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Bitesize Moment: "I Thought I Was Just a Bad Friend." — Keith Walsh on a late ADHD diagnosis

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Episode Bitesize Moment: "I Thought I Was Just a Bad Friend." — Keith Walsh on a late ADHD diagnosis

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In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, broadcaster and mental health advocate Keith Walsh shares what it was like to be diagnosed with ADHD in his late forties — and how going through his son's assessment led to his own.

He's honest and funny about what undiagnosed ADHD looked like day to day, the small systems he built to cope, and why a diagnosis can feel like relief rather than a label.

🔑Key Points

• How going through his son's assessment led to his own diagnosis

• The everyday reality of undiagnosed adult ADHD

• Why a diagnosis can feel like relief rather than a label

• The small systems that helped him cope

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