Frustrated over the difference in getting diagnoses me vs. friend with similar Sx

I have yet to be officially diagnosed, but during high school I saw a therapist because I was suicidal. A year of taking anxiety medication that didnt help, discussing absolutely nothing but a rape I had moved past y e a r s beforehand, and getting chastised about the four classes I ended up failing.

She brought up ADHD one time but brushed it off and told me it wasn't really something women got, nor was it something you would suddenly get as a teenager. It wasn't even a serious suggestion, she was implying I was making things up in an attempt to get meds and laughing at my apparently bad attempt. "I know it would be easier to just pop some pills and get stuff done, but that not how we do things here" etc etc

I didn't even know what ADHD was at the time and didn't seriously look into it until six years later when I was positive I was experiencing extremely early onset dementia.

I don't know how I'd go about getting diagnosed at this point because of how far I've spiraled, and the farther in time I get from that day she laughed off the thought of ADHD the angrier I get.

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