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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 (mementomori.social)
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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 minutes of general talk).
Came asking for #ADHD and #autism evaluation. Was totally ignored on that regard) Of course, didn’t have courage to ask again.

Was it so obvious? Was I just a walking stereotype: middle-aged woman from a war-thorn country living alone who voluntarily came to a psychiatrist(doesn’t matter what else she has, she can’t NOT be anxious)?
Or is it just a general experience of most of #AuDHD female-passing folks: to be seen as anxious, to have most of their symptoms attributed to #anxiety (not like I was asked about any symptoms, but maybe have demonstrated some?)?

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[–] cy@fedicy.us.to 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What narrative aren't they trying to push? It's fine if there's no shenanigans going on, but you have to be sure those organizations aren't trying to spin the story (even Wikipedia) before telling people to just ask Google about it. I want to hear your understanding of the situation. Really it's always a good idea to provide links yourself, if you can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis