Adult ADHD: Patient Perspectives and Best Practice Strategies

I am now hyper-focused on understanding my ADHD and have binged like 10 of these talks so far.

Gotta love that I looked up “tips for inattentive ADHD” and got a video that’s an hour and a half long lol

When he said, “But when you part the curtains a little bit and you recognise how distrustful they are of themselves because they can’t help it, nearly everything they’ve touched in their lives hasn’t gone the way it ought to” well cue the tears. ADHD is always so minimised, but it’s fucking hard to live with.

I’m 68 and was reading about adhd and I was saying that’s me ! I asked my doctor and I’m on adderal Now . I’ve had a terrible time health wise since 60 was waiting to die Now that I can do my art again I would like to stay around for a while .

Avoidance as a coping strategy has become a major obstacle to nearly every aspect of my life...

“How many tasks did they not do because they learned not to try” That one hit me hard. I get that feeling that anything I try to do crumbles so it’s just better not to try.

Anxiety makes complete sense when you have difficulty paying attention. You know you're missing things, but don't know what and have a history of getting in trouble for things you may not have even been aware of....so you're constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. How does one not feel anxious when that's your life experience?

This video made me cry because I wish everyone could see how difficult it is to live with ADHD. Thank you so much to the doctors in this video

Those that do find jobs, become fearful of losing said job - so we tend to learn how to mask ourselves in order to get thru a work day. But the flip side to that is once we get home, we've nothing left.

It’s sort of painful to know that your younger self suffered so much shit because of an undiagnosed disorder. I realised that everything in my life has been because of ADHD, my bad timekeeping, interrupting people, emotion fluctuation, forgetfulness, depression, suicidal thoughts, impulsiveness and the list could go on forever. What I thought was my personality flaws and something I could solely fix by being a ‘better’ person was something to do with how differently my brain is wired compared to a normal person. But I also know that having adhd I realised how much of a determined person I am to have gone and passed law school, be able to get a full time job, maintain family and friend close relationship, volunteer etc.

Everyone talking about the irony of a vid on ADHD being so long...it was a presentation for healthcare providers.

It's easy to watch a 90min video about ADHD while greatly suffering from ADHD because every 30 seconds I point at the screen and yell, "IT ME!" [then try not to cry from the bittersweet message that this is one of the most treatable psychiatric disorders yet your physicians and counselors over the years have treated you like a junkie every time you asked to get an ADHD test. never even gave screener. i almost killed myself for something that is diagnosable and treatment has been available for a long time.]

The statistics in this lecture actually blew my mind. Holy cow. This was basically a narration of my life, as a woman late-diagnosed in her early 40s.

Too many ppl fall through the cracks. I just realized that I have ADHD. took 50 years to find out. highly dysfunctional. wish i had been diagnosed early in life. there is no doubt that my life would have been totally different had I been treated smh

This video describes me perfectly. I recently went to my Dr to see about adhd, he said since I graduated high school and held down a job, I don't have adhd, and he thinks I need antidepressants, which have never worked for me. When I straight up asked about trying methylphenidate, he told me I could go to a college campus and buy some speed to try it out. I was so angry I wanted to scream. There are a lot of terrible doctors out there.

ADHD is currently killing me, I cannot get meds, I've flunked out of school seven times, can't hold a job for long, and now my business is failing because I am missing deadlines and am taking too long to prepare for the day. I am afraid that if I cannot get the appropriate doctor and subsequent medication that I may be relegated to living in a tent and then cashing in my chips.

I’m 60 and often wonder “why am I riding my motorcycle like a madman, why is everyone going slow”. I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD but continually fail to realise the impact it has on my life. I live by myself, no way would I put someone through the stress of living with me. ADHD... the gift that keeps giving

I've been treatment-resistant to meds my entire adult life. Been on 10 different meds for my depression and anxiety. Nothing seemed to help. All of this describes my life, hauntingly so. It's both terrifying and a revelation. I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 30, a few weeks ago. Now on meds and hopeful for the future.

Minute 51 where he begins to talk about people with ADHD beginning to not attempt anymore... "how much do you not do bc you learn the hard way not to try anymore" to have less apparence of impairment ... learn the art of avoiding things... hit me right in the feels... :'( I have so many regrets and now that i'm 30, I feel like I am too old to go after what used to be my dreams. I wasn't diagnosed until mid-20s, after I was out of undergrad and sought out diagnosis myself when I had my own insurance, since my parents didn't believe in ADHD. I wish I had gotten treatment when younger. Some clued in teachers saw it, I think; others just thought I was quirky or whatever since I wasn't awful at school, was in honors/ap/gifted classes, but turned in everything late all the time and got away with it.

I'm a cleaner , I'm currently hiding in the supply closet listening to this instead of work. Best procrastination material ever it's inspired me to have another try at getting help ... It's also made me completely not interested in the next few hours of work I'd rather just go for a walk or call my psych and talk about this or something now I'm kinda pissed off I gotta go back to work now 😂😂😂😂 I'll come out if the closet (no pun intended) soon I'm building up to it 😅😅😅