Mental health issues or ADHD

[peppapig79]

For years (I'm 42) I have suffered with anxiety and depression but I have got to a point where I just cannot cope anymore and question 'what is wrong with me'. I'm on 200mg Sertraline, had counselling etc etc. My yo DD is neuro diverse and hopefully after a 2 year wait this week she will actually get an official diagnosis. I also wonder whether she also has ADHD. Because I have been doing a lot of research one day I thought sh*t maybe I have ADHD?! Any thoughts or experience of this please?

It wouldn’t surprise me. I spent years trying different MH meds, and it was only once I was under CMHT after having a breakdown that I was diagnosed with CPTSD and ADHD.

The ADHD meds have transformed my life.

Thank you for replying. I literally feel I can't cope anymore.
What is CPTSD and what meds do you take for AdHD?

I'm in a similar situation, has depression all my adult life , never felt like I fit in anywhere, struggle to stay in a job, extreme anxiety, very sensitive, poor executive function. I'm awaiting assessments at the moment but since I've started going through the menopause my symptoms are so much worse . It feels like way more than just depressions , it's hard to explain what's happening in my own head

Oh bless you. I can so relate. That's all an issue I think I could be perimenopausal. I definitely understand how difficult it is to explain what's happening in my head too.
A good friend who has recently had anxiety due to a marriage break up said to me 'I feel so bad for you how do you cope with this anxiety'
How did you get a referral for assessments?

I don't know if this will make sense to anyone i have always described myself as a bit scatty! I thought that was just how I was made 🤷‍♀️

the mental health team at my surgery have referred me. At the moment every day is a struggle . I've had so much time off work because I just can't function and I'm so emotional

Thats good for a referral. I have an appointment with the MH team at my surgery next week so will raise it.
Don't worry about time off work. I had 6 months and then they let me go and I have come to realise right now I am not fit to be employed x

That's how I feel too but it's a struggle financially for me . I keep blaming my job bits it's me and im
nor coping well with it .

Please don't blame yourself, I know it's not easily financially eventually I finally realised its okay not to work after working for 25 years. Society makes us feel like that. Your MH is the most important.

I have felt exactly the same as you peppapig79, have had awful anxiety, depression etc from very early childhood (I am now 49) and it’s getting much worse. My 14 dd is on the waiting list for an ADHD assessment, I hadn’t even given neurodiversity a thought before the school suggested dd may be.
Suffolkmum81 your description is exactly what I would have written to describe myself and it’s definitely been worse since perimenopause.

It's awful isn't it, I feel your pain. Maybe as well get older it gets worse? Reading/researching into neurodiversity and ADD/ADHD it's like the penny has dropped. Maybe it will be the answer I need rather than the feeling of impending doom every frigging day.

Impending doom, totally understand that peppapig79 I feel that every morning too.