[whatevenisthis]

Two years ago i went to a counseling center to get my diagnosis for add. I was given the test, was approved, and got my prescription for the lowest dose of adderall (10mg a day). For my major i am required to take a few state tests which are known to be difficult because of the timing so i looked into getting accommodations for extra time to complete the test. This required me to get my records of being diagnosed and to send them to the testing center to be approved. Well. I went and picked up copies of records and was pissed at what they said. I assumed it would be information such as when i was diagnosed but instead it was a list of so called 'symptoms' that were overly exaggerated. The papers said that i was at high risk of alcohol abuse and pretty much made me seem like a huge party girl( i have wine night like once a month with girlfriends how is this an alcoholic). There is no way i can send this to my school and to the testing center as it has overly exaggerated (pretty much straight up lies) bad information about me. It also said i had huge problems with insomnia which i never said, i used a yes/no checklist that asked if i ever had difficulty sleeping. I said yes to that but not yes to severe insomnia like this psychologist had written. I'm pissed and immediately went home and shredded these papers. Is there any way i can have this information taken out of my records.

[Apathy123]

Honestly - there isn’t a test for ADD/ADHD. There’s a list of symptoms and it’s diagonisef by talking with you and or observing your behavior /talking to your teachers and parents if your still a child.

I’m honestly surprised that the center released that type of record to you. For example, I have ADD and a learning disability so I went through testing for larbing disabilities and the documentation I received included also included my ADd diagnosis but it was strictly related to my educational accommodations and didn’t include any sort of counseling notes which is what it sounds like is included in yours and is very uncommon to be released to a patient.

You asked about having it removed from your “record”. Not really. That office will always have it, you might be able to speak with another doctor at that office during an appointment and see if they’re be willing to add additional notes to it but they’re not going to remove the comments. Who do you currently get your medication from? Can they not just give you the documentation you need since it sounds like it’s not this clinic?

[Llama_Llama44]

The tests are frustrating imo too. You fill in a bunch of check boxes, then they try to summarize what you said. But its very hard for them to actually do that.

I don't really understand- your school's disability services should have the full report, can't they just send a request for accommodations to the testing center?