Struggling with Undiagnosed ADHD and Dissociation

You're definitely not alone. I'm lucky I got diagnosed as soon as I did because a teacher of mine who had it recognized all of her symptoms in me and insisted to my mom that I get tested. Finally retested (last year) for the first time since then and yup sure enough I very much do have it. I'd say the big thing to keep in mind is that it presents different in everybody, and very differently in female born vs. male born. I'm not fond of the term "spectrum", but I rather call it our bowl pf soup. Some of us have light broth with big chunks of random crap in there like chicken soup. Some of us have thick broth with chunks like a clam chowder. Some of us have a whole lot of stuff but blended till smooth like tomato soup. Basically, we all have different symptoms and triggers and outside factors, so how I experience ADHD might be completely different to you or anyone else. But as different as it is, we all still have similar struggles. We all have our bowl of soup.

You're not alone ❤️Sometimes it takes longer for the symptoms/signs to be noticed. I wasn't diagnosed until I was well into my 20's! And all the signs were there as a kid too. It takes us saying "something isn't right, I want to get this looked at." And taking the scary step of being evaluated.