I just wonder if it actually did get worse or it just seems like that because as an adult you have a lot more on your plate than you did when you were a kid/teen

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yes. I didn’t seek treatment until my late 40s. I think my coping mechanisms started failing me as I got older, for a variety of reasons.

    • xkforce@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I was diagnosed at 32 in my last semester of my undergrad. I just ended up with more stress than I could handle and ended up in therapy and thats when I found out.

      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Similar thing here. Too much stress at work and at home and suddenly things I’d always been able to do were becoming difficult. I couldn’t brute force my way into focusing anymore.

        But once I got on medication (and my body adjusted to it) my brain felt like it was 20 years younger again. It was life changing, for the better.