diagnosis

[scorpiolady22]

All my life I have felt “different” I had to always put on an act to try to fit in. I used to wonder why people and students a school seemed to make friends and want to do things together. It was as if there were 2 of me, I masked. The one that went to school/college and university and then there was the real me that wanted to be left alone and free to study, read etc. I did experience child abuse when very young. But this is not the cause. I believe I have felt awkward and depressed all my life, but of course there were no diagnosis in that era.

my 34 year old son has just been diagnosed with ADHA (after being told when he was a child that I was an over anxious mother) My 7 year old grandson has moderate to severe autism and adhd. When I watch them it is like watching a part of myself. It makes so much sense.

am I ridiculous in wanting to find an answer for myself after all this time. Is it worth it? If so how would I even go about it. My GP just sees me as this depressive with physical health problems. Where would I even start.

thank you in advance x

[FlashGordon77]

hi I am 46 and currently going through the adult ADHD process. My Father has undiagnosed ADHD and my son has autism and ADHD. There is a family genetic link research shows. For me, it’s helped me begin to understand who I am and why I do the things I do. When I hit peri menopause it made my adhd traits really obvious and makes meno symptoms more severe too. Personally I think you should go for it, it’s never too late to understand yourself or access help. If you have the money go private as the NHS waiting list is 2/3 years in some places - I am waiting for NHS though as I’m learning how to manage my ADHD and menopause without meds currently but want to consider meds in the future. Good luck x x

[ConfusedKate in reply to FlashGordon77]

thank you for your reply. I think I am going to get a diagnosis as, your right I do need to understand myself. Xx

[FlashGordon77 in reply to ConfusedKate]

maybe go to your GP first and ask about referral for diagnosis? My ADHD was spotted by a psychiatrist otherwise I would be none the wiser. I just thought I was a bit weird really!! Xx

[Tanwayne]

They say ADHD is genetic back in the days doctor didn't check for these conditions so many people are miss diagnosed.go for it