Hey! Since someone asked what they can do if they encounter a therapist like this:

First, let me say that going to therapy is a great step and I personally benefitted a LOT from it. However, my therapist (basically the one from the comic) told me “I have other patients with ADHD and you’re not like them. You’re too succesfu, you have a job, and you’re too quiet”. I can’t relax in the face of “authority” and hyperfocus, so of course I was quiet.

Not all of us with ADHD are loud and pop out in crowds.

We do have Jobs, we do have degrees and careers, we are smart and can be successful.

Therapy helped me a great deal, however, when you have ADHD, you’ll never really be able to start healing unless you can aknowledge that your brain is differently and if another person can mirror this back to you “yes your brain is a bit different, but that’s A-OK”. The huuuuuuuge chunk of my anxiety came from my untreated and undiagnosed ADHD.

So here’s what you can do and what I basically did:

Find an ADHD self help group. Not only does it feel good to find like-brained people, they can also direct you to their trusted doctors

!!! IT IS TOTALLY OK TO GO TO AN ADHD SELF HELP GROUP EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT DIAGNOSED!!

Search for Neurologists, Doctors or Psychotherapists that are especially trained and specialized in ADHD (having listed ADHD as one of the many things they treat is often not enough. Have a first talk with them if in doubt)

Many hospitals and medical universities have ADHD research divisions, check out if they can diagnose. They should be able to send you a list with Doctors that can Diagnose.

Search up an ADHD organisation in your area. It’s OK to E-Mail / Phone them and ask them for advice.

If you can’t find any ADHD places at all, inform yourself on the diagnose criteria aswell as looking into youtube channels or books. Write a diary on what you think are ADHD symptoms in yourself and bring this to your therapy session. Make yourself be heard and taken seriously by your therapist!!

My favourite sources:





Also: REALLY LOOK INTO WHAT THE QUESTIONS IN THE DSM5 MEAN. I often negate questions just because I misinterprete them.

If you are uncertain about something, make yourself be heard. Don’t be ashamed to ask the same thing 10 times, don’t be ashamed to keep bringing your concern up. You are not stupid for doing so, you are only doing what’s best for you, and so should your doc/therapist/your loved ones.