Anyone who's been diagnosed with ADHD fairly late (at least in 20s)? I'd love to know your experience. Like did medication work well for you, do you take it every day, or just on work days? Did it make you perform better at work? What did it help you understand about the way you have functioned/worked your whole life? Etc. Thank you!

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Being diagnosed at 27 really put a missing piece in the big puzzle of myself. It explained why I think the way I do (deep and narrow) and that I’m better with structure.

I only took medication when I knew that there was a project that would require my focus and not a task that is comparable with the way I work/think. I love my ADHD and think it helps me be me, it’s my humor, my insights and my personality.

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Thank you! I have not been diagnosed but suspect that I have it, or have very similar symptoms caused by PTSD, so I get what you mean about finding a missing piece. Especially the humor part 😁

It's awesome that you understand how your brain works enough that you can anticipate with a project will clash with you naturally flow

I find that I procrastinate very badly and sometimes have executive disfunction so if I were diagnosed, I'd hope it could help with that, esp at work

Was diagnosed as a child and again at 25. Have ADD, dyslexia and dyscalculus. I’ve managed without medication but have always been a bit slower and spacey.

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I feel you, I'm hella spacey but have the ability to eventually come back around to what I got distracted from lol

I take a very small dose to pull me out of Lala Land, and to avoid over-dependency. Only 5-10 mg a day.

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