Diagnostic report received

After three months of waiting, I finally received my diagnostic report! It noted that my demand avoidance was ‘marked’ and causing ‘significant impact on my life’ which.. woah. I did not realise that it was that obvious and the impact so clear. Apparently the assessor had to make significant adjustments to the assessment process for me to be able to complete it, which I hadn’t noticed. It’s interesting that even though I feel as an adult, I fawn and mask, to a trained assessor my need for control was evident.

It didn’t clearly state which subtype of ADHD I have, but did make references to both inattention and hyperactivity, so I assume it’s considered combined type. At the very least, I was right to identify hyperactivity in myself, as well as manic high energy – those two can be so difficult to distinguish! It didn’t help that during my last manic episode, I was exploring ADHD and explained manic high energy as ADHD. I will need to be careful to distinguish between the two in the future. Possibly noticing an increase in hyperactivity symptoms is a sign of hypomania for myself.