I agree totally with what you have said. Getting a diagnosis is life changing. I was diagnosed with Autism in my 50s. It totally has changed my life, everything now makes sense and I find it so much easier to cope with whatever life throws at me. I know I need to have alone time so I can be around people, I know to plan situations that I'm going to face so then I'm able to cope better. It has also helped friends and family to understand my thought processes and that I am not being rude and thoughtless
I’m so happy for you!! That’s so amazing in your 50s to finally understand how to work with your brain, rather than against it, and really get a chance to give yourself what you need ❤️
It's like you're telling my story. I'm in Australia and in between my self-diagnosis and second therapist - the first one ignored my concerns about ADHD, so I had to start over (so much time and money wasted). It's so true that when you take away those high anxiety levels you lose your primary motivator. You have to fall back onto shame/guilt/extreme panic that pushes through the meds to get anything done - there's no positive motivator "awakening". I feel like I've found my reason for being, every thing, every moment, every f*** up in my life makes sense when I look through the ADHD lens. I've spent my life shamed for being the way I am/think/act, and now I'm being accused of just wanting a label, an excuse. Damn if you do, damn if you don't. I wish us all going down this path luck - you wouldn't go down it if you didn't know in your bones that this is your truth.
Wow this is such a profound comment. Thank you so much for sharing, and for helping to validate how I’ve been feeling too. You’re 100% right about no-one just casually going down this path; you only do it when you know there’s so other way around it anymore. Wishing you so much strength ❤️
I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and went back to the Drs as an adult and they basically told me to get to the back of the queue and start the whole process from scratch.
