105| Clinical Case 13 (Young Adult; Type 1 Diabetes, Mental Health, and ADHD) – A Conversation With Dr. Caroline Fisher
Navigating Neuropsychology
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How Kirsty Handled Her ADHD Diagnosis
Many people who come to us for ADHD diagnoses are highly incentivized to get the diagnosis. In Kirsty's case, there wasn't any necessarily clear gains other than understanding more about herself. She felt as if she was just wanting to know why she had those struggles and if there was a reason to explain it. So certainly that's an important thing to factor in whether there are secondary gains to be had from a diagnosis. And then also since this is an adult, she's 20, she's a young adult. I'm very careful particularly dealing with people who are of quite high intellectual functioning skills.
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