My illness was misdiagnosed as anxiety for years. I am now in a wheelchair at 27.

I thought the exact same thing. I knew it from the start and scrolled down to confirm before finishing the post.

This sent me into a bit of a panic, because I’ve been feeling a lot of OPs symptoms for a while. But the most unsettling is the brain fog. It’s not like anything I’ve experienced.

Contacted a neurologist a couple months ago about my concerns. He almost immediately told me it’s ADHD…via telehealth! After only 10 minutes. Like shit, I’ve felt that my whole life and every doctor chalked it up to anxiety/depression. The one time someone believes me, it’s the most low effort diagnosis, I can’t even accept it.

I said “but I’m feeling X, Y and Z too. Could it possibly be the beginning of Parkinson’s or…” He cut me off before I could finish and said “No. no. How old are you? Thirty? No.” Then he half laughed/half scoffed.

I’ve been putting off seeing another doctor, hard to guess why right? But OPs post is freaking me out.

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