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🧵Friday 3rd December was an important milestone for me
One year ago I was diagnosed with combined (inattentive + hyperactive) ADHD 🧠
and entirely by coincidence it was International Day of Disabled People #IDDP
One year ago I was diagnosed with combined (inattentive + hyperactive) ADHD 🧠
and entirely by coincidence it was International Day of Disabled People #IDDP
Inspired by others on here, particularly @balon_marie @ZJAyres @elebelfiore @wiasnofficial @ravenscimaven I want to share my diagnosis story and what I've learnt in the last year
Mid-late 2021 I was a mess. The stress of the pandemic and WFH had completely trashed my sub-conscious coping mechanisms
I was so exhausted I could barely walk to the end of the road. The lowest point was calling an ambulance because I thought I was having a stroke....
I was so exhausted I could barely walk to the end of the road. The lowest point was calling an ambulance because I thought I was having a stroke....
#thread A year ago today, at the age of 45, I received my ADHD diagnosis (inattentive, with sub-threshold hyperactive symptoms). The breakup of my marriage, burnout and the pandemic messing up with coping and masking mechanisms developed over a lifetime of living with an
undiagnosed disability meant that I was feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, lost and lonely. And above all so very full of shame for my inability to cope, which I saw as the unmistakable evidence of character flaws and limitations to my capabilities that I had taken great pains to
Keep hidden. How, you ask? By working every minute of the day and night, harming relationships and my own physical and mental health. By pushing me to ‘make up’ for my lack of focus and organisation. I’m not going to lie: the diagnosis was life changing but also hard to come to
