Women: When were you diagnosed? | ADHD Information

I don't know how many votes you'll get b/c a lot of adhd adults didn't make it through college.    I was diagnosed after my daughter was.  It had nothing to do with "before or after college".

I agree that there needs to be a couple of more choices since not all people chose to go to college and many who did didn't make it through on their 1st try.

I was diagnosed before my son was.Then we figured out what his problem is.

worldisround39022.5687962963When I made the poll, I didn't see that I could have any more choices and I'm very sorry ... I'm thinking as a 23 year old who graduated from college in '05 and grew up knowing that i would go to college for sure y'know?  Next time, I will be more thoughtful!  Thanks for reminding me :) Just for fun, let me try to add college to the mix here..I was diagnosed post my first attempt at college and prior to my second attempt...after my child was diagnosed.

[QUOTE=Jamila10ten] ... I'm thinking as a 23 year old who graduated from college in '05 and grew up knowing that i would go to college for sure y'know?  :) [/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know...thats how I grew up.  It was instilled in me by my parents that college was just the next step in the progression of life...but unfortunately for many with ADHD, especially those of us in our 30, 40, and 50's +,  weren't diagnosed as childern..and without knowing what the problem was and how to treat it (via meds. accommodations or both), well, it made completing college almost an impossibility. 

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I wish that I had been diagnosed earlier in life because I have truly suffered over the years.

I'm one week diagnosed at age 33. After children.

I was diagnosed earlier this year, just one month before turning 47.  This was many years after completing college.  My daughter had been diagnosed two years earlier with ADHD.  I spent the following two years thinking that she must have gotten it from someone on my husband's side of the family, as no one on my side seemed to be hyper.  Then, I stumbled across the symptoms of Adult ADD, and immediately made the connection.I was diagnosed earlier this year...at 31