LilBalrog

What is your advice for an adult female who believes they may have been misdiagnosed with other conditions, and wants a fair assessment? Where I am at in the US, it is very hard to find a doctor that will take you seriously if you have certain diagnoses, accurate or not, on your record. The process is extremely disheartening.

Kinda, yeah. Unless the leader running the group does a VERY good job at prioritizing the needs of ALL the members of the group, you have your typical bullshit when it comes to, well, groups of people. The outgoing ones will be focused on and given much more support while the quieter and less assertive ones will typically be glazed right over or outright ignored. Typical popularity contest crap in the worst setting.

This has unfortunately been my experience. And there have been many experiences. Obviously there are groups that are great, and I've been in some of them too.

Very weird that you're being downvoted for asking a question.

Thank you very much for your response! This makes me feel much better about self-diagnosing, should my research and consideration continue to lead me that conclusion about myself. It explains so very much about the struggles I have had and who I am as a person.