Can we admit the ADHD debate is cruel?
(or do we keep questioning ourselves?)
Does anyone remember sitting in a clinician's office, finally vulnerable enough to share your struggles, only to hear "everyone feels that way sometimes" or "you need to try harder"?
If you've heard this enough times, you're dealing with exhaustion from medical dismissals that flood your attempts to get help.
As "medical gaslighting" becomes common language, people are pushing back.
We're "undiagnosing" ourselves from years of being defined in the wrong ways.
And finally naming what was actually there: ADHD.
😿 We've reached peak diagnostic dismissal.
Late-identified ADHDers tell me they saw multiple clinicians before someone listened.
Research shows 75% of adults with ADHD were never diagnosed in childhood.
That's not because ADHD suddenly appeared.
And mind you most psychiatrists receive little to no training in adult ADHD during their residency or continuing education.
The diagnostic system was built for hyperactive 8-year-old boys, not adults who've spent decades compensating.
When ADHDers don't conform with the misdiagnoses, we're reclaiming our narrative.
It's a radical act of self-trust.
Does that sound familiar?
Medical authority used to signal care.
Now even well-meaning clinicians can gaslight you without realizing it.
Think of the endless "everyone struggles with focus sometimes."
🍀What does recovery actually look like?
You spent years fitting their explanations.
Now you're learning to trust your own.
The next evolution of care is shame-free.
Support that meets you where you are.
That's why I see Viberie as limitless, personalized coaching based on neuroscience and your strengths, not some preset neurotypical flow.
Let your experience carry the authority.
If every professional's opinion disappeared tomorrow, would you still know your brain is different?
That's self-trust.
🤔What labels have you been carrying that don't fit?
And I'm not saying ADHDers should reject all medical input.
The goal isn't to distrust everyone. It's to trust yourself first.
And the challenge is knowing which voices to trust.
→ That might mean finding practitioners who listen first.
→ Or leaning into peer support where lived experience is the credential.
We want care that's quiet enough to hear you.
Clinicians who listen before they label.
The next era of ADHD support won't be about who has the most letters after their name, but who creates the most space for your truth.
P.S. This is a long one and potentially lost you many paragraphs ago, but felt like sharing 🥹