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Originally Posted by SideBlinded
As a newly diagnosed person with ADHD, I am noticing some odd reactions from mental health workers who have privy to my ADHD diagnosis. Maybe I am wrong but if I ask a question to understand a situation, I have been hurried and the worker acts as if I am asking too much. Are they possibly thinking I need a huge explanation because they think I may be slow?
ADD or ADHD does not equal unintelligent!o
Has anyone with ADD or ADHD felt that they have been treated as if they are unintelligent or have people been rude?
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Ive heard such idiocy about ADHD from mental health professionals including "you arent disabled because you have skills" "i dont believe you have ADHD. You are too smart" and my favorite, "your attention and concentration are well above average". I said "i know but my attention and concentration are far inferior to my Memory. Isn't that significant?". "oh. Yes it is". "is it indicative of ADD?". I got the cow face. My god how i hate the cow face."
Eventually you will find yourself shouting at them, "I dont have ADD. You are just boring!".
Yes. The dumb ones stereotype you based on your dx. Someone ought to do an experiment. Send the same actor behaving the same way with different diagnoses on his récords. Where hes ptsd he will be recorded as having acute stress reaction. Where hes borderline he will be reported to be having general anxiety. Where he is bipolar they will call him manic. If hes black they will call him hostile.
People are dumb.