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For the relief, the grief, and the rather inconvenient discovery that getting an ADHD diagnosis doesn’t mean you suddenly know what to do with it.
You can spend years trying to find out whether you have ADHD and give almost no thought to what happens once somebody confirms it. Which is unfortunate, because the appointment eventually ends, you go home, and you’re still the same person you were that morning.
Then the doubt arrives. You’ve spent years wanting somebody to believe you. Now somebody does, and you’re not entirely sure you believe them.
After The Answer is a 62-minute audio essay about life after an ADHD diagnosis: the relief, the anger, the occasional complete absence of feeling, and the discovery that understanding why something happens doesn’t stop it from happening. I was diagnosed twice before I paid any attention to it, so I know this area far more than i’d like too.
Drawing on my own life and the stories of three people who’ve just had their answer, it looks at what happens when you start rereading your childhood, your relationships and the person you’ve spent years believing yourself to be. We get into the uncomfortable parts too: the people who didn’t notice, the things you wish you’d known sooner, and how you forgive yourself for the past without letting yourself off for it.
We also cover the practical questions nobody prepares you for. Who do you tell? What if they don’t take it seriously? What do you do about medication? What if the diagnosis hasn’t made you feel any different at all?
You’ve spent long enough looking for an answer about yourself. This is for getting to know the person it belongs to.
Written and narrated by Hannah Viney for Class A People®.
To make your final purchase please go to the cart icon in the top right hand side of the navigation
For the relief, the grief, and the rather inconvenient discovery that getting an ADHD diagnosis doesn’t mean you suddenly know what to do with it.
You can spend years trying to find out whether you have ADHD and give almost no thought to what happens once somebody confirms it. Which is unfortunate, because the appointment eventually ends, you go home, and you’re still the same person you were that morning.
Then the doubt arrives. You’ve spent years wanting somebody to believe you. Now somebody does, and you’re not entirely sure you believe them.
After The Answer is a 62-minute audio essay about life after an ADHD diagnosis: the relief, the anger, the occasional complete absence of feeling, and the discovery that understanding why something happens doesn’t stop it from happening. I was diagnosed twice before I paid any attention to it, so I know this area far more than i’d like too.
Drawing on my own life and the stories of three people who’ve just had their answer, it looks at what happens when you start rereading your childhood, your relationships and the person you’ve spent years believing yourself to be. We get into the uncomfortable parts too: the people who didn’t notice, the things you wish you’d known sooner, and how you forgive yourself for the past without letting yourself off for it.
We also cover the practical questions nobody prepares you for. Who do you tell? What if they don’t take it seriously? What do you do about medication? What if the diagnosis hasn’t made you feel any different at all?
You’ve spent long enough looking for an answer about yourself. This is for getting to know the person it belongs to.
Written and narrated by Hannah Viney for Class A People®.
To make your final purchase please go to the cart icon in the top right hand side of the navigation