Is anybody here familiar with this thing?

I’m talking to a psychiatrist to get assessed for ADHD, but in order to start treatment, if necessary, I’ll first have to do this neuropsychological assessment called the WEIS test. It’s expensive as shit, more than 2k, but seems to be the only way for me to get any kind of treatment. I can either pay that amount or wait 8-10 months to get it through my health insurance.

I did some digging and apparently it’s this assessment of intelligence that can only be applied by qualified professionals. It frankly sounds like I’m about to get my brainpan measured. Have any of you taken this exam? Is it as stupid as it sounds? Has it helped you receive and/or validate a diagnosis?

Honestly it fucking sucks to me, having to jump through all these hoops just to have somebody listen to me and say “you have/don’t have ADHD”.

  • ∞ 🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, ze/hir, des/pair, none/use name, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s like being trans - cis people really don’t entertain the thought of what it would be like and feel like and look like and what sort of clothes they’d wear and what name they’d pick for themselves and… you get the idea, right? If you’re not trans and someone asked you then you might entertain the thought for a little while before being like “Nahhh”. But you sure as hell don’t spend your time preoccupied with these thoughts.

    Why must your comments be so good, yet hurt so much.

    Gut churning realization when I was going over your list thinking “I haven’t thought about clothes” but no, i have actually thought about clothes.

    Hi, it’s Edward

    • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Hi! Glad to see you’re still hanging out with us here ☺️

      Why must your comments be so good, yet hurt so much.

      I really do wish it were easier.

      You know, there’s this Chinese phrase that I like, 不破不立 (bù pò bù lì), which literally means “no destruction, no construction” but a more aphoristic translation would be “without destruction there cannot be creation”. It feels very Taoist to me but I’m not sure of its origin.

      In western culture we are pretty obsessed with building up and building towards and building on, very often to the exclusion of getting rid of the things that weigh us down and hold us back. Anything that we let go of is almost always framed in terms of loss and in it being somehow detrimental to us, which conceals the fact that the act of letting go can often be liberating. But I don’t think it must be seen from this perspective; in time, the old must necessarily make way for the new and so the passing of old beliefs, of the old ways of relating to ourselves and to the world, is also representative of our opportunity for change, growth, and ultimately for hope.

      I’m not telling you that you shouldn’t feel what you’re feeling, far from it. But I do wonder if that pain you’re feeling might also have the seeds of hope growing within it too.

      In any case I hope you’re doing okay 💜