After years of wondering, going back and forth, and putting it off, I’ve finally got an appointment set up to get evaluated. I set the appointment about two weeks ago and it’s tomorrow, I even did all the paperwork already! Is there anything I should know, or consider going in?
My advice is you’re not broken, or dysfunctional. Take the meds if they help you, and if they don’t, that’s also fine.
I took the meds and went to therapy. The meds helped but caused other undesirable side effects as well as anxiety. I tried all of them with same results. My therapy ended up focused on making me understand I’m not broken or worse than other people.
Now I’m off the meds and doing better than ever because I finally understood my forgetfulness and other adhd symptoms are only a problem to others. I’m a functional adult, remember the important things, make effort when I can and I’m allowed to make mistakes. Others need to adjust and understand more than I do.
I am not saying that I don’t care about others, or how my adhd affects them, because I do. I make so much effort to mask and to please, that it causes me pain and anxiety. I had to learn to be nicer with myself, to allow mistakes and see that others make mistakes too. Now that I have accepted that, the forgetfulness got better too, because my confidence is higher and my anxiety is almost gone.
Hope this helps