I recently went to my pcp with concern about anxiety and depression. Things I have dealt with my whole life... After discussing all my symptoms and prescribing me with paxil and xanax she asked me a variety of other questions and decided she thinks I am ADHD. I made an appointment for a few weeks from now at a mental health clinic for intake. I am in a small community and its difficult to get in any sooner. This news has sent me into a tailspin. I had a hard time concentrating before but now I feel, well I dont even know how to feel. I have looked back at my life and I m mad that I didn t know. multiple jobs, ruined credit, no real friends, highschool dropout, so many different goals and paths that i never followed through on. It s so frustrating. I know I ve lived this long with it (if you can call my life living) but now that I might know the base of my problem it is eating at me. I am starting my second semester in a career program at a comunity college and I don t want to struggle through it while I wait for diagnoses and treatment. My question is until I can get diagnosed, and therapy rolling what are some things I can do (besides coffee and red bull, I already use those constantly just to function) that will help me start getting myself in better shape to face the world, finish what I start, and just all around focus on what Im supposed to be doing? Also is it possible that the paxil is aggravating the ADHD if that s what I have. My mind is already busy busy all the time and the paxil instead of calming me seems to be making me worse? my anxiety level is lower, but im having a harder time concentrating and my thoughts are more jumbled than they already are. Could it be the meds or am I reacting to the news that I might have been able to be normal all along and just never knew it?