I just got fired bc of my carelessness with my ADHD.

Oh, honey, you have no idea. I have lost sooo many jobs due to my ADD. Please don't think that of yourself. Keep reading in here, you'll see you are not alone. Keep getting on up, it will work out for you, I promise

I’m almost in the same position, I’ve had to leave my job due to making mistakes. I ended up getting suspended from Nursing Register last year after mistake caused me to lose my job in 2018. So frustrating when we are otherwise intelligent, capable people. My Coach I’ve been working with explained that our working memory which is the part that is responsible for sequencing tasks and organising our mind as being like a computer that intermittently crashes or car that sometimes doesn’t start. Like maybe 90% of time we can get stuff right but there’s those other times and we randomly don’t. She suggested sticky notes/prompts to remind of steps needed, sadly she is not diagnosed and I needed to point out that’s all very well but I need to remember to check the prompt sheet!

I can get to senior in college by the age of 40 but for heaven's sake will I ever actually graduate 🤞🙄😒

I haven’t been fired yet, but I’m really struggling at my current job so I understand that pain at least.

This right here is my worst fear like ever. Keep it up, you got this!

Me last year :') It was a rough 6month depressive episode definitely feeling how you said... what motivated me/ brought my self confidence up honestly was overhauling my resume with friends - having to sit down and acknowledge things that I had done that I was proud of, and also finding that I had done some noteworthy things that I had forgotten/ didn't think were worth documenting before. That and leaning on friends who understood the difficulties of neurodivergence, sympathized, and were down to body double/ be on the phone with me for tasks that I struggled with, even if it was little things like going to the store to buy toilet paper etc. In the meantime for money I drove Door Dash and worked Brand Ambassador gigs (short 1-3 day events that weren't a huge commitment and varied enough to keep me interested) Lmk if you'd like app recs for gig work, in financial stress def doesn't help the recovery. I wish that you'll be gentle to yourself and find ways to care for yourself

I’m so sorry for what your going through. At 51, I’m finding it difficult to keep a job. I’m also slower paced so that plays a factor too.

I rarely last more than 3 months at a job. I started doing only contract work to have control of my stay but hard to still do

Yes! I didn’t realize it before I was diagnosed, but now it makes total sense to me. I thought I was just careless but it was my neurodivergent brain etc. It still hurts a ton, but now I can learn to make adjustments. Be easy on yourself. You’ll be ok. My perspective is that something better is out there for you. Like it was for me.

It’s okay to fail at something it’s amazing you even started, keep going and know the experience was something to gain and even better is there. I attribute some of my superpowers& skills to being a master failure

I’m so sorry to hear this happened! I feel that way more often than I’d like to admit. I get so frustrated feeling like I’m always at step 1, back to trying all over again. It’s exhausting, ive started to shift my mindset to allowing the right things and opportunities to “align” to me. I pray a better job aligns itself to you where you are supported. This is my first time having awareness ADHD is why I constantly feel this way.