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Dr. Asad Rafi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
428 total appearances

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ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

That's the key thing.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

I'm not sure how to answer this question now, unless you've really put me on the spot, because I'm so useless.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

I don't even know how to use a washing machine, never mind leave the clothes inside it.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

So hands up.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

Yeah, I'm the least domesticated human being you'll ever meet.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

So yeah, it's not even a washing machine of woes.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

It's a whole household of woes for me, I think.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

I think this applies not only to women.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

I think it's society in general, people who are seeking diagnosis.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

There is, over the last five years, certainly a lot more awareness, a lot more understanding of ADHD, and there are pros and cons to that, dare I say it.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

A lot of what we've talked about in terms of misdiagnoses, the explanations that haven't, the narratives that haven't quite fit, and certainly even the interventions that have been provided, the treatments, the medications, the therapies, have been ineffective.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

many people are now understanding and certainly relating to adhd a lot more the demand on the system is significant to the point where there's there is no more capacity and again i'll go back to what i said before what will a diagnosis give you if it's the label

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

And I know that many people will say it's not about the label.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

It's about the narrative.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

It's about that validation.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

But there's a lot that you can do before that.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

Look at credible sources of information.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

Look at educating yourself.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

Look at coaching techniques.

ADHD Chatter
Leading Psychiatrist: How To Process A Late ADHD Diagnosis, Grief Is The First Stage!

These are things that all of us, regardless of whether you have ADHD or not, can benefit from.