There’s nothing more ironic than the fact that I can’t get in to get evaluated because the scheduler at the evaluation center doesn’t answer his phone or return voicemails.
@copperbadge i can’t tell if this has aged badly or aged well
Plus ca change, my friends. Also super helpful to get diagnosed right as a bunch of pharmacies stopped accepting Adderall prescriptions due to telehealth prescription abuses. Though admittedly it didn’t seem a problem to get it from Walgreens, and also despite the self-booking website not working right now, the Adderall does appear to have allowed me to phone the psych’s office and book an appointment without dithering about it for hours first.
The limits of access are of course not just on ADHD, either. The processes we have in place for accessing mental health services in general is torturous for people who have mental health struggles. Social safety nets are difficult to enlist in when you’re poor enough to need them (hey how about you spend seven hours at a remote location waiting to speak to someone about your food stamps instead of working or looking for work?) and the scaremongering around opioids, however legitimate the addiction crisis, means people in chronic pain now need to travel more often, generally in environments hostile to the mobility-limited, in order to get their pain medication. It’s a rotten go all round.
[ID: A tweet from AriDrennen on Twitter, reading “I don’t think I could design a crueler punishment for someone with ADHD than the actual process in place for accessing ADHD treatment.”]
I have been an invalid locked indoors too long; the prospect of leaving the house alone gave me a huge panic attack. My subconscious has fully onboarded the “Watch out! Fragile! Danger!” message too fully and I need to get the fuck over it.
