I only realized I had adult ADHD because I stumbled across @UrsulaV& #39;s threads about her own experiences with it & it seemed like she & I shared a brain. Got my official diagnosis today. Starting meds tomorrow. We need to talk about this stuff more often. https://twitter.com/blkgirllostkeys/status/1273400913470853120">https://twitter.com/blkgirllo...

I was diagnosed with ADD at age 15, but my parents & I ignored it because I& #39;d never had trouble focusing on things that interested me. If I only "applied" myself to the things I didn& #39;t enjoy I could do better, we agreed. Spoiler alert: I could not.

I& #39;ve always been good at improvising and for the longest time that made it so I could fake my way through just about everything. From last minute lesson plans as a teacher to writing papers 45 min before class started in university. I got by. But I always felt like I was flailing

But having a kid kicked everything to the next level. At 34, with a newborn, and trying to do... literally anything else, I just flailed. And failed. And felt like I was drowning. Depression and anxiety grabbed on hard and the last four years have been such a struggle...

And I felt so alone because, yeah kids are hard for a lot of people but I seemed to be disproportionately affected. And I think so much of it has to do with ADHD and overwhelm from too many things needing my attention.

But I will learn if I& #39;m right starting tomorrow.