[throwaway152021]

Anyone tried to get diagnosed after 50? I'm 50+, I believe I have the symptoms. I have coped basically all my life but the cost was (and still is) pretty high. Lots of stress and probably a lot of missed opportunities too.

Getting diagnosed is somewhere on my "maybe to do" list but I'm not sure it's even worth to try.

[kace91]

I’m younger at mid thirties, but I was recently diagnosed with a career and personal life already “in check” so my experience might be useful.

I’d 100% recommend you go for a check. For me, the main outcome has been getting rid of the nagging feeling that my potential is wasted in making up for shortcomings.

Now it’s no longer “I am bright and curious, and this compensates my {lack of consistency, periods of “writers block”, reduced attention to detail}”. It’s hard to explain without direct experience how cleanly those problems you’ve been trying to white knuckle all your life just… stop. It’s not a personality change, it’s much closer to allergy meds letting you breathe, the bad symptom goes away.

The only con is that once you get the meds there’s work to be done. The productivity tips and books you’ve likely heard all your life and were unusable now can actually be put to practice… but you haven’t done it yet.

So it’s like you stop being bedridden but if you want to be fit you still have to go the gym. It’s just that now going to the gym is a task you can realistically approach, and that in itself is a game changer.

[throwaway152021]

Thank you. The part about the work to be done doesn't seem like a con to me. I'm alread doing the work, just more often in a deadline panic mode.

[anotheryou]

haha, how much I relate to your quote... I so much feel like running on 70pp brain most of the time and am blessed with 130pp bursts to compensate.