Dear Discouraged, I can understand so well that you feel lonely, it is not easy to learn to live your life with ADHD but it can be very rewarding too. The connections you can make with other people can be so deep, much deeper than with family I have found. You will be able to recognise other people with ADHD more and more, and share great friendships. The other comments have given so much excellent advice, I can only encourage you to follow it. Particularly, serving other people, contributing to other people’s happiness in whatever way have given me so much happiness myself. Good luck and take care, big hug, Harriet