Comment by trashface

If I have any type its probably inattentive. Never taken stimulants. I was able to compensate for it without meds to an extent when I was younger - not perfectly but good enough to not get fired from most of the jobs I had. But now in middle age that no longer works. I like to call myself "early retired" now, certainly sounds better than being out of work for years.

I haven't been energetic about seeking stimulants because, well attention problems, but I hear there are shortages of the meds, they are a pain to refill (I can't even keep my non-controlled antidepressents going in the US system), and that docs nowadays don't really diagnose adults because they believe "it should have been diagnosed in childhood" even though the official pediatric diagnosis didn't show up in the DSM until I was 14. So close, but my parents who have their own issues _including_ attention problems, don't believe in mental health care.