'I was always drowning': The struggles of adult ADHD

Fleur Connick
Updated December 17 2021 - 11:47am, first published 9:00am
AWARENESS: ACM journalists Alison Foletta and Tom Melville share their stories to create greater awareness around adult ADHD. Picture: Supplied
AWARENESS: ACM journalists Alison Foletta and Tom Melville share their stories to create greater awareness around adult ADHD. Picture: Supplied

I was always drowning. I couldn't breathe for so many years. I had to do the work alone; I had to fail and fight and lose to get to where I am, and I am so angry... It was a waste of my energy.

- Alison Foletta

Alison Foletta, 31, is an ACM journalist at the Wimmera Mail-Times in southwest Victoria.

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Fleur Connick

Fleur Connick

Journalist

Audience Engagement Producer. Part of ACM's national editorial team, supporting newsrooms around the country with digital engagement. Passionate about telling stories and the power of good quality journalism. I live and work on the traditional lands of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.

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