Diagnosed at 40, suffered from it since teenage years, always treated for depression/anxiety. Started treatment with Vyvanse, now stopping with SSRI's because t

Diagnosed at 40, suffered from it since teenage years, always treated for depression/anxiety. Started treatment with Vyvanse, now stopping with SSRI's because they were treating side effects not the root cause. I'd suggest you get tested by more than one doctor and seek medication. It'll help but it won't fix your old habits and how your brain has been wired up to this point. But medication will at least give you a chance to create some mental space to notice things and try to change them. You're are who you're. Acceptance also helps. Being neurodivergent is not bad, it's different. I wish I had been diagnosed decades ago, but where I live ADHD was considered something you grew out of, or didn't exist, or.. so at 40 in my session with the ADHD dcotor, I said the same things I told other doctors decades ago and they never connected it to ADHD, unfortunately.