Dealing With ADHD In Your 30's

I only recently discovered that what I had assumed to be normal every day forgetfulness, boredom and constant pen twirling is more than likely some level of ADHD. Not more than likely. It is ADHD. After much research, many online tests and talking to other’s who are officially diagnosed, I realized that I pretty much ticked ‘yes’ on the entire list of symptoms.

I never really bothered to even question that my way of thinking might not be the societal norm. Was school at a young age painful? You bet it was. I wanted to be anywhere but in that classroom every single day for years. But isn’t that true of everyone? As it turns out, maybe not.

But there’s one slight issue with this whole self-discovery thing.

That problem is that I’m in my mid-30’s now. And technically, I’ve been able to navigate in this manner just fine, even as an anxious and distracted person for most of my life. While I didn’t particularly enjoy the classroom setting, I still excelled in my studies. I was placed in gifted classes, I graduated in the top 20 in high school, I made the Dean’s list in college, I graduated college, and at some point I even started a semi-successful tech startup.

So, life has been good. Right?

Well. It depends on the perspective that you take here. From the outside looking in, I’m a somewhat…