Have I adhd?

[Whenthefogbeingstolift]

What traits or symptoms made you think you have adhd?

My main one was jumping from one subject to another very very fast.. and expecting people to know what l was talking about.
Making rash decisions were a close second... and not paying attention.

In addition to the above, impulsivity, forgetfulness (sometimes catastrophic), disorganisation, messiness, extreme procrastination...

Have all of the above and more 😔 how have I got to 37 and have just realised this is a possibility.

@Moier I also do this. Change from subject to subject mid conversation and the other persons head is in a spin.

@Bowietips How long was ur diagnosing process? The more I read up on wait times, I might go private if I can.

@Bowietips @Moier Do you take medication?

I strongly suspect I have adhd. In addition to the above, my brain is just a very noisy place. It’s always whirring away, very rarely quiet or calm. I find myself on MN or doomscrolling just as ‘chewing gum’ for my mind.

im also incredibly quick to jump around in conversation and with other adhd-ers can actually have a single conversation that has multiple concurrent threads. I also randomly blurt things into conversation, especially at work, and this is the result of my brain having finished processing something and just producing the answer whether it’s my turn or not.

I also have rejection sensitive dysphoria, which is extreme adverse reaction to anything I perceive as vaguely negative feedback or rejection. My brain translates that as the other person hating me and it can make me spiral.

All of the above! And needing a clean house but not able to keep on to pod it like a normal person.. Struggling to plan and cook meals.

Struggling to get good jobs.

I didn't know until I had psychosis and was referred to EIP. EIP spotted it straight away and got me a referral appointment.

Suddenly, my whole life made sense!

The appointment was last year. I'm 53.

Oh, and day one of taking meds - omg. The silence! The peace!

I had no idea how manic my brain was.

The relief was incredible and I'd never known.

I'm still in titration and due a meds review.

@Duckinglunacy Will you seek a diagnosis? Yes to the noisy brain. I thought everyone thought like this to recently.
Rejection sensitive dysphoria also. I've lost many friends and family members to this over the years.

@MineMineMineMineMine same. Wanting a clean house but not doing anything productive about it. Too busy looking up tik tok and saving cleaning videos etc into albums to never be looked at again while house falls in around me.
Struggle making meals too and just life in general. Always late to work threw together.

I actually did ask my GP for a referral a few months ago, returned the forms by email, and I’m pretty sure they’ve done nothing with it. But I lack the appetite to ask, especially as GP surgeries have merged locally and a couple of my friends are now in the GP team.

It’s also not all negative for me. I’m an incredibly creative thinker and often see things in unusual ways. That gives me an advantage in some scenarios, though I struggle to get people to mentally come with me, and I think it’s because I jump to the finish too quickly and don’t always let people come to their own conclusions

@OldTinHat Can I ask, what meds do you take? I've long suspected I have adhd but never bothered to pursue it because my GP is generally rubbish anyway. But the brain noise is exhausting and seeing your comment makes me wonder if I should pursue.

@OldTinHat Do you think your psychosis was caused by ur undiagnosed adhd? I have a feeling my life is starting to make sense too. Just not officially yet. Been told from a 16 that I have depression.

@OldTinHat sorry didn't see your other post. What medication do you take? Was the whole process long? Truly happy you have found your peace

Strongly suspect I do but the inattentive type rather than the "H. Still debating if I should go and get officially diagnosed or if/how it will help. Can only manage life with extensive use of lists, everything last minute, constant need for dopamine hits to get anything done, always starting a million and one things but not finishing, hyperfocuses which when they're gone, they're gone, chronically untidy (again can only be managed by lists), always losing things, procrastination, "work hard but not smart"... massive issues with sensitivity to noise in particular, but when I was a child, I was hypersensitive to every little thing. Never had any problems with making and keeping friends (though am very one to one rather than 'group'), but lots of problems with romantic relationships as am always very hot or very cold- there's a dopamine element there too-, so scared because I don't want to hurt anyone (which I have, badly) nor be hurt (which I have, badly), and I don't deal with either very well.

I think I've developed strategies for managing it to "mostly normality" day to day without realising that's what I was doing, but I've always known I seemed to be wired a little different (have two relatives very similar, which is another thing) and some "normal" things seemed SO much harder for me than other people. It can all fall apart very easily too. But like others, my creativity and capacity for generating ideas is good, I seem to see patterns and links between ideas more easily than others around me and at work etc, so can come up with good solutions. It also helps to be fairly academic, but I think that masks some of the problems too.

When I read about the symptoms of inattentive ADHD (I'm in my 50s) which I was looking at about one older relative, rather than myself, a light went on, honestly. I cried, because I too fitted almost everything, especially the dopamine thing. It explained so many things about me, but I'm so sad that things could have been so different if I'd known or it had been recognised. I just thought I was lazy and a bit weird.

@hihelenhi You wrote exactly how i am feeling too. Only you have written it so beautifully and honestly. Go get diagnosis and help. I've sat all evening going through this forum and many more and the difference a diagnosis can make can be life changing. I don't want to live like this anymore.
I get the dompaine seeking too. I too have also hurt alot of people too. It's sad but uncontrollable.

I didn't even think about the possibility of being ADHD until my dc was officially diagnosed. So many of her traits I have and the more I looked into it the more I realise it is highly likely I am ADHD. Unconsciously I must have known something wasn't right as I was always trying to find an answer in a self-help book. I was about 12 when I read a book about how not to procrastinate!!! I have always been told I am too sensitive. I worked very hard at building a thick skin over my adult life although I still find myself overthinking things and being easily upset. I don't think I am going to attempt to get an official diagnosis as due to waiting times we ended up paying for my dc's assessment and I don't want to spend that money again. I'd love to find a support group though.

All of this is me! Surely not adhd I’d know.

Oh I so hope it's like this for me.

I'm trying to make sure my BP isn't sky high so when I get my assessment early next year I'm eligible if offered.