I did an ADHD test in Germany. They asked me questions at 1:30 and then said I have ADHD, and no further testing was required. If the interview had not been conclusive they would have done some other tests. They ask about symptoms like “Can you not sit still”, “Do you forget appointments” and things like that.
The most interesting part was the preinterview part.
Scott writes here on how psychiatrists are the gatekeepers to Adderall:
Aren’t psychiatrists creepy wizards who can see through your deceptions? There are people like that. They’re called forensicists, they have special training in dealing with patients who might be lying to them, and they tend to get brought in for things like evaluating a murderer pleading the insanity defense. They have a toolbox of fascinating and frequently hilarious techniques to ascertain the truth, and they’re really good at their jobs.
They did pull one of these “hilarious techniques” on me. They ask me “When some thought comes up that is not about the thing that you are trying to do are you annoyed?” I said “No, it is actually rather the opposite. The thoughts seem very flashy and good to think. I am not annoyed at all.” Then they said “Ah, that is good. I needed to know that”, and then they wrote something down.
Because I have ADHD it is just clear that you would really not be annoyed by your distracting thoughts, but if you don’t have ADHD it would probably seem more sensical that you would be annoyed. The problem with ADHD is that there isn’t enough reflection going on, about if the new thought is good to follow. So you can’t get annoyed by the fact that you are thinking random thinkings.
So basically they asked me if I had a symptom which is the opposite of what a person with ADHD would experience. Had I said that I would be annoyed by my own thoughts, they would probably not have bothered with the interview.
I did an ADHD test in Germany. They asked me questions at 1:30 and then said I have ADHD, and no further testing was required. If the interview had not been conclusive they would have done some other tests. They ask about symptoms like “Can you not sit still”, “Do you forget appointments” and things like that.
The most interesting part was the preinterview part.
Scott writes here on how psychiatrists are the gatekeepers to Adderall:
They did pull one of these “hilarious techniques” on me. They ask me “When some thought comes up that is not about the thing that you are trying to do are you annoyed?” I said “No, it is actually rather the opposite. The thoughts seem very flashy and good to think. I am not annoyed at all.” Then they said “Ah, that is good. I needed to know that”, and then they wrote something down.
Because I have ADHD it is just clear that you would really not be annoyed by your distracting thoughts, but if you don’t have ADHD it would probably seem more sensical that you would be annoyed. The problem with ADHD is that there isn’t enough reflection going on, about if the new thought is good to follow. So you can’t get annoyed by the fact that you are thinking random thinkings.
So basically they asked me if I had a symptom which is the opposite of what a person with ADHD would experience. Had I said that I would be annoyed by my own thoughts, they would probably not have bothered with the interview.