Thanks, I was also hoping you would share these!!! I still don't even know where to start when it comes to books on ADHD. I have watched several videos of Dr. Barkley's lectures myself. They really help put ADHD into perspective and to understand how profoundly it may have affected my life.

I was on a waiting list myself (but only for a couple of months-- your 2 years really puts my impatience at waiting to be contacted into perspective!), and just got an appointment to be evaluated by a psychiatrist, another couple of months from now. My past is similar, except I don't think my elementary school had a gifted program so I was only in gifted programs through junior and senior high school. I had honours for my first year of uni too, but afterwards, things went downhill. (I didn't fail or drop out though-- just took years off and generally underachieved in life from there as compared to what I know I was capable of, with very ADHD-like tendencies underlying all of it that happen to go back to childhood.)

I want to thank you for posting your story here. A major reason I came (back) to this site was to read and hear from others about what getting diagnosed was like. I've been chickening out on posting about it myself for a while now, so I really appreciate you volunteering that info on your own.