I don't really know how to start this so I'll just jump right in.
All my life I have been disorganised, a day dreamer, always loosing stuff, very scatter brained, a terrible procrastinator and almost incapable of concentrating on things that don't seriously grab my attention, as well as often starting tasks but not finishing them
This has affected my life in numerous ways, stupid mistakes at work getting me fired, failing exams as I really struggled to make myself revise, easily getting bored with new jobs, disorganisation even affects my relationship with my dp negatively.
I was on YouTube looking for a video on how to stop procrastinating and just get shit done when I got distracted by another video on adhd, and fell down a bit of a rabbit hole. An awful lot of it rang huge bells for me. I ended up taking a lot of online quizzes from various reasonably reputable sites and getting 'highly likely, go and see a dr'. Still I dismissed it as I'm nearly 30 and thought if I had it, it would have been spotted years ago, and perhaps I was just pathologising normal behaviour and thought patterns.
I also commented on a friend's (who I know has adhd) status on Facebook about how I'm coping in lockdown (I'm not) and he replied along the lines of 'get out of my head' because the things I had recounted were exactly the same as his thoughts /experiences.
That led me to get in touch with my gp who gave me a telephone consultation. I recounted basically what I said here and they have referred me for counselling (all over the phone obviously due to covid).
My first appointment is next Wednesday and I'm so nervous.
What if I don't have it and am just lazy and thoughtless?
What if no one believes me?
What if they dismiss me?
I'm not really sure what I'm trying to get out of this post and thank you if you have read this far.
Has anyone else had a diagnosis as an adult? Did it help?
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BillywigSting · 25/06/2020 15:52
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