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Not sure if it's worth getting diagnosed

So I'm 38 and when I was a kid the Dr laughed and told my parents girls can't get ADHD and to just be stricter with me, now I'm a Mom of 2 girls both with diagnosed ADHD and it wasn't untill I started getting them help that I saw all of my own symptoms for what they were. In a lot of ways I think I should get diagnosed but I also don't know how it would help much. I've been forcing my brian to work the way it does for so long I wouldn't know how to make it work any other way ,but I've noticed I get points of burn out and depression but it's just the cycle Ive been in my whole life. I have some friends that are really pushing me to get therapy but my only experience with therapy was pretty toxic and they got really religious on me and I just kind of locked up and nodded my way through the session and never went back. So I don't know, in a lot of ways I feel like I'm almost 40 and what's the point and then in other ways I feel like maybe getting some kind of help could be nice. Idk

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 May 1st

@purpleApricot9604

I'm sorry that your experience wasn't good and religion shouldn't have been forced on you.

It's not your friends decision but yours alone 💙

It might help you get started by just visiting a reputable ADHD medical site and getting some tips for daily coping strategies to enable you to see if they can be integrated into your daily life 🥰

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I recommend watching YouTube with people who talk about what it is like being ADHD.