How Getting Diagnosed with ADHD at 23 Changed Everything

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2 years ago, I was given a diagnosis which helped me make sense of my life in a way I didn’t know was possible. Up until then, I had been diagnosed at age 14 with chronic depression and anxiety, and diagnosed time and time again with the same thing. I was on every SSRI medication under the sun for years and they only made me feel worse. I had given up on getting help, and just accepted that…