Liked, subscribed!!! Newish DX and probably old enough to be her mother😢and deal with regret for decades of “wasted life” feelings. It’s tough. Relate bigly to ALL of this.
looking back, one of my first aha moments that I never noticed was when my school asked me "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I just thought "wow, how would anyone ever ACTUALLY decide this?".... not to mention, who would want to lock themselves down like that? Hmmm. I'm 33 now.
Dani you are adorable. I have my assessment on the 9th November and I can’t wait now. 42 years with undiagnosed ADHD and a massive trail of broken dreams behind me. This sort of content gives me hope.
As a recently diagnosed freelance artist who struggles with perfectionism, I think I shouted "How DARE you!" 4 separate times when Dani started just describing my life back to me as her own experience. (to be clear, I was happy about this)
Just finally got diagnosed at the age of 34 and Only because I was looking into it for my son and I pushed for an evaluation for myself and was even told at that point that even if I was confirmed I’d have to have references such as family and school reports throughout my childhood to prove snuggling before I could be medicated. I told this to my new psych and she was like no if I can see that you have it then I can diagnose you and not need those things to help. Been on medicine for a few months now and holy poop bat man the difference is huge. I feel terrible that I got robbed of the help I needed as a kid but I’m happy that I’m finally getting the help I need now. Obviously I still have lots to work on but I’m doing the best I can.
Liked, subscribed!!! Newish DX and probably old enough to be her mother😢and deal with regret for decades of “wasted life” feelings. It’s tough. Relate bigly to ALL of this.
looking back, one of my first aha moments that I never noticed was when my school asked me "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I just thought "wow, how would anyone ever ACTUALLY decide this?".... not to mention, who would want to lock themselves down like that? Hmmm. I'm 33 now.
Dani you are adorable. I have my assessment on the 9th November and I can’t wait now. 42 years with undiagnosed ADHD and a massive trail of broken dreams behind me. This sort of content gives me hope.
Mine is on the 8th - also can’t wait. Wish you the best 💛 We got this.
As a recently diagnosed freelance artist who struggles with perfectionism, I think I shouted "How DARE you!" 4 separate times when Dani started just describing my life back to me as her own experience.
(to be clear, I was happy about this)
Just finally got diagnosed at the age of 34 and Only because I was looking into it for my son and I pushed for an evaluation for myself and was even told at that point that even if I was confirmed I’d have to have references such as family and school reports throughout my childhood to prove snuggling before I could be medicated. I told this to my new psych and she was like no if I can see that you have it then I can diagnose you and not need those things to help. Been on medicine for a few months now and holy poop bat man the difference is huge. I feel terrible that I got robbed of the help I needed as a kid but I’m happy that I’m finally getting the help I need now. Obviously I still have lots to work on but I’m doing the best I can.
We're so glad you found a psych who was willing to listen and help. It's a game changer for sure!