Post by adz04 on Sept 29, 2019 9:14:21 GMT
Hi there. Apologies if I've done any of this wrong as it's my first time posting here.
I'm a 27 y/o Male with undiagnosed ADHD. I also suffer from tourettes syndrome which is a whole other type of misery.
Like many others I wasn't aware the issues I've had my whole life were down to ADHD until I read about the common link between TS and ADHD. At first I totally dismissed it as I wasnt this overly active naughty kid who always got in trouble, which is the unfair stereotype I had of ADHD. Instead I was more withdrawn, found school life and childhood in general very difficult. I was put into special needs classes in school, after school clubs to aid learning etc. It wasn't because I wasn't intelligent enough, but because I was constantly distracted by what was happening around me, or often day dreaming.
I've been on anti depressants on and off for the past 10 years, had intensive therapy, hypnotherapy, and unsurprisingly nothing has really ever worked.
For me normality is zoning out when people talk to me, never finishing something I've started, one example I've got a half painted shed in the garden which has been like that for the past 3 years and it looks ridiculous, I just got bored! On the other hand I'm always wanting more and I know I can do something incredible but I've always felt so constraint.
I say very inappropriate things to be people alot. Like recently I called a high lever manager at work a pen pusher. People around me couldn't believe what I had just said, as could I. At my wedding I mistakenly didn't write down my speech. Bad bad thing to do if you have ADHD. I made some comments that still haunt me today!
I'm feeling incredibly fustrated as people with ADHD will probably know, impatience is an understatment. All I want now is to be officially diagnosed so I can start to finally get on with my life in a way that works for me. I can live with Tourettes as I have for over 20 years, but untreated ADHD I can not.
I'm currently waiting for an appointment with a psychiatrist for which was referred by a GP. However the stories I've heard of waiting time within the NHS scare the hell out me. I can not wait that long.
If any one has read this far, Thank You. This is more of a release of my fustration than anything else.
Nice to be here anyway!
I'm a 27 y/o Male with undiagnosed ADHD. I also suffer from tourettes syndrome which is a whole other type of misery.
Like many others I wasn't aware the issues I've had my whole life were down to ADHD until I read about the common link between TS and ADHD. At first I totally dismissed it as I wasnt this overly active naughty kid who always got in trouble, which is the unfair stereotype I had of ADHD. Instead I was more withdrawn, found school life and childhood in general very difficult. I was put into special needs classes in school, after school clubs to aid learning etc. It wasn't because I wasn't intelligent enough, but because I was constantly distracted by what was happening around me, or often day dreaming.
I've been on anti depressants on and off for the past 10 years, had intensive therapy, hypnotherapy, and unsurprisingly nothing has really ever worked.
For me normality is zoning out when people talk to me, never finishing something I've started, one example I've got a half painted shed in the garden which has been like that for the past 3 years and it looks ridiculous, I just got bored! On the other hand I'm always wanting more and I know I can do something incredible but I've always felt so constraint.
I say very inappropriate things to be people alot. Like recently I called a high lever manager at work a pen pusher. People around me couldn't believe what I had just said, as could I. At my wedding I mistakenly didn't write down my speech. Bad bad thing to do if you have ADHD. I made some comments that still haunt me today!
I'm feeling incredibly fustrated as people with ADHD will probably know, impatience is an understatment. All I want now is to be officially diagnosed so I can start to finally get on with my life in a way that works for me. I can live with Tourettes as I have for over 20 years, but untreated ADHD I can not.
I'm currently waiting for an appointment with a psychiatrist for which was referred by a GP. However the stories I've heard of waiting time within the NHS scare the hell out me. I can not wait that long.
If any one has read this far, Thank You. This is more of a release of my fustration than anything else.
Nice to be here anyway!