jj11
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Post by jj11 on Aug 30, 2016 4:32:15 GMT
Newly diagnosed at 52 I have recently diagnosed with the ' inattentive' type ADHD. The impact has been profound and I am reading all I can to make sense of my life story. I'm not stupid, lazy or careless. There is context to Impetuous and risky behaviours. I've come to terms with the loss of my professional life (I think) and have a feeling of starting anew. It was difficulty in work that prompted an assessment. Trying to explain to people about this condition has been hard. Most often people will say 'oh, I have that' when trying to explain how I lose things, forget things and get muddled. There is no sense of the emotional,distress caused that it is not 'just losing my glasses' but a deep and frustrating 'lack' I took my first Ritalin today. For the first time in years I have been able to speak. I have been able to articulate what I could think but not convey.
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Post by annie on Aug 30, 2016 9:03:26 GMT
Hi jj11
Welcome to the forum.
Undx ADHD can lead some people to make "careless" mistakes, way over those who don't have undx ADHD. On this occasion you didn't make a mistake with your post!! New/first posts go into a quarantine system before one of the Admin can "approve" it. Unfortunately, the quarantine system seems to be playing up at the moment and some posts are bypassing that system.
It is infuriating when people say "oh I do that as well" Yes, everyone has moments like that but it's the degree by which you do this and the pervasiveness of it - when you start making "careless" mistakes at work, it can cost you dear.
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Post by marionk on Aug 30, 2016 12:55:12 GMT
Hi jj11 welcome to the forums, Just wanted to say I know exactly what you mean about a 'deep and frustrating 'lack'' ! You go to fetch something you thought you knew the location of, and it's . . . NOT THERE! It's like a gaping hole in the road ahead and you can't go anywhere or do anything or even think, until it's filled! The last time someone said 'oh we all do that' to me, I followed it up with "What, all the time?" Turned out she was nearly as bad as me, and was probably only seeming to manage things better than I was because she has an understanding partner and so wasn't trying to do everything on her own.
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Post by jj11 on Aug 30, 2016 19:47:06 GMT
Thank you. I'm still adjusting to this and am not sure how I feel about it all
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