Post by napoleaninrags on Jul 6, 2021 16:48:11 GMT
Hello,
I'm a 32 male, I've never been diagnosed with anything of any sort throughout my life. I have always felt slightly different and recently it's making me very miserable. I posted on a general mental health forum and someone suggested ADHD. I've read a lot about it and it seems to describe me in many ways.
As a child I was always a daydreamer, I created very intense and realistic fantasies, normal child stuff at first, my main thing was about being a footballer and I would create the most elaborate dreams, going into great detail and writing them down. This has lasted my entire life, it's so embarrassing to admit but I spend hours every day in a dreamworld like I did when I was 7! Despite this I have managed to get through life, I've been to University and got a Masters degree. I get very interested in things I like but struggle with stuff I don't. Concentration is difficult and I spend a lot of time wasting time on the internet, on forums arguing about random things.
Another thing, when I am indulging my dreams I sometimes flap my hands (it's controllable and nobody knows I do this), I've heard this is something common in autism? I am usually ok in social situations, although I do get anxious a lot, but I have a lot of good friends, a girlfriend etc. So I don't really see myself as being autistic?
The main thing is the inability to relax, my mind is always on the go, i constantly fidget and always have donea and I get overwhelmed easily. I should have been seen as a kid but I don't think my parents really 'believed' in ADHD (they were very loving parents though). I want to go to my doctor but I'm worried they'll dismiss it because I've come so far in life without being diagnosed. I do feel as if I am capable of so much more in my life, by my mind is such a mess all the time.
Sorry, that's a bit of a ramble there. Just wondered if anyone else has had similar experiences.
I'm a 32 male, I've never been diagnosed with anything of any sort throughout my life. I have always felt slightly different and recently it's making me very miserable. I posted on a general mental health forum and someone suggested ADHD. I've read a lot about it and it seems to describe me in many ways.
As a child I was always a daydreamer, I created very intense and realistic fantasies, normal child stuff at first, my main thing was about being a footballer and I would create the most elaborate dreams, going into great detail and writing them down. This has lasted my entire life, it's so embarrassing to admit but I spend hours every day in a dreamworld like I did when I was 7! Despite this I have managed to get through life, I've been to University and got a Masters degree. I get very interested in things I like but struggle with stuff I don't. Concentration is difficult and I spend a lot of time wasting time on the internet, on forums arguing about random things.
Another thing, when I am indulging my dreams I sometimes flap my hands (it's controllable and nobody knows I do this), I've heard this is something common in autism? I am usually ok in social situations, although I do get anxious a lot, but I have a lot of good friends, a girlfriend etc. So I don't really see myself as being autistic?
The main thing is the inability to relax, my mind is always on the go, i constantly fidget and always have donea and I get overwhelmed easily. I should have been seen as a kid but I don't think my parents really 'believed' in ADHD (they were very loving parents though). I want to go to my doctor but I'm worried they'll dismiss it because I've come so far in life without being diagnosed. I do feel as if I am capable of so much more in my life, by my mind is such a mess all the time.
Sorry, that's a bit of a ramble there. Just wondered if anyone else has had similar experiences.