Desperately Seeking

Desperately Seeking

ADHD

a late in life diagnosis story

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Mikhila McDaid
Feb 08, 2025
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Last year, at the age of 38, I was diagnosed with ADHD. I had been wrestling with the idea of private assessments for a long time. I had some amount of guilt based in my privilege at having access to that service where others do not, I also felt like a private diagnosis would be less valid. The real issue the…

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