The big thing an official diagnosis gets you besides meds is accomodations from organizations with HR departments. There are other useful things that come from knowing you have ADHD, but they normally don’t require a credentialed note.
That said: I know multiple people who didn’t think an ADHD/autism/anxiety/depression diagnosis would do much for them but ended up being really glad they pursued it. It can be hard to know how helpful a given intervention or just the satisfaction of having a label will be ahead of time. ADHD diagnoses can be a lot of work to get and have some downsides, so this isn’t a blanket recommendation to pursue one, just a suggestion to consider the full confidence interval of how useful a diagnosis might be, rather than the median.
The big thing an official diagnosis gets you besides meds is accomodations from organizations with HR departments. There are other useful things that come from knowing you have ADHD, but they normally don’t require a credentialed note.
That said: I know multiple people who didn’t think an ADHD/autism/anxiety/depression diagnosis would do much for them but ended up being really glad they pursued it. It can be hard to know how helpful a given intervention or just the satisfaction of having a label will be ahead of time. ADHD diagnoses can be a lot of work to get and have some downsides, so this isn’t a blanket recommendation to pursue one, just a suggestion to consider the full confidence interval of how useful a diagnosis might be, rather than the median.