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Jul 9, 2017 20:59:10 GMT
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Post by gnomechomsky on Jul 9, 2017 20:59:10 GMT
Now I'm here, I have no idea what to say. I'm a Yorkshireman pushing 40 and it's taken a suicide attempt for anything approaching a diagnosis (I see the psychiatrist for the first time tomorrow.)
Like many, I suppose, I had the perception that ADHD was the realm of hyperactive children and that my inability to organise, concentrate, keep hold of money, to behave pretty recklessly and generally drive my family bananas was the 'fact' that I was a pretty bad person.
But no, I think this fits. So do the nurses that have come round, I think.
Everything is a bit raw, so bear with me please.
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 9, 2017 21:17:35 GMT
... I'm a Yorkshireman... I'm not sure that's treatable Welcome
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Jul 9, 2017 21:25:12 GMT
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Post by gnomechomsky on Jul 9, 2017 21:25:12 GMT
... I'm a Yorkshireman... I'm not sure that's treatable Welcome Ha! The one thing I've got going for me at the minute, lol.
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Post by marionk on Jul 10, 2017 7:54:14 GMT
You also have the realisation that you have ADHD, on your side. Many of us suffered years of inappropriate medication, and wrong diagnoses before we (often for ourselves) realised what the real problem was. Also in your favour, is that ADHD is now recognised as persisting into adulthood, so it is possible to get some help or at least medication that stands a chance of actually helping. Personally though, I think that that realisation is the most important thing. It explains things and gives you a starting point to work from. For me the realisation that I have it, helped me tease out my various problems from each other, and actually find a cure for some of them. (Sadly, not the underlying ADHD . . . yet?)
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 11, 2017 9:43:23 GMT
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