As an adult (I use that term oh so loosely) diagnosed with A.D.D. and battling the near constant chaos in my mind, I decided that there's got to be a lot of others out there like me. Thus, I want to share my experiences, lessons learned, tips, and frustrations of living with A.D.D.
Let me begin with a little back story to give you some context. After suffering (and I do mean suffering) through elementary school, junior high, high school, and a few years at university I was diagnosed at 22 years old with A.D.D. At first I was angry — why did it take so long to diagnose (because I am a girl, that's why), what successes have I missed out on, this is so unfair, why I have to battle this for the rest of my life? This anger and frustration gave way to fear — how much of my personality isn't actually me but the manifestations of A.D.D., will I be able to succeed in life and become a confident and self-sufficient person? Then, after quite a bit of soul searching (and therapy) I decided that despite how angry, sad, and scared I was, the only way I could succeed and become a self-sufficient person was on my own accord — day by day and task by task.
Oh, did I mention that my A.D.D. is exacerbated by an even later diagnoses of bipolar II? Juuuust perfect!
And as a last comment of an already too long first post I want to apologize for my atrocious punctuation, but you probably know, once an A.D.D.er hyperfocuses, it's just too boring and tedious to fix the little stuff.
On last comment (my A.D.D. has to be ridiculously evident by now), welcome to my new blog. I'd love for you to comment on your own personal experiences as my goal is to have a judgmental-free place for you to learn and vent and identify with others.
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