ADHD diagnoses on the rise in adults, here are the symptoms

Some things I noticed about my ADHD: 1) I can complete tasks WAY better if I am SHOWN what to do not told. 2) Learning a new skill/task is tough because it takes me longer, but once I understand it I can master it 3) Reading a book is torture. I can read three pages and not keep track of what is happening. It's like I am reading words, not sentences that progress the story. 4) I tend to interrupt people mid conversation mostly because I get excited to see if I am thinking the same thing. 5) I can lose track of time if I am heavily interested in something and not realize how much time has passed which makes multiple tasks a problem. 6) Tasks that are boring to me is like pulling teeth and I get frustrated and irritable trying to complete a task that I have to do

Getting diagnosed at 27 made my entire life suddenly make sense. ADHD to me has been forgetting my keys 3 times in the span of a few months, losing my ID twice, spacing out and thinking about random thoughts mid conversation, almost getting hit by cars because I was in my thoughts crossing the street, laying down knowing I have a test and just not being capable of doing any work despite knowing the test is easy and I'll ace it if I just get to work. It's really hard to explain to people, even I thought I was just lazy and just accepted that this was who I was. My life would've kept going down the drain if I hadn't gotten help. Looking back I can't believe I thought my behavior wasn't a CLEAR AS DAY sign, but nobody ever told me. Had to figure it out for myself, and even that wasn't easy because I bought into the whole "nah, I just need to have discipline and willpower." Which is extremely frustrating because your brain literally does not function that way on a physiological level, it's a losing, and exhausting battle.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 17. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with similar health challenges.

ADHD is hell, People think its made up, they just dont know how it feels. Its crazy how these meds changed my life.

It's not on the rise. It's being diagnosed. Many "depressed, bipolars, socially anxious", etc. Have actually adhd.

Listening to this and reading all these comments makes me think I am going to go get tested. Many times, I feel like my motor never stops running, I overthink everything, forget what my boss said 5 minutes ago, forget to turn in documents or answer emails, and battle with procrastination and being organized. I feel like I have more brain fog than ever. I do not like crowds; it's a battle to go to work, go to church, or go to public events. I literally want to cry. As a result of all of this, I have felt hopeless and depressed. By the end of the day, I am so mentally and emotionally exhausted that I just come home and fall asleep. I have always felt a great deal of social anxiety and fear of not knowing what to say to people or how to respond to their questions. My brain is pinging constantly from one thought to the next, so then I am not focusing or able to take in all the person in front of me is saying. I think to the outside world, I am emotionally and mentally unavailable, checked out, so to speak. It's miserable, and I do feel that because of all of this, my marriage, family/friend relationships, work relationships have suffered. I cannot even just enjoy people because my brain is shouting louder than life. I did not even think about ADHD. I remember when I was in First grade, the school psychologist met with me and asked me to complete various tasks. I think my teacher and her could both see something there, but maybe ADHD was not a thing back then. Going to get tested. Hope this is the answer for my "motor" that is always making me overthink every single thing.

I got diagnosed at 27 and got on medication and it completely changed my life. I never realized how forgetful and distracted I was, I was lucky if I knew what day it was and where my car was parked. It was exhausting hahah

ADHD was really overlooked & even was discriminated against. I remembered back in the 1990s & the early 2000s, there were cases of discriminated bullying on ADHD people. Bullies claimed ADHD are retarded losers of society. But in reality, almost anyone can have ADHD. Therefore for those bullies who claims ADHD are retarded, newsflash: we live in earth, where there's NO such thing as "normal" & mistakes/errors are INEVITABLE. Therefore don't be a bully & have awareness in how to PROPERLY interact with any people around you (especially how to PROPERLY interact with ADHD folks without generating social conflict)

I was diagnosed with ADHD while I was in the 4th grade and I’m now 28 years old. I was on medication when I was younger. Apparently to my parents, I didn’t like how the medication made me feel. So they made a decision to take me off it. Ever since. I noticed my ADHD is a lot for people to deal with. So I have learned to try to be more slow on my conversations. Allows others to speak and listen, staying focused on certain tasks I do and just relax. Very hard indeed but I’m very happy knowing I can handle it on my own the best I can and not let medication or ADHD control my life. Someone told me years ago “I wish I had ADHD.” My response “NO you don’t. It’s real and it’s a bitch to deal with.”

i didn't even know ADHD was a thing, i thought i just don't know how to focus

Now that I've been diagnosed with ADD at 38, it F*CKING pains and saddens me deeply how much shit both I and my parents went through all that years!! My parents who I love dearly and always were by my side to help me, even if they sometimes didn't know how to but still tried just because they only wanted the best for me! The Bachelor Degree was wrecking me but somehow I made it barely, next I couldn't hold a job for long, ended up at home twice with serious stress complaints (burnout), overall mental fatigueness, irritability, and also no succes in my love life. Going from psychologist to psychologist over the years and never with steady long term results until one day a new psychologist assumed that I could possible have ADHD in me so I got myself tested for it. And here we are. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope the upcoming treatment will better my life or else I'm not really confident for the future to be honest.......

Im 35, i have this bad, and it's crippling. I can't express how bad it is. Imagine someone telling a person with no legs to run a mile, then being denigrated, ridiculed, and called lazy because you can't. It's awful. Then, there is a lack of help, I've been waiting a year and nothing, and even if you literally beg, it's still nothing. It makes you convinced you are trash, worthless, etc. I've been told im extremely gifted, but the adhd takes it away from me. It's stolen my life.

My adhd is Losing everything so easily Struggle getting to sleep Cant control emotions and anger Cant finish tasks

It's not that there are more people getting it, it's just that people are finally getting their diagnosis and the fact that ADHD is also publically spoken abouy more in terms of it being a mental illness rather than being "oh it's just people being annoying", though it's still not accurately spoken about, at least it's a step in the right direction. I live in the UK and luckily in recent years mental health support has gotten so much better and is genuinely a good system which I know from experience with ADHD diagnosis as an adult (though with long wait times), I just hope that other countries can follow with a great mental health system and perhaps be even better

Wish I was diagnosed earlier! I had to repeat the 4th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade and expelled indefinitely before making it to 8th grade. They kept sending me to schools with real criminals and that introduced me to gangs and drugs after being kicked out of school. I went my entire 20s from job to job. At least 50 jobs or more by 29 years old. I also cut off my loving marriage because she was starting to misunderstand me like everyone in my life did before they gave up on me or did me wrong. Then I had a kid on the way and I freaked out. I finally went to a doctor and was diagnosed. In just a few years, I've been able to earn my GED, college degree and have a career that I love. I'm a very active and involved father in the PTA. It's getting worse as the responsibilities and age increase but I constantly remind myself where I come from and that helps a bit.

I’m turning 50, but in my 20’s & 30’s said I had anxiety disorder, I wish I had gotten correctly been diagnosed, now I feel horrible guilt about always being rushy, stressed, snippy and not being the mom I could’ve been & wanted to be

I have ADHD. When I was in law school, I used to record all the classes because often only my body was in class, but my thoughts were elsewhere, meaning I had a lot of energy, not to mention the anxiety, which makes this comorbidity even more challenging for ADHD. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 28. Until then, I wasted a lot of time with so much energy I have. Since I was diagnosed, I sought out a specialist psychologist and also a specialist doctor in ADHD (but the race was tough to find these professionals qualified in ADHD), it was the best investment for my life. After starting treatment, I started getting the best grades in college, learned to speak 2 other languages, today I can produce much more. But the struggle is constant. It is very worthwhile to seek treatment. I have the energy of a child, this is not normal, however, my doctors help me distribute all this energy so that I can produce and not procrastinate, however, the comorbidity of ADHD which also has anxiety makes everything more difficult for ADHD. Almost no one talks about people who have ADHD with comorbidity. Hugs from Brazil.

Adhd isn't "on the rise" in adults. They've always had the symptoms but they were ignored because of the norm became that adhd didn't exist. I lived through this. My father and mother both thought adhd wasn't real and now o suffer for it.

I told my doctor that I though I had ADHD. She told me you lived this long with it. Just more or less deal with it. I swear I’m getting worst with time. Time to find another doctor.

I have adhd and I have a hard time focusing on one thing at a time, have a hard time paying attention, suck at organization. I’m not a one track minded person. I lose things all the time. My mind is just everywhere.