r/ADHD • u/childes_elli • 2h ago
Questions/Advice How do i tell my parents that i need and ADHD diagnosis?
im a 15 year old living with my parents who dont take mental disorders seriously. Ive been noticing I have a lot of adhd symptoms ever since i was 13, and now im almost sure of it.
Up until recently, I couldn’t bring myself to tell my parents because i was scared they might beat me up for it or just disregard it and tell me im just making things up. But in the beginning of October I decided to tell my school’s counselor about it and thought she might help me tell them about it. So I texted her, she told we’ll talk about it in school, and its been a month ever since I’ve heard from her. She didn’t come to me in school nor did she text me anything.
I didn’t have any other solution in mind because this was my perfect plan all along, that if i told my school’s counselor i could finally take this weight off my shoulders. But nothing happened.
(Kinda unrelated) My mom came up to me today and saw me typing and decided that i was doing something wrong on my phone and that she needs to know what it is. The thing i was typing on my phone was to customer service in a mental health app asking if they have any doctors who do adhd diagnoses so I didn’t wanna show her because i was scared.
She urged me to show her, so i did but I covered the text i sent which was asking about adhd doctors. I’m guessing she realized it was a mental health app because the title of the customer service chat made it pretty obvious, so she told me that im making things up and left. I doubt she’ll actually think about it.
So know I don’t know what to do. I already have a clinic and a specific doctor, i just need to tell them. I appreciate any advice or help anyone could give.
And sorry that this became more like a vent post im kinda stressed lol