Adult ADD behaviour - so confused!

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I've recently been diagnosed with ADD as an adult mid 30s. I'm still learning things about myself and whether this is a personality trait or part of the ADD.

This weekend I had some friends over and myself and DH hosted. I spent all week working myself up thinking about what to do, how to keep them entertained etc. They came and we all had a great time, after leaving the house suddenly went from being full of life to just me and my introverted, quiet DH. I went upstairs and burst Into tears. I have no idea what it was, I just felt depressed following the mood of the house changing to a quieter one, whereas when the friends were around, I was looking forward to the quiet and having our own space back.

It makes no sense. Does anyone else feel like this or am I just fickle?

Tired? Premenstrual?

Tired, yes. PMS no

First thoughts are maybe you had built it all up in your mind and after they left it was just a release of tension/anxiety?

I suppose this could happen to anyone and might have nothing to do with ADD. But if we were going to link in to ADD or ADHD then I guess I’d say this could be part of the difficulties of emotional regulation and hyperfocus that are common to the condition. For me personally I could spend a lot of time focusing on something coming up, to the unhealthy exclusion of all else. A forced ending to the object of the hyperfocus might be especially uncomfortable because it was so all consuming. And then my sub par emotional regulation could run with that into an emotional breakdown of some sort. So I can see it. But also I don’t think anyone would be immune to this sort of thing.