Hi,
I’m an older female who got informally dx’d as adhd about 8 months ago. Psych nurse asked a lot of questions but didn’t dwell on harder ‘proof’. I struggled with a couple of different stim medications (some joyful and some teeth-gritting effects); but because my latest prescription became unavailable, I took it as a sign that I should just stop. A couple months later, I decided I wanted to give it another try- I got a different psych nurse and this one thinks I am more autism spectrum, so is recommending me to a full real psych evaluation. I am a small handful of years to retirement, so he says it won’t necessarily give me advantages that it would give a younger person, but it might be worth it to better understand myself. He was not crazy about me being on a stimulant medication but agreed to prescribe me a mild mg amount because I felt it did give me help. I know a lot of people have both asp and adhd, so I am actually eager to know what I really have. I spent my whole life only thinking I was “different” and often feeling misunderstood, so this is very interesting to me. I’m a little nervous about it.
I’m an older female who got informally dx’d as adhd about 8 months ago. Psych nurse asked a lot of questions but didn’t dwell on harder ‘proof’. I struggled with a couple of different stim medications (some joyful and some teeth-gritting effects); but because my latest prescription became unavailable, I took it as a sign that I should just stop. A couple months later, I decided I wanted to give it another try- I got a different psych nurse and this one thinks I am more autism spectrum, so is recommending me to a full real psych evaluation. I am a small handful of years to retirement, so he says it won’t necessarily give me advantages that it would give a younger person, but it might be worth it to better understand myself. He was not crazy about me being on a stimulant medication but agreed to prescribe me a mild mg amount because I felt it did give me help. I know a lot of people have both asp and adhd, so I am actually eager to know what I really have. I spent my whole life only thinking I was “different” and often feeling misunderstood, so this is very interesting to me. I’m a little nervous about it.