Re: I don't know what to do with my life

[Anonymous]

I have to admit I didn’t make it all the way through the OP but that is because I also have ADD. I can relate to so much of what you’ve posted. I joked for years that I was in my 40’s and didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Life is what happens while you are trying to figure this stuff out.

I also was a wife and mother and my life was almost as chaotic as yours but I was made to feel a failure not just by my own shortcomings, but by my then husband. It’s tough to keep up with everything involved with just being a mom and wife, but off and on I also worked a job, actually many different jobs. Plus while I was still married he was gone all the time, leaving it all up to me, dealing with teachers and principals for my ADHD son who was unmedicated and in quite a bit of trouble due to impulse control issues plus my preteen daughter who was acting out, and an older son and a baby.

Since we got divorced and my kids have grown up some more the issues have changed somewhat, but my desire for a real diagnoses for me (was told by my sons dr to look up adult ADD symptoms) is pretty new. I decided that perhaps medication will help and spoke to a dr because I’m tired of having a horrible credit rating due to late fees and mismanagement of my finances/paperwork, and I’m tired of the severe symptoms affecting my ability to do as well at work or even perhaps get a promotion. I’m on Adderall XR and it’s helping but not getting rid of all the symptoms. Maybe I need a stronger pill? Who knows? I’ll be talking to my dr again next week so it could happen.

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