Autism and ADHD are, by far, the most thoroughly studied mental disorders. They are also the most thoroughly undiagnosed, untreated, and ignored.
Sprinkle the hyper-politicization of stimulant medication on top, and you get what we have today: hell.
Imagine if the wheelchair store was at the top of a staircase. Imagine if the glasses flashed bright lights into your eyes every time you tried a frame on. Imagine you broke your leg, and your physician told you with a straight face, "I think it might be a sprain. I'm going to prescribe you a mild painkiller, and see if that helps." There's a shortage of crutches, and we don't want to risk getting you dependent on those anyway.
Think I'm being heavy-handed here? Just read any collection of first-hand ADHD diagnosis. If anything, it's worse.
Even with a diagnosis from an age of 12 (!!!), and testimonies from teachers and parents going even further back, I was still being stonewalled for months on getting medication as an adult.
This was after they took my diagnosis (demanded a redo, came to a conclusion after 2 appointments and discharged me) and i regained it at a neuropsychiatry clinic (ADHD and Autism specialist).
The only thing that broke through was outside help from a municipal caregiver, he prescribed it immediately when she called.
This shit is not incompetence, it is malice. It is on fucking purpose.
Sprinkle the hyper-politicization of stimulant medication on top, and you get what we have today: hell.
Imagine if the wheelchair store was at the top of a staircase. Imagine if the glasses flashed bright lights into your eyes every time you tried a frame on. Imagine you broke your leg, and your physician told you with a straight face, "I think it might be a sprain. I'm going to prescribe you a mild painkiller, and see if that helps." There's a shortage of crutches, and we don't want to risk getting you dependent on those anyway.
Think I'm being heavy-handed here? Just read any collection of first-hand ADHD diagnosis. If anything, it's worse.