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Jani Mustonen
@seequ.dev

1/5 Inspired by @conrad.cafe, I'll also post about my experience getting diagnosed for ADHD. I've always been a talented kid, which means I never had to study in school. I usually spent the time in class either attempting to sleep or learning programming on my laptop.

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Jani Mustonen
@seequ.dev

2/5 I could remember what I heard in class, so I did well. Unfortunately, this ability started to get less and less relevant as I grew older. I started to flunk classes in high school if I wasn't lucky enough to get a teacher who explained the subject well. Still, I managed to graduate.

Jani Mustonen
@seequ.dev

3/5 Shit hit the fan in work life. Given an interesting problem and a good day, I'm very efficient. Given a bad day, I can't get anything done. Given a boring or simple task, I can't get anything done. I've been struggling with feeling like I'm just inferior to everyone else at work.

Jani Mustonen
@seequ.dev

4/5 After trying *everything* within the six years I've been working, I finally decided it's time to listen to my psychiatrist's idea and go through the ADHD diagnosis. The process went smoothly and I got the medication. It took effect within an hour and turned my whole world upside down.

Jani Mustonen
@seequ.dev

5/5 Suddenly the noise in my head is gone. Suddenly I can talk to people openly. I can target my attention to things other than my special interests. I *want* to do things. These are all things professionals have been trying to treat from the lens of depression, but apparently it was ADHD all along.