I only joined last weekend so bear with me .I had an appointment with my Psychiatrist today and it was a light bulb moment for me at least .I was buzzing due to a nice sunny day (long time since I have felt like that I hasten to add ) However to the point .In my newbie post I had an in cling of what I was suffering with .I had learning difficulties when I was young ,but back in the sixties it was put down to "just one of those things " I rebelled through my teenage years and did not follow in the footsteps of my family and go to Uni etc .I found a little niche in life that I was happy with and kept me busy and in demand . After moving to the land of the continuous Rain cloud (Ireland ) to a nice and quiet and far less stressful life (or so I thought ) It all started to go downhill./ Lost my job, unfinished cottage, Wife get ill etc. I started to go downhill and had a big meltdown . After suffering for years of depression and Anxiety attacks ,doing counselling and meds finally I have a possible reason to be cheerful.
After searching and reading peoples journeys on here and elsewhere on the web ,then looking further into it and chatting with my Doctor there is a strong possibility that I have been suffering from ADHD. I am awaiting an ADHD assessment results as we speak and have been referred to an ADHD specialist/counsellor .
Being in a busy environment through work and taking little time off for hobbies and down time must of kept it at bay .Now because I am in a very isolated area although very Friendly etc and lovely part of the world , the Grey matter took its decision that it was getting bored and started by over thinking things whereupon things started to nosedive very quickly . My mind the way it works is totally alien to me but at least its now given me a possible reason for all this trouble and therefore seems a lightbulb moment in my eyes. North of the eyebrows is definitely a strange beast but hoping now that if I now what to feed it and with some of that very hard stuff to find motivation and get up and go then perhaps I might fight myself out of this quagmire . I realise that this might sound to easy for some you but again I am hoping it might throw some light onto the subject and give some of you a bit of hope .Its early days I know but fingers crossed and all that .