Recently, I have been thinking more about the future than the past.Thanks to ADHD medication I now feel like I have a future to build and look forward to. I know I’ve talked about this before in previous posts, but I don’t think I can overstate how life changing it has been!
I hadn’t even considered that the depression I had been suffering with for a decade, might be a symptom of untreated ADHD or if they were connected. before I never had a plan for the future because I didn’t see one for myself. I spent so much time, effort and energy just trying to survive! Now on the whole I feel much more positive about my future, I feel like I can set goals for myself and have a path to follow.
I want to create a portfolio of intersting content whether it be written or on my YouTube channel. I’ve also decided I want to write a book, I have a few ideas and the beginning of a first chapter, but now I feel like it’s worth finishing. My future has never looked like this before, I’ve always struggled beyond just trying to survive the day and not capitulating to some of my more intrusive thoughts. I have so many ideas that I want to try and expeiment with.
For those interested, The YouTube channel is called Beardo Bloggins (it can be found here). The purpose of the channel is for me to talk about various things concerning Neurodiversity and what living with Autism, ADHD and Dyspaxia is like. Some of the topics I’ve talked about include Passive Demand Avoidance and Executive Dysfunction.
Now that I have a future to think about I can’t help but get excited about it and plan for what I want to do! It is like a great burden has been lifted and I feel more free than I ever have, so onwards and upwards from here!
Duncan Ainsworth 
This is so good to hear Duncan!