So since ive gotten my psychosis and mood episodes more under control, and right now almost all the way under control, im still left with attention issues, impulsive movements and lack of direction with tasks, racing bouncing thoughts that are incredibly disorganized, constant psychomotor agitation. So now ive accepted my unofficial diagnosis of ADHD and can see it clearly. So i know now how to articulate whats going on, now that im not in constant survival mode with working while being too disabled to handle it.
I cant wait to get approved for medicaid so i can see a psychiatrist and get assessed.
Im disappointed ive been in the mental health system for ocer a decade and theyre just now picking up on the adhd
Here in the uk waiting lists can be up to 8 years to be seen for an ADHD assessment, luckily I went via RTC, but if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t be seen until I would be 48.
It took 27 years from when Asperger’s was an official dx to get the diagnosis. I almost certainly have the inattentive type of ADHD.Organising and planning difficulties are more than mild cognitive deficits . I struggle a lot when it comes to prioritising multistep tasks. Luckily I now have family support to keep my flat clean . Back in Essex I got so overwhelmed I went into avoidant mode, and was living in very messy conditions. My daughter and granddaughters would do a major cleaning job every time they visited.
I’m not sure people here believe me as to how cognitively debilitating the ‘ADHD-I’ symptoms are. and the size of the adaptive functioning < IQ gap.
I can absolutely relate. Well i was 26 when diagnosed with ASD level 2 but he wrote in my report that while my anxiety affected my IQ testing in person and made me score average, he could tell i had a high IQ given my educational history and manner of speaking, and said i had a wide gap between intelligence and level of funcrioning, and that was when i was functioning more at a level 1 socially, whereas now it feels more like like 2 on sensory and social. Not to mention cognitive decline since college due to mental illness
I’ve been seeing my doctor since around the end of 2017… and only last year did she start quite confidently suggesting that it might be ADHD. To be honest, I’m not sure… I can definitely be very impulsive at times, I struggle with boring tasks, and sometimes I’m too lazy to even get out of bed to take out the trash — but in my case, I’m not convinced it’s not just the result of past trauma. I was an active, quick, capable child — if there had been a serious problem, surely the teachers would have noticed it long ago… But just in case, I’m reading literature and articles about ADHD, maybe I’m just having a hard time admitting that I might have it.
I don’t know… it feels like a sign that I was born different — and yet, since childhood, I’ve always seen myself as a very sociable, strong, and successful person. It’s like this shatters the image I’ve gotten used to feeling and believing about myself… Sometimes I get angry — one diagnosis after another is just too much. Having one disorder on the psychotic spectrum is enough @Loke
