so i am curious how everone's life has changed sence diagnosis/medication/treatment. i'll hit it off :)
(i was diagnosed recently and already have a before and after story, how great is that??)



my life before i was diagnosed with ADHD was in ruins,

in the past 3 years i had had more then 6 jobs. (and am currently unemployed)
i had been working on my associates degree for 6 years
had changed my major waaay to many times to count, nursing?... no i wanna do... astrophysics?... no i wanna do... paramedic?... no i wanna do... vet tech?... no i wanna do... vet?... no i wanna do... army? ect lol:o
had really bad social anxiety
couldn't for the life of me follow a recipe... i would start adding my own stuff to make it go quicker lol
i was always either ashamed angry or sad
i could not finish simple housework, i would start the laundry then go empty the dishwasher, move the couches... then go play an online game, the dishwasher stayed empty (while dishes were overflowing from the sink) the laundry got stinky because i would forget it for 3 days... ew... and i would have to move the couches back the next day, the floor unvacummed. ugh... ugh... ugh...:mad:
i could go on more on the before, and while i still struggle with the things listed above i feel as if its not impossible, that maybe just maybe i can make something out of myself.




after i was diagnosed i was put on adderall 20mg a day, and holy crap had my life changed! its like someone put bifocles on my brain, when i need to concentrate on one thing, i can, but when i look around too i can see distinctions i never noticed before because i was to busy trying to remeber to buy soda, eggs, and milk.

i can finsh my laundry within one day woo! @ no more stinky cloths :p
i can do the dishes in one fell swoop as well as clean off the counters and sweep the floor
i can pay attention to where people are around me, so i don't bump into them and they don't bump into me. also if they do bump into me i don't feel like i'm going to have a panic attack because i saw them comming
i can tell a story with out trailing off in the middle (god my friends must have thought i was so dumb before...)
organizing organizing organizing! i was always trying to get organized but i would forget to put stuff in my todo list or forget what i left the house for, but now i can write my todo list when i wake up... then holy crap! i finish it!!!
i signed up for classes next semeseter for the first time in a year
i cooked scalloped potatoes and they were yummy!! i also cooked bread.. it wasn't as yummy but i think it was cuse i didn't let it rise enough... lol oops, but i got the recipe right.. the ingredients at least.:rolleyes:
i am experiencing a new emotion, confidence... it is so weird to be able to tell my boyfriend "i'm running to the store, need anything?" not begging him to come with me so i don't make a fool out of myself.
anyway i'm just sooo excited, sorry if this was long. one more cool thing, i wrote this in 30 min instead of 3 hours of wandering off and coming back then checking it 20 times for mistakes... maybe i should check it at least once... nah lol yall can deal with my bad spelling and grammer right? :)

This thread is exactly how I imagine things will go once I get a dx. Only thing is in the UK I understand it's much more difficult, if not impossible, to get medication for this as an adult. I am forever hopeful!

This thread is exactly how I imagine things will go once I get a dx. Only thing is in the UK I understand it's much more difficult, if not impossible, to get medication for this as an adult. I am forever hopeful!

i was looking up some information for you, and i ran across this site http://www.adders.org/info40.htm they seemed to have some helpful info on adult ADHD in the UK. they also have some information on some of the clinics that can diagnose and treat ADHD, though they only list 2 of them and i don't know if they are close to you.
anyway, i wish you the best of luck :)
ps: try here too http://www.addforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-43525.html has a list of more places in the UK...

Oh, man...that's scary. The 'before' almost exactly how my life was going a month ago. Only difference was, I would follow a recipe all the way through...if I ever cooked. I subsisted on instant meals, chocolate chip cookie dough, and frozen chicken nuggets for AGES.

Seriously though, with your switching your majors...that's just weird. Except the astrophysics. That means math. Yuck. But I went into the Army, for nursing, wound up a medic (EMT), was kicked out, tried to go to school for nursing again, changed my mind to English, and finally over Christmas everyone told me to shut it and go get a job working with animals somehow. Lol. So I'm going to a vet tech program in the fall.