Diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, and PTSD after a 25-minute appointment
Starting Strattera tomorrow and honestly I’m nervous as hell.
The suicidal thoughts warning on the label freaked me out 😭
The reason I went to a psychiatrist in the first place was because of lifelong issues like:
- Severe procrastination
- Never being on time literally ever
- Starting things and not following through
- Knowing exactly what I need to do but still delaying it
- Huge motivation swings
- Hyper-focusing on ideas at first, then losing momentum later
I don’t really fidget much physically, but mentally my brain constantly jumps around.
I even got in trouble with the IRS because I procrastinated my taxes so hard. The crazy part is I didn’t even have to do them myself — I procrastinated hiring someone else to do them 😭
Between ages 19–22 I started around 6 companies. One actually became successful and was valued around 120k, but I still felt like my inability to stay consistent and execute held me back massively. I’d procrastinate major decisions, avoid important tasks, and try outsourcing work I could’ve done myself.
I got diagnosed by a psychiatrist after like 25 minutes of talking. She kept cutting me off constantly and communication was honestly difficult because of her heavy accent. She diagnosed me with ADHD, anxiety, and mild PTSD.
The PTSD part I can maybe understand because my dad almost died in front of me a couple months ago.
But anxiety?? That part threw me off because I genuinely don’t feel like an anxious person at all. I’m naturally energetic, social, optimistic, and usually the one bringing energy into a room.
She also pushed Zoloft REALLY hard which made me even more skeptical because I came in mainly concerned about ADHD/executive dysfunction, not depression.
Getting a second opinion regardless.
Do you guys think I actually have ADHD or did I just convince myself I do?