[brendoelfrendo]

Hey, 32 years old and got diagnosed with ADHD-Inattentive Type this year.

I guess the big thing is to work with your mental health care team to figure out a treatment plan. Medications for ADHD do work pretty well; I started Adderall and, shortages notwithstanding, I find that it works for me and my body tolerates it pretty well, but your mileage may vary.

Regardless of whether or not you start medication, though, consider therapy or counseling to build better strategies for improving your focus. What I found is that Adderall will help me focus, but not necessarily help me focus on the right thing. Improving your attention span is half the battle, the other half is breaking bad habits and building new ones that help you get things done. For me, my ADHD is coupled with anxiety, so managing my anxiety and building confidence was key.

So yeah, I hope that helps at least a little.

[michaelleland]

I have a lot of anxiety as well, and I (now) am assuming that a large part of it is due to ADHD.

What did/does therapy look like for you?

[brendoelfrendo]

Therapy for me doesn't look like much of anything at the moment! I'm planning to seek it out, though, and either set something up with my current mental health practitioner or get a referral from them now that I've noticed some persistent maladaptive behaviors. I think that there are CBT strategies that can help with ADHD, by identifying bad habits and building coping strategies to help get away from them. It can help with anxiety, too.

My psychiatrist did say that anxiety and ADHD often come together; the one tends to exacerbate the other.