A couple years ago, when I was on state medicaid, I went to see a psychiatrist. Over the course of the hour I explained to him how life-changing my ADHD diagnosis had been, and how much the medication helped.
He said that I had no need for medication because I’m an adult with a college degree. “Next patient.” It was one of the must frustrating experiences of my life. I had been without my prescription for over a year at that point.
~One Week Later~
My loving, working-class parents bleed out exactly $500.00 cash for me to see a private psychiatrist. I told him I had been diagnosed in the past. He listened and gave me a standard assessment. “You do indeed appear to have ADHD. Here is your prescription.”
adults with autism adults living in poverty
Even then “all available” is doing some heavy fucking lifting.
and we live in a society where most parents believe neurodiversity is just a fancy word for lazy
A couple years ago, when I was on state medicaid, I went to see a psychiatrist. Over the course of the hour I explained to him how life-changing my ADHD diagnosis had been, and how much the medication helped.
He said that I had no need for medication because I’m an adult with a college degree. “Next patient.” It was one of the must frustrating experiences of my life. I had been without my prescription for over a year at that point.
~ One Week Later ~
My loving, working-class parents bleed out exactly $500.00 cash for me to see a private psychiatrist. I told him I had been diagnosed in the past. He listened and gave me a standard assessment. “You do indeed appear to have ADHD. Here is your prescription.”
The daily injustices of class society.