I'll give a very literal example joke demonstrating how this used to function.
NOBODY:
ME: Yes, I did get a haircut. Thank you for asking.
See, nobody asked, but the speaker was still compelled to share this fact (or in other cases, an opinion). Over time, it became such a common format that people didn't even grasp the initial purpose beyond it being convention. The term "POV" in captions is used this way now too.
I don't know if I can get on his side for this one.
Why did you have to give away a dog? What made you able to get given a new one?
The only provider you'd learn coping mechanisms through is a therapist/psychologist/counselor, and they won't require a diagnosis. However, there's plenty of YouTube channels, books, websites, and other tools where you can learn a lot of those coping mechanisms you have have missed out on.
If you were talking about getting meds, you can sometimes just find proof of your original diagnosis, and that'll be enough for your current primary care doctor to medicate you.
If you were under the mistaken impression that you have to get a new diagnosis in order to be diagnosed with ADHD instead of ADD as an adult, you don't. The term "ADD" is simply defunct now as ADHD and ADD are now considered the same disorder with the hyperactivity in certain individuals sometimes manifesting and not in others. It's very similar to how the term "Asperger's syndrome" is obsolete because it's simply considered a manifestation of autism.
Why is this getting down voted?
The APOSTLE Paul didn't know Jesus?
Poser.
POSER!
Went down a whole rabbit hole and still didn't get the joke.
I think there's a website out there dedicated to explaining the joke in Farside comics because they so regularly make no sense to me, to the point that I can't even find them funny.
Thank you.
I went to Rotten Tomatoes to read the reviews. Had me cracking up with how negative they were. Lol
I mean, it tracked just fine for me when I read this.