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Could I have ADHD?

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DanceSingandhavefun · 14/03/2024 11:52

Or some type of Neuro Diversity?

I'll try to describe myself and some of my traits.
I'm generally quite quiet and whilst I can talk to people and look them in the eye I sometimes find it difficult depending on who it is and especially men.
I dislike small talk and although I do talk to people when I'm approached I often prefer smaller groups or prefer to stand on my own at school pick up for example.
I am an anxious person who easily gets overwhelmed when it's too crowded/noisy.

I often don't stay very long in jobs. Usually 1 to 2 years sometimes less. Longest was 4 years but even in that one I left after 3 years but went back making it 4.

In work I get bored doing the same thing and need a new challenge but then when I get the challenge or extra responsibility if there is something that's too hard and my instinct is to run away and I feel I can't do it, getting overwhelmed. Several times I've left jobs then thought I've made a mistake and go back only to leave again a year or 2 later.

I'm crap with reading any kind of instructions for stuff and just prefer to learn by somebody showing me and then me doing it.

I've never been great at expressing my emotions very well and often keep things bottled up until it all becomes too much.

I've only recently thought that maybe I might be a bit different to everyone else early 40s 🤷‍♀️

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TheSnowyOwl · 14/03/2024 11:56

Everything you’ve written could easily be someone who is neurotypical but your last sentence is probably more indicative than anything else because if you feel you are different then there is often something behind that.

I have AuDHD but no neurodivergent person is the same as another. What do you think a diagnosis would benefit you with?

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 14/03/2024 11:57

To be honest it doesn't sound very typical of ADHD. I have ADHD as do two of my children. And a few of my friends (we attract each other)

People who have ADHD tend to be quite emotionally open, and a bit c over sharing and having hearts on our sleeves.

I tend to have about a thousand foot at one time and can follow many different threads but fail to complete lots of things

I hate doing any sort of online assessment over just a few bits of information it could sound a little bit more like you are more on the autism side of Neurodivergence if any. Again a lot of my family has this

That said it isn't really that linear and much more of an umbrella of conditions and people often have more than one.

DanceSingandhavefun · 14/03/2024 12:07

A couple of other things I forgot to mention is I do find it difficult to focus especially when somebody is talking about something really boring that I have no interest in.

Also I can sometimes interrupt people before they've finished talking.

Who knows but thanks for replying.

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Quethemusic · 14/03/2024 12:38

People who have ADHD tend to be quite emotionally open, and a bit c over sharing and having hearts on our sleeves.

Not always, a lot of older adults with ADHD were raised to believe emotions=bad and therefore learned to internalise everything in order to appear normal. Very common actually.

CactusClaire · 14/03/2024 12:39

Asd?

11NigelTufnel · 14/03/2024 13:02

Try taking a few quizzes online. They aren't diagnostic, but can give an indication as to whether it is likely. You would realistically have to pay for an assessment if you wanted one, so worth getting a steer first. Also worth remembering that doing something sometimes probably isn't an indicator.

Hoglet70 · 14/03/2024 14:23

No disrespect to you but half the world has just been diagnosed with ADHD if my instagram feed is anything to go by so fill your boots! Everyone else has got it.

Barbarachicken · 14/03/2024 14:47

@Hoglet70 if everyone else has got it then there would be no neurotypical people & we would all be neurodivergent. There has been a huge increase in women being diagnosed in recent years with both adhd and asd because historically the diagnostic criteria focused on boys only. Thanks to social media it's being talked about a lot more than ever before, & the increased awareness has meant women who have struggled sometimes for years, finally have an answer for their struggles & feeling different. If you are seeing lots of posts in your feed could you in fact be neurodivergent yourself?

OP I'm not an expert but I would start with doing a few online quizzes, a good one is the AQ quotient. If you feel after researching that you would benefit from assessment, then get in touch with your GP who can point you in the right direction. Or, you may have to pay privately as waiting lists can be long.

Hoglet70 · 14/03/2024 15:11

@Barbarachicken I'm definitely not 'normal'!

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