New ADHD diagnosis, seeking advice

Our experience seems almost exactly the same. Glad I'm not alone. BP2 GAD and ADHD but that's relatively new and so far untreated.

I’m having a similar situation. I was diagnosed with bipolar as a teen and thought I may have some form of ADD but started doing things to manage unconsciously and then diagnosed with anxiety so I just kind of forgot about it until recently. My sister has ADHD and I was looking that up to try and connect more with her and found so many helpful tips and talk to her about it and relate so much. I also have been taking PEA and tyrosine for chronic pain but found out they are also helpful for ADD and definitely noticed improvement in my executive function taking them. I brought it up to my psychiatrist and she said bipolar and ADD have a lot of similarities and she asked me questions and told me I definitely need to get tested especially since I’ve still haven’t found psych meds that is actually helpful enough for my issues, without horrible side effects for me to comply with sticking to. I have not gotten tested yet since I figured I’ve lived this long without a proper diagnosis and in the middle of a flare and behind on a lot of other things. But I will once I have the capacity to. I did start doing a lot of the things mentioned above without a diagnosis for ADD within the last few months and I’m astonished how helpful they’ve been regardless if I have it or not. It’s just like finally this is how my brain works and now I can figure out how to roll with it and actually get some more stuff done rather than having anxiety about it and it not getting done. Best of luck and hoping you find what works for you!

I'm still learning , just diagnosed this yr... and finding out certain behaviors I've always done and been bothered with now have an explanation for. 🤗 it's tough but its who we are. I'm right there with ya xo

Of course pal, that's what we're here for 💕

Yeah, as someone with PTSD and ADHD I can say there are some similarities (can't do certain activities without sound for example). With ADHD in my experience, giving yourself a set time to walk aimlessly around the house doing random things like clean or draw or pick stuff up and interact with it for either 2 minutes or the rest of the set time. I have to set like 3 timers to get myself to stop, but it works more or less and I THINK MIGHT help me focus in other situations?

Not saying you don't but I was in the exact same boat, GAD and BD2 for 4 years. I thought I had ADHD for a year turns out to be PTSD.

How long did it take for you to get some solid diagnosis’? I’m new to therapy