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by jacques_chester
3986 days ago
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> At least to me, symptoms you wrote sound totally normal and not necessary ADHD. The diagnosis is sometimes unclear to people without ADHD. This is why generally it requires a registered psychiatrist to make the diagnosis and prescribe treatment. People with the "predominantly inattentive" subtype (previously called ADD) typically go undiagnosed for long periods, or indefinitely. I was diagnosed when I was 32. |
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All the school reports that say "James could do better if he stopped daydreaming|looking out the window and focused more". I was lucky I that I came out with absolutely decent GCSEs (mostly As and Bs) but unlucky in that I felt shame and now defeat that I could have done much, much better. College was a write-off, I attempted 3 times but gave in after 3 months each time because the stress caused my inastentiveness in lessons made horrendously boring stoked psychosis which landed me in hospital each time.
A lot of my life seems wasted having not known about ADHD-Pi (and of course my parents and educators), except for programming and computers which not only kept me in some degree sane (I could have been worse) but also led me into a job that seems matched to my traits and with a manager that is willing to overlook my big flaws because he thinks my skills with a computer far outweigh them.
What a journey. I say there's enough to write a book but I've just never got round to it...
EDIT: I've just walked head first into a pole just after pressing submit. Sums up my life entirely.