Have you turned your life around? | ADHD Information

ABSOLUTELY!

Since being diagnosed and going on meds, I see a huge difference in my work performance and interest at home.

My home is cleaner, bills paid on time, laundry done, work done in a timely and efficient manner.

 

This message is for those adults who only found out they had ADD in adulthood:

Has anyone turned their life around after having learned you had ADD? 

We all struggle with the symptoms of ADD - attention to detail, impulsiveness, disorganization, etc. 

Who has taken this new knowledge and adjusted behaviors, therapies, medication, to make your life productive and actually benefit from your ADD?

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This message is for those adults who only found out they had ADD in adulthood:
Has anyone turned their life around after having learned you had ADD?
We all struggle with the symptoms of ADD - attention to detail, impulsiveness, disorganization, etc.
Who has taken this new knowledge and adjusted behaviors, therapies, medication, to make your life productive and actually benefit from your ADD?
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When I first went on Desoxyn a few years, I was skeptical...  I didn't really even admit that there WAS a such thing as ADHD, in adults OR children...  And then by the end of the day, wow, my life had changed.  It was like that day when you try your first pair of glasses.  You never even KNEW you couldn't see, and now you can see perfectly.

I never even realized how easy, or fulfilling it could be to be organized and efficient, and yet not feel bored out of your mind.  How easy it could be to sit through a meeting, for example, without fidgeting and embarassing yourself.  It basically changed my life.

yup.. i always knew something was "off" about me b4 meds & docYes, indeed I have.  When I didn't know what was wrong I couldn't possibly figure out how to fix it.  All I knew was that I couldn't have a "normal" life b/c i was just stupid or something.... couldn't hold a job, etc.  It wasn't much of a life.  At least now ppl close to me know that I am ADD and react accordingly.

Yes. I'm not so hard on me anymore.

I leave that up to ray.

 

I was able to reclaim my life after dealing with the wrong diagnosis for 10 years.  I was diagnosed with depression and treated for it for nearly a decade before I was finally properly diagnosed.  Ultimately, I was put on Adderall and my life took off like never before.  My bills are paid on time, my apartment is tidier (let's be real--it won't ever be perfect!), I have food in the pantry, I was promoted at work (after coming back from being on the brink of being let go) and. . . I had time for dating!  I'm now married and we are hoping to start a family soon.  None of this would have been possible prior to my ADD diagnosis--life was simply too much effort that I couldn't coordinate it all.  I thank God that I know what my condition is because I can treat it properly and live my life!

Absolutely!

I found out about my ADHD 2 years ago this month.  It was after a lifetime of confusion and conflict - being told and believing I was just dumb, clumsy, selfish and just out of sync with the world.  It took losing everything and seeing my last uncle die alone with ADHD symptoms to get moving on my life.

I take meds (dexedrine), use CBT therapy and work hard as well to self-regulate the urges and habits that come with ADHD.

It's never too late to get help. 

Ditto to everyone!  It really is so uplifting(not a word I usually use) to hear everyone's positive stories here. 

I've already made many positive changes since my diagnosis(only this past August), and my husband has come to terms with his ADD as well.  It's great for the both of us to be able to do this together.  I'm hoping to be able to go back on a stimulant sometime, but my brain got fried after forgetting to take it for 3 days, then immediately getting bumped up to an even higher dose by my incoherent psych(supposedly an "expert" in ADHD).  My little neurons got cooked and my brain is still recovering.  But I am hopeful that it will get back to my "normal" someday soon.....

Way to go, everyone!

ali

Hi Lovely!

My life completely changed when I was diagnosed with severe ADHD at the age of 33. At that point, I was in my last year of undergraduate work, barely maintaining a passing gpa and that only by literally rewriting the textbooks over and over for hours every night, until I retained the information. At the point I was diagnosed, I began my journey to understand myself; to understand how I learn and what I needed to change in order to reach my goals in life. I did just that, and I graduated with a 3.9 gpa and maintained the same gpa throughout my masters program. I graduated and am now living my dreams of being a psychotherapist and being able to help others with ADD and ADHD see their dreams become a reality. Its a great feeling and I firmly believe that anyone with ADD/ADHD can realize their dreams!

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This message is for those adults who only found out they had ADD in adulthood:

Has anyone turned their life around after having learned you had ADD? 

We all struggle with the symptoms of ADD - attention to detail, impulsiveness, disorganization, etc. 

Who has taken this new knowledge and adjusted behaviors, therapies, medication, to make your life productive and actually benefit from your ADD?

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