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Originally Posted by kanasi
I'm only waiting for a chance to be diagnosed with ADHD myself, but I understand this one's generally common among people who get diagnosed later in life (I'm late 30s): For me it would be the loss of time and loss of opportunity to live up to my full potential in life.
Sorry if that sounds depressing. I'm hoping that getting diagnosed and treated will allow me to turn things around, but it's still hard to accept not being able to turn back the clock.
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I don't have a diagnosis, either (and it seems unlikely that I'll get one), so I don't know if this is the number one thing or not. I do know that the loss of time every single day is terrible. I feel like I lose a third of my entire life to this thing. As you said, I can't turn back the clock, I can't make different choices, I can't reach out for help sooner or learn better skills earlier in life. It's frustrating and saddening.
Thank you for having the courage to speak up.