Now I'm more like "tomorrow I will do my best and when it fails, I'll try again". It doesn't really fix anything at all, but at least it has given me a tiny bit more peace of mind to finally accept that I don't actually fail on purpose.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yep. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was like 35.

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Oh well.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wrong! I was only 27 when I got diagnosed 💪💪

[–] zenforyen@feddit.org 3 points 10 months ago

Haha, about the same. Now 32 and feel like I'm the best I've ever been since diagnosis and medication 💪

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Only 30? I'm still waiting at 42...

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Damn. The ADHD memes need to chill.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and what's difficult is that real improvement is possible, but you get stuck in this rut where you view attempts to improve yourself as pointless.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nah, before I was diagnosed I was basically a zombie raising from the dead each morning through sheer willpower.

[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

but ADHD meds don't work on me

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How many have you tried? Also it never fixes everything, like for me it mostly just helps with maintaining focus on things, but executive function is still fucked.

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