In my 60's and recently diagnosed.

[onjLover]

I first heard of ADHD in the 90's, when I was in my 30's. It was about children, not adults. In the 00"s, when I in my 50's, I made a friend, in his 40's, who talked about his ADHD. His symptoms sounded like things I was experiencing my whole life, but that info was just pushed to the back of mind only to resurface occasionally.

I have been treated for depression since my late 20's: therapy and meds. A lot of symptoms: lack of focus and motivation, etc., I attributed to depression. Only recently have I learned that it was also ADHD.

Anxiety has been severe the last year, mostly to due at work, where I was put on a Performance Improvement Plan because I was meeting productively goals.

I had a severe breakdown, and I have been on disability since July 2024.

It took several attempts to find a Healthcare provider who would take my concerns for ADHD seriously and to test me. It's been three months since the positive result for ADHD Inattentive Disorder and I've been getting treatment for the ADHD as well as new treatment for the Depression and Anxiety.

I am feeling much better and ready to go back to work in mid-February.

I still have much to learn and work on and looking for more resources and coping skills to be more effective in my career in Software Testing.

[maribux]

hi, i hope it will be all ok from now. I have the same story and I was diagnosed only this year at 67. I was never treated for depression because I did too many things (also at work) and the doctors did not believed it was depression. So I lived all my life struggling to be “normal” but of course feeling no happiness. Now I am trying to understand where the world is different from me and how to cope with that.

[Mamamichl]

I’m so glad you could make a turn around! I was diagnosed anxiety in my 20s and finally my adhd 3 years ago at 38. Still have work trouble, but that’s because I had been with supervisors that only see my problems, and never saw me as a positive to have on their team until my new position since September. Remember: you are interviewing the company as much as they are interviewing you. I’m straight forward about my strengths and drawbacks, and it finally paid off.

[Betbren47]

I was in my late 50s when diagnosed and it has been such a breakthrough for me. Medication has helped tremendously. I continue to read and research about life as an ADHD adult and I'm starting to feel less like I'm dysfunctional than the norm (whatever that means) and starting to feel empowered by the fact that my ADHD is yes challenging but contributing to my person albeit in my own unique way.

[Burnout67]

Hi, my adult son has inattentive adhd and possibly Asphergers and is on concerta . We are making a drs appointment so he can go on an antidepresant because i see the symptoms and read it is very common to have one with the other.He used to say he is not depressed but I feel that to see hoarding , bad heigene , no motivation to do anything but his gaming, has to have a toll on his mental health. I cant watch him drown. I am fortunate that he has always trusted me to help him.