Neurodiversity | Mental Health
My ADHD Was Misdiagnosed as a Personality Disorder
Why this so often happens to people who are already marginalized
In January of 2010, I was labelled “Borderline”.
After two years of battling serious health issues, I had finally received a diagnosis of Celiac disease. This was good news. After many specialist appointments, we finally had an answer, and the treatment was strict adherence to a gluten-free diet. Maybe not super easy at first, but certainly not the worst of the possibilities we had been exploring.
Once I was no longer able to focus all my attention and mental energy on various medical appointments and diagnostic tests, the anxiety and emotional weight of the previous two years finally came crashing down on me. How ironic: my physical health was finally improving while my mental health began its steep decline.
The previous two years had been horrible.
I had to stop attending my University courses because I was too unwell. I was forced to demote myself at work because I couldn’t keep up with the demand. I had my driver’s license suspended for one year due to the seizures, removing some degree of freedom I had enjoyed…
