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This is what my psychiatrist kinda told me between the lines when I told them I suspect AuDHD. I would like to * know *, just to have an explanation to some things ADHD diagnosis alone doesn't explain. But the autism diagnosis might cause more harm than good - as I don't have severe problems related to those traits, so it would be unlikely to get any help but for example might encounter discrimination in health care etc...
If you find an expert who agrees you don't have a severe enough case to need treatment then they won't necessarily formally diagnose you (your record would still show you've had the evaluation but not the diagnosis).
What kind of records are there for things like that in the US?
Idk, I'm from Europe