Anxiety. Depression. OCD. PTSD. Laziness. Ditziness. This writer was diagnosed with several disorders and accused of moral failings before the real issue of ADHD was ever uncovered. Do you relate?
I don’t need to tell you that ADHD is very often misunderstood. By friends, classmates, and relatives, yes — but also by some medical professionals who still believe myths about the condition or how it affects the people who have it. As a result, they sometimes don’t recognize ADHD when they see it.. Sure, I knew the criteria for diagnosing it. But beyond that, my knowledge was seriously limited. And it wasn’t just me… I had seen therapists myself — and those professionals didn’t get it either.
I was “anxious,” but rarely over anything specific. Rather, I felt an ongoing restlessness that I couldn’t shake. They called itLike most people with ADHD, I was notorious for procrastinating. I remember talking to a therapist about my struggle to get around to the dishes because I hate them so much and how overwhelming it felt to try.Like most women with ADHD, I developed some decent coping skills to mask my symptoms from other people. They fixed some problems but created others.
I lost count of how many times she asked me if something scary or life threatening had ever happened to cause such a reaction. She thought it could be PTSD. But it was actually ADHD…I’ve always been known by those closest to me as surprisingly messy. Most people don’t notice it until they need a ride in my car or visit my house without enough notice for me to hastily shove everything out of site.
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