How can she get preliminary tested if we can’t at the moment afford professional testing / two opinions? I tried looking into it myself but the only good tests I find online seem to be expensive ones as well

  • Zozano@aussie.zoneEnglish
    301·
    2 days ago

    Best way to tell without a professional:

    Browse ADHD memes together.

    If she relates to the memes far more frequently than you, she might have ADHD.

    If you both relate to the memes in equal frequency, I’ve got some bad news.

    Sidenote:

    People with ADHD tend to be friends with people with ADHD

    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      I’m autistic and exclusively have autistic or ADHD friends. By default if I get along with someone really well, I just presume they have one of them until proven otherwise, and so far I’ve not been wrong.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      That was our first clue on all of this.

      She kept saying “lol that’s me” at the memes 😂

      • Zozano@aussie.zoneEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        Pretty common experience, that I’ve even seen memes of people discovering they’re ADHD from memes.

        Note: not everyone has the exact same experiences, so nobody with ADHD will relate to every meme.

        But there are patterns, and if youre being honest with yourself, its the memes relating to thought patterns and internal dialogue which will be the most telling.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Sidenote:

      People with ADHD tend to be friends with people with ADHD

      My wife was sure she didn’t have ADHD, and nor did I. After we were both diagnosed, over half her friends are now either diagnosed, or fairly sure on also being Autistic/ADHD.