Kind of figured by now

[branchandroot]

Congratulations to me, I am now the proud possessor of an ADHD diagnosis.



Which I’d pretty much figured, after a dozen or so too many moments of “…wait a minute” while reading friends and acquaintances writing about their own experience of it. And after 50 years of living with it, I’ve got it just about as managed as it’s possible to be, but it’s nice to have my sense of myself confirmed, and also to have some help polishing a few coping mechanisms, and also to have something to take to my next doctor when I finally gird myself up to play pin-the-tail-on-the-medication with a scheduled substance, which frankly sounds like a special level of hell.

OTOH, everyone notes that that part gets way easier when you’ve got the meds, so.

…still gonna give the saffron extract a go first.

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[branchandroot]

Yeah, seeing your description is what will probably get me to a psychiatrist for a Rx. I'm so, so tired of playing spoons with my executive function.

[synecdochic]

It's not perfect, but the first time I was verbally interrupted while in heavy focus mode, given a task to do, did it immediately, and then picked up what I'd been doing with no half hour gap to have to get back to the focus was fucking AMAZING. Also, the meds lower the activation energy for starting things so far that these days I just think of something I need to do and then do it instead of sitting there frozen for 3 hours knowing I need to do the thing but not being able to make myself start. It's incredible, honestly.