Post ADHD Diagnosis Burnout (ad) #adhdproblems #adhdbrain #adhd

Numo is an app made to make learning about your ADHD less overwhelming AND it had so many other capabilities!

I am very particular who I work with and @adhdnumo is a small indie company with incredible people behind the project! (a favourite aspect that I didn’t show is that by completing real life tasks you can level up in the app) 🦋✨💕

check out the link in my bio for Numo AND other free ADHD apps made by the same folks :)

[aniav]

i thought there was something wrong with me until a year ago. i was just labeled as the “gifted kid” so i always had extremely high expectations for myself. it’s exhausting

[TheFuryKat]

For me it wasn’t burnout, it was a stage of grief where I kept thinking I could have handled things so much better in my youth if only I knew.

[SwampRobin]

It’s overwhelming even for a therapist sometimes. My therapist is honest with me, she doesn’t know where the ADHD ends and the trauma begins. It’s hard to tell which of my issues are a product of 16 years of abuse, and which issues are a product of genetics.

It also doesn’t help that I’m almost 30 and just found out. No one in my life “believes” in adhd and it makes me feel even crazier. It’s so hard to cope. It’s really hard not to turn to substances or other detrimental acts. I’m really, really struggling this week.

[ZoetheGoober]

The feeling like its getting worse really hit for me. I appreciate the content you put out with your vulnerability and education.

[rahcollier]

I was already crashing really hard when I got my diagnosis. I spent years getting out and it was a real slog, but I remember feeling kind of relieved. Like, "Okay. There's a reason. This can be treated. This can be lived with. I'm not lazy, or ungrateful, or some other bad thing."
It was kind of a relief for me.

[hayley.honeyman]

Numo is an app made to make learning about your ADHD less overwhelming AND it had so many other capabilities!

I am very particular who I work with and @adhdnumo is a small indie company with incredible people behind the project! (a favourite aspect that I didn’t show is that by completing real life tasks you can level up in the app) 🦋✨💕

for Numo AND other free ADHD apps made by the same folks :)

[dmargot]

Diagnosed at 26. Definitely feels painful knowing how I thought I was poison to myself and everyone around me, and there was simply nothing I could do to fix it. If I had known, my mind could have been at ease. I would have understood that there was an explanation for a lot about me.

[noxicat]

i'm going through this right now. Received my official diagnosis at the beginning of this year. I found a comparison that made me feel a little bit better. I compared myself to a butterfly that's just emerged from its coccoon. Imagining what it's like to emerge in a completely different form and have to learn how to operate and take care of yourself in that form, which describes exactly how i'm feeling. It's a tough process and i've only just begun. This outlook helps a little bit though.

[navijam]

I got/get those overwhelming sensations when I watch your videos. I'm undiagnosed but everything you say you've struggled with I have my entire life and I'm looking to get a diagnosis and help because of your videos so thank you so much ❤

[littlewolfpovs]

I was young when i was diagnosed, but I've been on medication for most of my life. I stopped a few years ago and suffered a deep depression (i also suffered depression most my teens anway, but not this bad) it was like i had to figure out how to function as a human being again. The meds were making me depressed and suicidal, now about 5 years later I am finally happy again. Still struggling, but getting there. Just commenting for the peeps who were in a similair situation, you've got this! ❤

[Carys]

The problem is now I've realised that ADHD completely f*cked up my life, like every wrong move I've ever made, the reason I got certain reputations I struggle to get rid off, the reason I'm in debt, the reason I've been abused mentally and physically. I don't know how to deal with it.

[whisper]

This came at the perfect time. I recently found out so much about myself with recent diagnosis (auDHD) and though it feels freeing to acknowledge myself for who I *really* am after these 30 or so years, it's also exhausting. I've been in a steadily worsening burn out phase for the past 3 years and it's still going, but at least this past year has revealed a lot to me. I have to keep reminding myself that this is just another phase in my life and I'll get out of it eventually as I continue learning. It sucks that the road there feels so hellish.

I just want to do things I love again without being stopped by demand avoidance and general lack of executive function. I've burnt out on everything that ever made me feel good at this point too, so i have no escape. Ahhh, it's so tough to not get stuck in the "I hate myself" spiral. :(

[HowdyItLovll]

For me it's a reminder that I will always be different, that I will never be able to be "normal." Most things will be harder for me to do and there's nothing I can do that will allow me accomplish them to the same level of ease for other people.

[may]

I was diagnosed in the second grade but my dad never believed my diagnosis as a kid (he belives it now lol) and my mom never asked questions so i didnt know to ask, i was always given my meds told to shut up disappear and act right so my whole life ive just masked so much that now as an adult ive stopped masking and started learning what is part of my add and started to ask questions and so much of my life makes more sense

[daniellemaxson]

Dude, I relate to this so fucking hard. I was diagnosed almost two months ago and I’ve tried to educate myself so much but in the process I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore.

[merqueensak]

Relatable, I've been thinking about my ADHD a lot lately, probably because I'm developing a character who has pretty severe ADHD. I find that I've been acting very differently from when I was younger. Like I seem more ADHD now than I did back then. It could be that I'm just more aware of what was already there and I've unmasked a lot of what I used to suppress. I'm very glad I got diagnosed and that I get to research it and learn even more, but there are moments where I'm like, What isn't ADHD related!? Anywho, love your content, you're very cute and funny, God Bless!

[deliat]

OMG SAME! It's like I feel less valid because I never attributed my struggles to ADHD before and doing it now feels like a cop-out. That's totally NOT true but then people (DOCTORS) ask why I wasn't diagnosed sooner and I'm like idk man you tell me.

[Chucanelli]

I went through this with ADHD a few years ago, and am now going through it especially hard with autism.

With ADHD, I had already built some habits and systems that addressed some difficulties. With autism, it’s been a lot trickier. Grateful for this channel to relate, get some tips, and find encouragement amid the mess. ❤

[BrainError]

Exactly this! I'm struggling a lot with "is this really me or is this my ADHD?" And I'm having real identity crisis 😢

[folklore.fibres]

I was diagnosed in November. I had known personally for years, but having a diagnosis sent me back down a research rabbit hole and I was really… angry for a few days. Just SO angry and upset that this is something I had to deal with undiagnosed as a kid, and the hand i’d been dealt overall.
Definitely will look into Numo.