I dont really know where else to write this, feel free to comment

Recently ive been diagnosed with ADHD and honestly? Im relieved as hell, but also cursed

Its been a thing hanging in the air for all my life since obviously all my life i had these symptoms but never confirmed...
But now that it is confirmed, i feel more trapped than ever..

I know the root of many of the mental issues i have been suffering from and why i had the insomnia, like many of the issues i have are caused by ADHD but what can i do about it?

Soon as i told my friends they told me to not change and take meds.
Only things they think about are the positives, but as soon as i mention the negatives, they try to push it underneath the covers and cope with it/handle it better, which is obviously true, but at the same time so insensitive..

So just because im loud, on edge, hyper etc..(aka entertaining) i should just neglect how terrible my mind can be?
How since school ive never been able to fully function normal or overthink simple human routines just because my brain isnt wired the same?
How my energy was always "labeled" as a negative cause teachers didnt know...?
Or the fact that my imagination and mental are like a pendulum swing on steriods, like everything hits suuuuuper intense
One minute u feel like God and ur energy is like none other..
The next u feel worse than a s*** fly and u start to question everything about yourself, the literal smallest things, u just feel like a bum and therefor end up in this endless loop of starting new projects and just not being able to finish those...

Which gets me to school and the troubles it has caused me there
Being a black kid in a white community, that is hella loud,active, disorganized af and highly sensitive, i dont have to tell you it was like hell most of the times...

Its then,since a young kid already, ive learned to escape in the world created inside my mind through my own mind or arts..

do what's best for you OP, not your friends.

don’t listen to your friends about this, the meds help. they aren’t perfect, but they do help when you need them.

congrats on the diagnosis though. it’s a lot easier to deal with once you know what you’re dealing with. don’t let it scare you. you’ve always known something was different, and now you can finally say you know what it is. it’s not a positive or negative, it’s just a different way of being.

i’m 99% sure i have ADD but not ADHD, i’m going to see a doctor in a few months to figure it out/get help

Are they really your friends if they know you've been suffering, and they don't want to see you get better?

What are some common signs of ADHD?

both are now classified as ADHD

It’s easy to want to be harsh on your friends but tbh as someone who has another “invisible” disability like that... people that don’t have it too will never understand. It’s not out of ill will, they just don’t get it

Keep in mind I'm not a doctor and these are my own symptoms:

Restlessness
Trouble concentrating
Anxiety
Racing thoughts
Wanting to multitask constantly

8 doobies to the face, fock dot

do you have hyperactive or inattentive subtype? (if you’re okay sharing)

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I feel you OP. Honestly do what is best for you. Your friends kind of speaking from a selfish perspective. No two ways about it. You are the one who has to live in your own head. If they your real friends they will like you for you, plain and simple.

I have the inattentive type, but I show signs of hyperactivity as well which could easily just be my anxiety disorder since ADHD and anxiety have some similarities.

My girlfriend was diagnosed with ADHD when she was a child. Has not used meds but it definitely does affect her life at times. She’s 21 now and can deal with most of the symptoms and has accepted things she’s not as good at as society sometimes expects us to be.

Do something new it aint funny anymore 😕

On the real though @op dont let people hold you down and tell you that you won’t achieve this and that because of your adhd. You’re destined to greater things despite it

I’ve been meaning to get tested for so f***ing long. Went to a counselor on campus my senior year before Rona and he threw it out and then I had to stop going because of everything shutting down and never went back.

It keeps running in my mind, like how long have I been living like this struggling in school, making it impossible to study or do work. Not to mention this lack of energy and forgetting s*** all the time. Not once did I attribute it to ADHD. It kind of pisses me off but I can’t do anything about it now. Just how my life is, just feel like I’ll have to play catch up.

I need to figure out where to get tested seriously because I’m struggling at my current job because I get so f***ing bored and am unable to concentrate and s***

Very mean thing to say to op

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@op

I resonate with a lot of the feelings you mentioned. If you ever wanna chat about s***, hit the PMs and we can talk about that stuff

same. i was diagnosed with generalized anxiety when i got tested too, but i attribute that to going for so long with my ADHD undiagnosed and not knowing how to deal with it

wait fr? since when? im wondering cus i have add