 different doctors before I could get someone to actually help me. Navigating the healthcare system as an adult always reminds me of this cartoon I saw as a kid of a cat wandering a hospital trying to get a hurt finger addressed (I think Help! was the title).