Late diagnosis and breathing exercises as treatment
Hello fellow companions.
First of all, today I want to address how angry I am. Frustrated, too.
35yo woman, diagnosed a couple of months ago, after my therapist suggested me to give it a go. I was deep in depression and I approached her for other reasons, but she navigated me to this clinic that got me through the process and diagnosed me after a few weeks of scrutiny.
I would say "finally!", but in reality it was just another punch in the stomach.
The reason I'm here today is that my therapist, the same that convinced me to get tested, is an ADHD certified therapist and, as I said, helped me through some rough weeks this winter. Thing is, she is very focused with these breathing exercises and autogenic training.
I have to admit, they helped me most of the times, but now that I'm outside that dark loop, I get no benefit from them at all. Or so it seems.
Especially because I'm getting frustrated at seeing them as the only solution to my all life problems - or so the therapist is claming. Everytime I address some problem in my life (can't keep this house clean and tidy, can't sleep, struggle to live as a functional human being - the usual) she always goes "DO YOU KEEP DOING THE BREATHING EXERCISES?!" like a little breathing would suddenly let me find the strenght to get up and clean a week worth of dishes.
I live alone, with all the benefit from it, and the malus: nobody that helps, nobody that makes things worse.
I am getting frustrated because it seems like the only thing I have to do are those freaking breathing exercises. And I don't get any more benefit from them, so it's just a waste of time, patience, and also makes me feel guilty for not doing them, or not getting up even if I do them. I hope I explained my point, I don't know if I'm just rambling at this point.
So... are they of any use? Are they supposed to magically give me the strenght and will to do stuff around the house? Because I can't really look at it that way, but maybe you can tell me your experience on the matter, if you have any.
Thanks in advance... from an exhausted newbie.