Reply To: I think I am a self diagnosed ADDer

[ginson18]

@miran64 Like you I have recently learned that I maybe ADHD. I am a teacher and I have filled the forms out for doctors over my students for years, but never once thought about myself. I just thought this was how people functioned. It wasn’t until I listened to a book through audible called, Faster than Normal by Peter Shankman. After listening to his book and then talking with my principal she looked at me and said she has known I was ADD since we first started working together over 6 years ago! I was floored. She was also floored that I didn’t know.

I took the test on her and it said I may the Combined Subtype of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Recently I had to fill out the teacher form doctors send us when evaluating students. So I asked my husband the questions and from that my score was also ADD more than ADHD. The more I learn and read the more I see the patterns and realize I have been this way a lot longer than I ever thought. I also see the symptoms in other family members like my sister, mom and even my grandpa.

My goal is to learn to function better. I wonder if ADHD has times where it is more predominate than it is at other times or is it because I am just learning about it. I struggled with depression and began medication a little over 2 years. My depression came from grief.

I look forward to meeting others and sharing.

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