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It’s a tough situation, I know. I live in a big city and it’s still been hard to find therapists and doctors who really understand ADHD. My son is actually with a therapist who used to treat a lot of veterans for PTSD and she talks about the similarities between ADHD and PTSD.
Being undiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed takes its toll. Try to use the resources you can access. If you can’t get a prescription for ADHD meds, I’m not necessarily encouraging you to use caffeine, but it can have a positive impact on some people (not in the late afternoon/evening if you can help it though). Eating properly with lots of lean protein can help (not always easy on a budget, but we all do what we can).
The internet is full of helpful info. There’s lots of good info on this site and Dr. Ed Hallowell has some good stuff at http://www.drhallowell.com/
You can’t change everything about yourself all at once, even with meds and all the other stuff. My strategy has been to concentrate on one thing and try to fix it, either through developing a habit . At one point, I put a rubber band around my wrist and snapped it to stop my cycle of anxious thoughts. It wasn’t perfect but it helped. I have a very cheap (and ugly) sports watch I set to beep on the hour and has a timer/stopwatch to remind me when to leave for appointments.
Baby steps, baby steps, but don’t give up on yourself.
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