The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves)
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Yesterday I paid the bill from my ADHD assessment. The one I didn't get, because I wrote the date down wrong on the calendar and failed to attend. I played phone tag with the office for awhile and then faded slowly into non-existence out of shame, guilt and probably depression. Forced myself to call and leave another message yesterday, but they haven't called me back.
So I'm $500 out of pocket & still no closer to getting treatment. They're not open on Fridays too so I can't call them again today.
I started this process in December.
I'm tired and sad.
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That really sucks.
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@saosmash said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
So I'm $500 out of pocket & still no closer to getting treatment.
That sucks
And in general it sucks that treatment policies aren't more accommodating given that they know this is just a part of the very disorder they're treating.But $500 for a no-show seems shady to me. Yes they're entitled to a cancellation fee but that seems ridiculous. IANAL but I wouldn't think they can bill the full amount for an assessment that never happened. Probably worth following up on your rights there.
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Today, I woke up, and washed down a caffeine pill with some Diet Dr Pepper. And about a half hour later, drank a Monster ultra sunrise.
Holy shit. I got all my work for the DAY done, plus some new work I begged out of my boss, in less than 3 hours.
I never want to hear his ass complain about my time management again.
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@faraday I don't actually think it's a cancellation fee. Like, the assessment was $500 but that included all of the leadup stuff that I did - various testing, surveys, etc.; they charged me the same as if I had showed up for the appointment. If it's another $500 when/if we ever manage to reschedule I'll fight about it.
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Yay for 3am bursts of creativity. I don't have Delayed Sleep Phase, clearly.
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@macha Shhh it's only 12:44. >_>
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@wretched In your world, maybe.
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@macha Are you stuck in an executive dysfunction loop?
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@wretched No, thank gods. All the productivity. i finally finished some thing that had been hanging for weeeeeeks.
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@wretched I don't need to read that to answer it. Poorly
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Holderness Family ADHD parody "My Own Worst Enemy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cw51gLry_I
So many of those things are me.
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@faraday I am seriously starting to love this guy. And his wife is a friggin' saint.
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Finally got my assessment rescheduled. For May. Apparently the person who wasn't rescheduling me no longer works there.
Meanwhile I just get to keep coping shittily til mid May. Also I had to cancel my mental health therapy appt because of a shelter care hearing and now I have to go to a GP appt after my hearings this afternoon because the rest of my body has decided to rebel in addition to my brain.
I want to go back to bed.
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@saosmash said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
I want to go back to bed.
I have the LSAT scheduled for Saturday.
In the middle of my mom's latest psychotic break and murder threats for testifying against her boyfriend that pulled a gun on us and made more murder threats.
And also while trying to find a new place to live closer to work.
The LSAT was an expected drain on my limited reserves of focus. The other two, not so much. I feel you on just wanting to go back to bed. I think I would like to stay there until sometime early next year.
But we'll both get through our various deals because we're too stubborn to do anything else.
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
