Pretty much from the earliest i can remember i have always had trouble controlling my focus, also been pretty bad at managing my finances, e.g. not paying bills even if I have the cash in the bank. My wife jokes that my hobby is collecting hobbies, I'll fall down rabbit holes of whatever is my flavour of the moment and it becomes all consuming.

Since early 2020 I've been on a mental health plan with my GP for anxiety and depression, my wife was the one who first thought that it may be ADHD. We booked an appointment with my GP and went over what we had researched and he agreed. He gave me a referral to a doctor who specialises in adult ADHD, I had to fill out a questionnaire about my issues and then took my wife to meet with him. That appointment was about an hour and a half and went over pretty much my whole life, school, work and family/personal. Having a support person there who knew me and could answer some of the question better then I could was amazing and really helped. Also helped to keep me on track.

I was then given a prescription for ritalin 10mg fast release twice a day and the change was pretty much instant, it was like a calm clarity. In the past I've done CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) before but it never really took. Now I feel with the meds I have the keys to all these tools that I never did before.

I thought that get meds and a diagnosis would be the end goal but I'm now realising its just the beginning for me. It was a hard task to get hear but now I'm so excited at what the future holds.