Good lord - there’s even a flare for this!
We should start a club!
I’m very quickly learning that almost all the things I thought meant I was just quirky are actually symptoms of ADHD. And that everyone I love the most in the world are, to one extent or another, neurodivergent.
Did diagnosis send you spinning like it did for me?
Yes!! I simply could not keep masking and it became an issue. Got diagnosed motherfucking finally. Meds for it would have changed my life in ways it hurts to think about, had I been diagnosed in adolescence. Glad I have them now. Wild I'd be so old before I figured myself out. It does a number on your self image to go through life missing such crucial information.
Also, now I understand the diagnosis I can see my neuro-spicy radar operating "ping ping ping" just like my gadar does. All the cool people I click with immediately, like practically on sight, have ADHD. We may pay for it out the nose at times, but our processing systems are fucking cool.