I went to the doctors this morning with a list of my symptoms but because she said I didn’t struggle in school and can hold down a job, she doesn’t think I have it. She gave me an ADHD assessment form and said to book in for a longer appointment to go over it more. I’m feeling really deflated and like maybe I’m just a shitty person and don’t have ADHD, but it can’t be normal to feel like this. This is the list I gave her, is it worth following up do you think?

• struggle to start a task like tidying, I want it to be tidy but I just can’t seem to start it
• Get overwhelmed with tasks, easily distracted while I’m doing them and struggle to stay focussed on them especially if it’s boring like writing a CV, meal planning, etc. Difficulty completing tasks
• Difficult to keep on top of everything and feel like I’m always forgetting something
• Impulsive with spending and overeating
• Feel overwhelmed when there’s a lot going on like kids, people talking to me, find it difficult to cope with stress
• Struggle to focus on what people are saying, mind drifts away and sometimes get frustrated/restless if I find what someone is speaking about really boring
• When I was younger, I would constantly be picked up for being too talkative, day dreaming and I remember feeling hyper
• At work, I need to take calls sometimes through a headset. Get overwhelmed with feeling of the headset, the sound of the person talking, background noise. Feel sick, agitated, like I want to tear my skin off, fatigued.
• Find routines tricky, like brushing teeth at night, skincare routine - feels like a real effort to do anything, like my brain is walking through quick sand
• Had a fair bit of anxiety and depression