Re: Expert Doctor says I don't have ADD – I say I do

[Tiddler]

I had extensive testing too. The doctor observed that I have several strategies to compensate for my problems and he said that in some of the subtests it was clear that I have problems qualitatively (he saw me fidgeting or using huge hand gestures to try to remember things for example) but my results were ‘normal’ on those tests. He used his judgement and gave me some other tests too which were conclusive, together with my history.

Do you have some test results to look at and talk about? My doc said even my attention was intact when there were enough distractions to keep me focused but when it was a boring task I was all over the place. Sometimes the results aren’t quite what they seem and sometimes they are and there’s another issue going on. What did he suggest was causing the problems you described?

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