I also got diagnosed late last year. I had a great experience with Shimmer and recommend it to any friends/acquaintances that get diagnosed.
It's fairly normal practice to get an ADHD coach with or without also seeing a therapist. Main factors seem to be money, how severely ADHD is affecting that person's life, and whether they have a mix of anxiety/depression with it.
Having this type of service available is really important imo. You can try out multiple coaches if you need to, and there's a system built around the experience to hopefully encourage consistent positive outcomes. With all the baggage that "medicine" comes with in the US, it seems like a positive to have this type of coaching exist outside of the medical system.
My two cents as someone going through a late in life diagnosis at 39.
It's fairly normal practice to get an ADHD coach with or without also seeing a therapist. Main factors seem to be money, how severely ADHD is affecting that person's life, and whether they have a mix of anxiety/depression with it.
Having this type of service available is really important imo. You can try out multiple coaches if you need to, and there's a system built around the experience to hopefully encourage consistent positive outcomes. With all the baggage that "medicine" comes with in the US, it seems like a positive to have this type of coaching exist outside of the medical system.
My two cents as someone going through a late in life diagnosis at 39.