Re: 32 years old and I finally put two and two together

[Anonymous]

I went through my life thinking I was a screwup, I felt I was smart but could not succeed, my social skills were great in the short term but I had very few long term friends. I was always in arguments with people, I was a wreck looking for a place to happen, I often hung out with older people because their world moved faster, when I drank I was a binge drinker, I didn’t drink often but did it all in one night then passed out. I dropped out of high school in Gr. 11, later got a G.E.D. Gr. 12 standing and manage to do an apprenticeship, although I managed to skip 2 levels of training, when I was 50 I got a diploma in Operations Management because I was able to write the exams, had a terrible time with assignments and projects I worked a year in the field and got fired because I couldn’t follow directions or organise projects. I went back to school and trained as a computer tech, did that for five years and switched back to my original trade of Mechanic, Now I teach aprentices but fly by the seat of my pants with terrible organisation abilities. During my work career I’ve had 40 different employers and five spouses. Finally at Christmas time during the school break I was watching Dr. Oz and the subject was ADHD, I couldn’t believe it, they were talking about my life, the more I watched the more I felt like crying, not from sadness but from the epiphany I was having, It all made sence, I finally understood why everyone all my life had though I was a jerk. When I got my senses back I started researching, I googled and read and watched videos and bought books, I went to my doctor and asked for a referral to the local psychiatrist who advertised knowledge of adult ADHD. Finally last week on April 26 I had my appointment and on Friday I started on Concerta 18mg (low to start as I have some cardiac conditions to work around) I had my 65 birthday on Feb. 17, it has been a long time coming, I sure hope it works.

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