Woman's ADHD diagnosis at 32 'best thing to happen' after life of 'confusion'
dailyrecord.co.ukA woman who was 32 years old when she was told she had ADHD has admitted she previously experienced years of confusion. Ailín Kennedy says doctors missed diagnosing the serious condition and now she is raising awareness with others affected by the disorder.
The condition was said to have impacted the woman from a young age, as treatments should have been available when she was a child if it had been properly identified.
It would have saved Ailín, now 35, from years of struggling with normal activities and issues with mental health, reports CorkBeo.It can have long-lasting repercussions to live with the disorder without knowing, but she is determined to turn things around, starting her own business, AilsDHD Coaching, which helps to work others through problems and to maximise their enjoyment of life.Looking back on her journey, she says her experiences in school, college and at work where hampered by the disorder when she was younger.Ailín, from Cork, said: "I had big problems with focus, which obviously made it really difficult for me with school, college and any part-time jobs.
There's just so much going on in your head all the time, even if it doesn't look like it on the outside."I dropped out of my first college course in UCC [University College Cork] but went back to study when I was 25, feeling certain I was going to do better this time.
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