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October 30, 2018 at 10:06 am
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xian
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After my therapist diagnosed me with ADD he advised me to request Rx for Adderall from my GP. My GP told me I could not possibly have ADD because I hadn’t been previously diagnosed as a child.
It resulted in an argument which ended with him, “firing” me as a patient.
It took over a year for me to ask my new GP for a prescription.
It took 2-3 months to find right dose but it was very helpful to me and it saved my marriage.
Some GPs are uneducated and others simply lazy. Mine was both. I doubt such “doctors” are aware of the damage their snootery causes. But, at least I got “fired” and found a real Dr.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by xian.