Wednesday, November 4th, 2026

# Not broken, just different Yesterday was a BIG day: I had my assessment for ADHD and received confirmation of what we suspected, that I do indeed have it. I had assumed that I just had the inattentive type, but various behaviours I hadn't considered mean that I also exhibit the hyperactive type. The resultant diagnosis is, therefore, Combined ADHD. Over the past couple of years, I have reframed a lot of things from my earlier life through a neurodivergent lens, but the assessment yesterday made me realise just how much of my behaviour in childhood and my teens can actually be associated with this. It brought back so many memories from school and my childhood years in general; things that I hadn't thought of in years but bubbles to the surface in response to the right questions. While the assessment was only for ADHD (I'm still to have one for autism) the assessor said it was obvious from my answers that there is a constant push-pull battle going on inside my head with each side…

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