Learning Disorders: Diagnosis or not?

[Lavi]

Basically, what the title says. So I definitely have dyscalculia and auditory processing disorder (google it, but the wiki articles kinda suck), and these have caused some problems in certain courses including ones I have now. Small town meant they failed to notice. Now, should I even bother? Do the pros outweight the cons? Like, my friend has dyslexia, but will not get an official diagnosis for it despite how obvious it is and issues in courses.

There's also the whole issue of diagnosing learning disorders in the first place. If it ain't the most well-known of them, it will most likely be misdiagnosed (ADP misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD for example). Overdiagnosed (particularly ADD, ADHD), or are a shitload actually misdiagnosed? Would like to hear your stories and opinions (bored at the Uni).

 

[TerribleAssassin]

I went through Primary School and the start of High School with undiagnosed Dispraxia. But it was only mild and the most notecable difference was lack of organization and tidyness.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Why should you even be asking this question? You should be diagnosed by a medical professional and not yourself.

Unless, however, you ARE a medical professional, which is unlikely.

Besides, a diagnosis from a professional can be taken more seriously as an excuse...

 

[Direwolf750]

If you think for certain that you have got whatever disorder, and refuse to get yourself diagnosed, then aside from monetary/religious/moral reasons, the only reason why you haven't is that you are afraid that you really don't have it and aren't will to face that. Get yourself checked out by medical and psychological professionals. until then, you can't say for certain that you have anything, it's all just speculation, and thereby just whining.

 

[Hateren47]

Why bother? I have most of the signs for dyscalculia and have diagnosed myself with it, but since I have made up my own systems for recognising left from right, halvfjers(70) from halvfems(90), recognising both faces and names of people (usually I only get one of them right) and a ton of other problems connected with dyscalculia I can function perfectly fine as long as the amount of math I do in my head is no more complicated than a shopping list. Learning to do proper mathematics just doesn't seem worth if it screws with all my other systems.

If someone had diagnosed me 20 years ago it might have been different though. Al least no one thought I was stupid since I did well in all the other classes.

Edit.
Be yourself, think differently. Don't get drugged up on ADD "medicine".

 

[Blind Sight]

Went through elementary school diagnosed with Aspeiger's and mild OCD, didn't really effect me though. I was nine, so my first concern was whether the 'disease' was going to kill me. After they told me no I stopped caring until the starting of high school, where they wanted to stick everyone with a diagnoised social or mental disorder in the special ed class. My mom literally screamed at the school psychologist and the prinicipal when they tried to convince her to do it, so I stayed in regular classes. By Grade 12 I had the highest marks in school without even trying. I'd say just ignore the testing and just take it as a challenge, I went through high school mostly self-educated, and trust me, if your small-town high school is anything like mine was it's probably a good idea.