Winston Smith
Active member
I was diagnosed earlier this year at the ripe old age of 41! It was both a complete shock whilst also being stark nakedly obvious. I’ve come to realise that there are many contradictory aspects of having ADHD.
I’ve tried medication and it just wasn’t for me. By that I mean that I’m not dismissing outright but I feel it dulls my senses and personality that much, that it has to be a last resort for me, once all other options have been explored.
My symptoms are:
Procrastination to the point where it causes anxiety.
I forget things literally as they happen (I’ll go to google search something or look for an email at work and some random thought or noise will distract me and cause I’ll completely forget what I was doing)
I’m impulsive - I can make rash decisions, interrupt people when a thought pops into my head, I can make stupid purchases, speak my mind before fully formulating my idea or opinion etc.
I can stop listening and zone out mid-conversation.
I start a project and be 100% invested in it, only to lose all interest as it goes live (hobbies are the same, relationships were like that until I met my wife and friendships are often like that now)
However now I’m aware I have added several strategies to help me and I keep adding new check points and systems as I go along using trial and error and lots of reading.
One thing that does annoy me is how people on social media try to make it trendy and cool when in most cases it’s actually really debilitating. There are so many misconceptions about neurodivergence still today in 2023 and those posts do not help.
Anyway I’m going off an a tangent now…obviously lol
I’ve tried medication and it just wasn’t for me. By that I mean that I’m not dismissing outright but I feel it dulls my senses and personality that much, that it has to be a last resort for me, once all other options have been explored.
My symptoms are:
Procrastination to the point where it causes anxiety.
I forget things literally as they happen (I’ll go to google search something or look for an email at work and some random thought or noise will distract me and cause I’ll completely forget what I was doing)
I’m impulsive - I can make rash decisions, interrupt people when a thought pops into my head, I can make stupid purchases, speak my mind before fully formulating my idea or opinion etc.
I can stop listening and zone out mid-conversation.
I start a project and be 100% invested in it, only to lose all interest as it goes live (hobbies are the same, relationships were like that until I met my wife and friendships are often like that now)
However now I’m aware I have added several strategies to help me and I keep adding new check points and systems as I go along using trial and error and lots of reading.
One thing that does annoy me is how people on social media try to make it trendy and cool when in most cases it’s actually really debilitating. There are so many misconceptions about neurodivergence still today in 2023 and those posts do not help.
Anyway I’m going off an a tangent now…obviously lol