Thought I had anxiety all these years. ADHD is a blessing diagnosis to have.

I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar story.

TLDR: I drank copious amounts of alcohol to slow down my thinking -- replacing alcohol with ADHD meds cured my damn alcoholism and I'm in blissful shock.

I'm short, I thought I had straight anxiety for 13 years. Was prescribed Xanax and Klonopin during that time, and I drank every single day.

During my 2nd time in rehab for drinking (about a liter of vodka a day), they detoxed me from Klonopin and alcohol.

Awesome -- I kept reporting that I had anxiety and racing thoughts. My psych there said I actually think you have ADHD. Prescribed me Strattera as a test and the anxiety went away completely.

Ice recently switched to Adderall because the Strattera kept me up at night.

I was told I went under the radar for ADHD all this time because I'm "an intellectual" and hyper productive at work.