Late Diagnosis and ADHD Articles

late diagnosis

The signs of my adult ADD were hiding out in the open. Here’s how my kitchen mishaps led to a late...

“Growing up, the stigma associated with academic inferiority was huge. I liked writing; my parents...

"In my search for an interesting, important career, I got fired… a lot. I didn’t know it then, but...

I am good at my job and I have friends but a long history of undiagnosed Asperger’s and ADHD make...

“Living with undiagnosed ADHD is like having a combination padlock inside your brain. You think you...

“For so long, I tried to fit my sideways-ness into a straight world. But my angles just couldn’t be...

They say laughter is the best medicine. In my case, it was actually true when Stand Up for Mental...

I was sure I had ruined everything. I would be fired. My life was over. Negative thinking — and the...

Ever since I was a child, the sound of people chewing has filled me with a desperate rage. Ditto...

“As the kids say, I was ‘shook.’ But in a strange way, receiving my ADHD diagnosis also felt like...

"Within 30 seconds of discovering my mistake, I had lapsed into fight-or-flight mode. My body moved...

In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 2, ADHD guru Dr. Ned Hallowell discusses ways to stay...