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Parents refuse to diagnose me

Dopamine
Dopamine

Hi, I am new here. I realise after about 14 years that I might have ADD/ADHD. Sometimes I try to focus so badly and I really just can't, no matter how much I push myself. I will not be able to sit quietly after sometimes, I will move around and well do weird things. I will sometimes even be able to totally not catch what someone told me because my mind was somewhere else in that point of time. My parents seem to notice it and my mom is worried. She however does not want to bring me to a theraphist because she said that it will show in my records and that it close certain doors for me. Since I am not diagnose even though I know that I have ADD/ADHD people do not take me seriously. 

fibrowarrior
fibrowarrior
How old are you?
My son's pediatrician asks him a series of questions that looks into diagnosing ADD/ADHD.... It also can be referred by a teacher or school counselor....
Praying for wisdom because it can be frustrating to not be able to concentrate enough to focus.... Also google diets to help prevent ADD- there are things that can cause the symptoms and not have to have medication by avoiding them- my brother went through the same thing when we were growing up- but he doesn't have the problem now as an adult- his was controlled with diet.
zombiewant2be
zombiewant2be
Getting a diagnosis will absolutely not close any doors for you. If anything it will open doors for help. In school (at least in America) there are specific plans you can get that give accommodations for you to help you through school. I had a 504 plan in high school because of my bipolar disorder. As an adult if you're having a hard time finding or keeping a job because of your symptoms there is a thing called vocational rehab that helps people with disabilities find jobs and teach job skills. I would look into those things and see if you could use those things with adhd. Talking to a school counselor about wanting to see a therapist may help. They may be able to help talk to your parents to persuade them to take you to a therapist.
justlostinmyhead
justlostinmyhead
I agree with @zombiewant2be if anything more doors will open if you get a diagnosis. schools will work with you and help you out, if and only if you say anything as an adult it may effect you but if your getting help for it then majority of places will see it as you are doing what you can to better yourself so you can benefit w/e it is that you are doing in life. there is ways to deal with it on your own like @fibrowarrior stated like diet and that sort of thing. look into it further and help yourself and all will work itself out. luckily ADD and ADHD can be out-grown but you wont know if you out-grow it until later in life some people simply wont but they have ways to deal with it so they can live a full normal life. hope I helped you.