I’ve Been Coping (badly) with Undiagnosed ADHD and Autism

Living with ADHD has been difficult — especially when I’ve only recently discovered (after being on the planet for over 5 decades) that the cause of so many of my difficulties IS genuine. During my childhood and into my early adult life, I was continuously told that the only reason that I wasn’t succeeding was that I just wasn’t trying hard enough. That I wasn’t living up to my potential…