Actually I think it's awful. But part of the point I've made is the assumption that people going for diagnosis haven't been on a succession of other powerful drugs for misdiagnosed other conditions with serious side effects and no benefits for years.
Then ADHD comes on their radar and fits where all the other diagnosis they've had just don't.
But they can't get that diagnosis.
So they are stuck on all these other medications - which perhaps they don't need - because they can't get the right diagnosis. Or because people are saying 'it can't possibly be adhd because you don't fit the stereotype / my ignorance about adhd'.
What matters is people get the right drugs and/or the right support. (noting that a diagnosis of ADHD does not necessarily instantly mean medicalisation either)
Few women who are going for assessments in their 30s and 40s will have go to that age without a pile of other mental health related issues and are highly likely to have rattled like a pill box for a number of years. Oh and they don't need medicalisation because they are 'coping' with life. Need to stress this bit - the bit where they are told they are coping despite having lengthy and extensive histories of mental health concerns. That's the classic line for me.
And these are the very people who are stuffed by the stigma and the idea that ADHD is just made up shit and it's caused by too much time on your smart phone or poor sleep routines. Despite it being a life long issue which predates the availability of bloody smart phones.
It's the assumption that these people influenced by tiktok are coming in off the street as sparkling humans who have never previously had issues is off the scale bonkers tbh.