Dangers & Consequences Of Living With Undiagnosed ADHD

Living with undiagnosed ADHD has consequences that are hard to live with...
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[@bestlifethrift4133]

I swear... you are like a mirror of myself. I know I've commented on your videos before... (Not sure which account I used, as I have several) I was recently diagnosed at age 45. I also think I am BiPolar, have PTSD from severe childhood abuse and I'm currently in a very depressive episode. Right now. I feel like I don't have the strength to pull myself out. I have experienced everything that you have. Thinking I am stupid, low self esteem, being ashamed....Always feeling bad about yourself. It is hard, so hard, to reconcile the feeling of having wasted my life getting nowhere... and feeling if I had been diagnosed earlier. I would be somewhere better now. Right now. I am just feeling lost....so lost.

[@FindingYourSerenity]

I'm so sorry you feel this way. I just want you to know that there is hope. I still struggle with certain things and I think I might be on the autism spectrum. I mainly struggle socially and with thoughts of meaninglessness which can be tough but that's why I created a spiritual practice and that gets me through. Have you ever thought about therapy? I've had comments from 70 year olds saying they want their life back and it's awful :(

[@stephenhathaway269]

Well articulated. Inwas diagnosed last year at age 50

[@FindingYourSerenity]

Wow so many people being diagnosed later in life.

[@monicacasaleiro9191]

Hi Sarah, I am not diagnosed but since moving back home in Portugal after 19 years of living in London, I always felt different, distracted and frustrated with myself due to all the things you have mentioned, I had someone that worked with autism back in 2007 that told me to look into adhd but my daughter was to little and social services had the habit of taking kids away so I didn’t do anything about it and luckily I got a job for 10 years that I could work my own way and was a small business still my colleagues went on doing more and I was left behind, I knew I had my blocks and that has made me feel misunderstood and stupid. Here in Portugal just got worse, family kicked me in the back now that i needed them, mum and brother, dad has passed away. But while I was in London I have never forgotten my family and was there for them, after losing their support I was left in the street with my daughter and had to go on with life, with all the pain and struggles plus the diversity and all that comes with it, this last 3 years I can say that have Been the worse of my life. I then had a trigger and that made me look into adhd again and I cried watching the videos, it’s a mirror of all that I am and feel, I don’t want to give up in life and I want to get through this but it’s so hard and we are what we are to become different. I have given the first step to see a psychiatrist and I just hope this psychiatrist knows about adhd . Wish me luck ! I would like to start some sort of medication to clear this white vail that I feel almost permanently in my head and see life a bit clearer, I have so many ideas and even potencial, I consider myself intelligent but there’s something holding me back. At the moment I am doing a few things like 10 to 15 minutos exercise in the morning and even just 5 minutos of meditation and gratitude, it helps but due to so many things to think about like money and the charge of failing and all of that ...it’s hard but I want to be positive about this ... I want to believe I will be able to get my dreams come through and financial stability! Thank you for your videos, you are amazing ! Much love ❤️

[@monicacasaleiro9191]

Just to add that since I remember I was always the odd flower at school been bullied and moved almost every year to different schools

[@FindingYourSerenity]

Sorry to hear that. But

[@bikergirl420.]

Thanks for this adhd sister. I’m glad your medication is working. I never got diagnosed until last year at 45. The stimulants all helped me but I don’t like the physical symptoms & the coming up & down off the meds. I’ve chosen the more natural route. There was no way I wanted the one one you are on now. My choice my body & your videos at the time helped me make that decision. I had been on so many pharmaceuticals before this with being mis diagnosed. Each one with nastier side effects than the other. Happy you are doing well 😊 Thank you 🙏🏻

[@FindingYourSerenity]

Yes I definitely advocate for your choice your body! :) Thank you for your comment :)

[@alexiroseby3963]

Sarah, important question. Do you struggle with emotional blunting with straterra? Can you still cry?

[@FindingYourSerenity]

Yes I can still cry! I still feel emotions they are just more manageable. I am on a low dose though. I've heard of others on higher doses having the bluntness. When I went up and was feeling too tired on that dose I had some emotional bluntness so came down again.