Hi my dad has adhd (diagnosed as an adult) and I've come to realise I experience all of the same issues he does associated with ADHD, like I don't want to specify too much because personal/deep.
UCAS asks for learning disabilities and I experience dyslexia too along with most my family on my dads side too (trouble reading and spelling/order of words or repetition of them).
My main issues are my SENCO at my school doesn't care and I know won't bother testing me for dyslexia for official diagnosis and I don't trust them at all. Also side note in primary school I had a learning support teacher because of extreme difficulty I used to experience spelling when i was younger.
With ADHD I'm too embarrassed to go doctor to get confirmed or denied whether I actually have it as I'm not trying to self diagnose.
But since I have essentially all symptoms since I can remember and theres a genetic higher risk and I have always gave myself multiple giant deep scars on my thighs for years (if u know what I mean 😑 ) it kind of make sense if I had.
And I would prefer to let uni applications know if I officially have these learning disabilities or if it's just my brain busted/slow.
What do I do? I'm so stuck.
How do I get official diagnosis or debunking of either ADHD/Dyslexia? I just want to be sure.
Thank you so much