I am now officially diagnosed with ADHD!

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I got my results back, after so long of waiting, and it turns out I scored high on the ADHD assessments I had.

The bad news is, I got reassessed with AS too, and it turns out I was correctly diagnosed with AS when I was 8 . But I did score low on that, but still enough to be on the spectrum. So I suppose that's quite good, although I rather not have it at all.

I just thought I'd share that. At least now I know I definitely have ADHD,

It's good to know what's going on. When I had my assessment, I was surprised that I had ADHD. I hadn't suspected that, but after I thought about it I realized it I definitely have the symptoms.

I don't know how I'd feel about that , it's probably better to know than not know but if it wasn't causing any problems I'd rather stay blissfully ignorant , I'm one of life's worriers and rather not add anything to my worry list .

This "ignorance is bliss" thing could really bite you in the butt should you keep on losing jobs, without knowing why.

On the other side of the coin, though, I feel like I benefited from the fact that I didn't "know" that I had a "disability."

I knew I was weird. I knew I was a sitting duck for bullies. I even knew that I was "ret*d" in some sense.

But I never actually knew I had a disability that would prevent me from being successful.

I wish I would've known sooner. I wasn't diagnosed until I was 30. If I would've known I think I would've understood that pushing myself until I was burned out was not the answer to the difficulties I was having. After diagnosis, I had a better handle on how to maintain a good state.

Will you be trying stimulants (such as Ritalin, Adderall) to treat the ADHD?

If I were in your position, I would want to see if they help at all.

Well at least I won't keep asking myself what I have and don't have now.

At least you know that you have it now.