Diagnosis as an 23 old women

About to be 39 got diagnosed at 38, always knew I was different, was athletic out my ears as a kid, I got in trouble for standing on the bus not being quiet in kindergarten got me a ticket to pre first, never took naps til college, I struggle w being an adult, my college roommate swore up and down that I had turrets or something, depression followed me thru college then anxiety showed up more pronounced in the last 3-5 years, in my 20s I found double the excercise interests helped (womens ice hockey /kayaking /biking/kickboxing ) my half brother got the diagnosis first then my mom, then me, I was always sensitive to sounds/smells, picky picky picky eater, I still have issues w eating certain textures, I love hearing stories of diagnosis because the similarities I find are comforting in a strange way, this thing or that can now be explained away or dismissed. I never needed to study in school, I wish I didn’t go to college but stayed in a hunter like job like the HVAC thing I was also persuing in highschool/college summer jobs I need a hunter job still now, I’m so sick of computers and I don’t want to be a glorified number marcher

About to be 39 got diagnosed at 38, always knew I was different, was athletic out my ears as a kid, I got in trouble for standing on the bus not being quiet in kindergarten got me a ticket to pre first, never took naps til college, I struggle w being an adult, my college roommate swore up and down that I had turrets or something, depression followed me thru college then anxiety showed up more pronounced in the last 3-5 years, in my 20s I found double the excercise interests helped (womens ice hockey /kayaking /biking/kickboxing ) my half brother got the diagnosis first then my mom, then me, I was always sensitive to sounds/smells, picky picky picky eater, I still have issues w eating certain textures, I love hearing stories of diagnosis because the similarities I find are comforting in a strange way, this thing or that can now be explained away or dismissed. I never needed to study in school, I wish I didn’t go to college but stayed in a hunter like job like the HVAC thing I was also persuing in highschool/college summer jobs I need a hunter job still now, I’m so sick of computers and I don’t want to be a glorified number matcher

Just got diagnosed back in October at 27(now 28). Like most people here was originally diagnosed with anxiety/depression but I’m a special education teacher and saw so much of myself in my inattentive ADHD kiddos. So I sought a diagnosis and was right. Also like many others, I’d struggled a lot with being labeled as lazy or not living up to potential since I was gifted when I was little but in actuality, that giftedness is what kept my head above the water for so long without help.

I just turned 30, I haven't got official diagnosis yet, I self diagnosed myself. I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and PTSD. No one ever said it was ADHD or thought of it as my symptoms was all internalized and with havering a perfectionist and a whole other things family it wasn't that obvious. It wasn't till I started reading and watching stuff and galking to my friend who just got diagnosed too that I knew I had it. It has too sides, one of them is you forgive yourself for all the things you did, but you also resent it because your whole life and relationships would have been completely different if you got it earlier.