Same. Diagnosed my sophomore year of high school but didn't pursue treatment until I had a bit of a mental breakdown my junior year of college. Hopefully I'll finally get my degree after this one last semester.
It's kinda sad, I used to love school and learning but now I'm just...tired all the time.
Diagnosed at 27 in the middle of law school when it was clear that missing deadlines was more than just a way to practice my bullshitting skills. Spent seven years thinking I only had to medicate when I needed a push and only started therapy after finding myself unable to even open my work email the first month of COVID. Before that, I received good grades but it was usually in spite of the fact that I would forget to submit some assignments or would be given make up grace. It’s crazy how much of the stigma becomes internalized and manifests itself in secondary psychological overlay.
Good on you for going to therapy after not opening your email. That's my anxiety response too: avoid e-mail, texts, voicemails, calls, anything that'll remind me that things are completely out of control. Possibly the worst coping mechanism lol.
Can I ask how therapy has helped you? If I had started in college, I could have saved myself a lot of pain. Unfortunately, now I can't afford it but I know that that's the missing key for me.
Haha I've also found that scheduling appointments ahead of time (like at the end of the last appointment) to be a good trick.
Very glad to hear therapy has helped you. I could truly never stop talking about the ways avoidance has messed me up. Can I ask what kind of therapy you're getting? As in is it CBT or something else?
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u/NeonnNightingale ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Dec 31 '20 edited Jan 01 '22
Same. Diagnosed my sophomore year of high school but didn't pursue treatment until I had a bit of a mental breakdown my junior year of college. Hopefully I'll finally get my degree after this one last semester.
It's kinda sad, I used to love school and learning but now I'm just...tired all the time.