So, I kinda want to touch on Adult ADHD and it's impact on my life. I know a lot of people don't have a full understanding of how varied the symptoms of the disorder are so I just wanted to share my own experiences living with it. It's not a "OH SHINY" sort of distracted mind sort of condition but it can be hard to live with untreated, and without support. 1/? #MentalHealth #ADHD
I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 6 yrs old, but in the 80's and 90's fem individuals were considered something close to a medical myth, beyond rare and weren't taken seriously in requesting for support or treatment during those decades. My own case went largely ignored the majority of my life, and I'm only beginning to get the support and care I needed to work through much of the issues the condition presented me with through my life. 2/? #MentalHealth #ADHD
I'm 52, and not yet diagnosed--but it's become clear to me in the last year that I have ADHD. A lot of things I've attributed to my depression or my anxiety, or to just being weird, now seem like they're ADHD.
I was the "gifted" kid not living up to my potential.
The things that really resonate with me are:
-Feeling overwhelmed because what seems like a simple task to most looks like complicated mountain of steps to me.
-Not forming habits.
-Needing constant jolts of feedback
I'm sure that my ADHD was missed because I was assigned female at birth and I don't have any of the hyperactivity most commonly associated with it.
And because I generally did well in school. Lots of hyperfocus. But that comes at a cost.
@tyghebright It came at a huge cost myself, I ended up having a nervous breakdown after attending Concorde Career School in San Antonio TX back in 2013. I totally get what you mean on this.