I've never been diagnosed, but around two weeks ago some random soul on Reddit spotted some symptoms that might be signs of ADHD, or at least things that ADHD meds could help.
It is such an accurate description of something I've been struggling with my whole life without ever knowing it. I'm now waiting the weeks and weeks it takes to get a doctor's appointment; going to try for meds and maybe a diagnosis. I've already been formally diagnosed with autism, but ADHD never came up.
If you have even a sneaking suspicion that you might have ADHD, read the article. It is absolutely an eye-opener.
oh man, i'm in my 30s and this is exactly how my daily life is. I grew up in a culture that didn't have much of an inclination of understanding what ADHD is and stuff, so I never bothered. I really need to get myself checked.
Same here. Both in age (mid-30s) to being exactly how my daily life is to the point of a culture that had a misguided opinion on ADHD.
I shared before on HN that I'm still ongoing investigation with my therapist, after some 2-3 years of therapy and working around some anxiety issues I had we're narrowing it down to a very likely ADHD diagnosis.
The more I read and educate myself about it the more I believe I might have it. It's still hard for me to properly accept that this might be it, and not that I have an inherent failure of character by never being able to keep my focus, motivation, planning, etc. as well as what others can.
To be very honest, something inside me still don't want to believe that I very likely have ADHD, that part still shames me by telling that I'm just using this as a crutch for my failures, that it's just a convenient excuse for not being good enough at some mundane tasks.
It's exhausting, I'm glad I'm finally getting help because for the past 3-4 years I have been on a steadily downwards spiral. It's been very gradual until I got to this point where I can definitely tell I'm suffering mentally because of it...
I was provided this article: https://invisibleup.com/articles/27/
It is such an accurate description of something I've been struggling with my whole life without ever knowing it. I'm now waiting the weeks and weeks it takes to get a doctor's appointment; going to try for meds and maybe a diagnosis. I've already been formally diagnosed with autism, but ADHD never came up.
If you have even a sneaking suspicion that you might have ADHD, read the article. It is absolutely an eye-opener.