Diagnosed many times

[Anonymous]

Over the course of my life, I’ve been diagnosed as ADD or ADHD a number of times. The “H” part is apparently something I’ve outgrown, as it’s not as prominent as it used to be. Of course, the diagnosis video thinks it unlikely that I have ADD. It’s a good thing that they say it doesn’t replace a proper diagnosis…at least in my case

Earlier today, my wife and I caught part of a special on PBS called ADD & Loving It. It was an eye opener, even for someone like my who’s lived with it and known it for years. I honestly didn’t realize some of my other problems weren’t anything more than my ADD kicking in. It was kind of surprising.

My wife, who’s struggled to put up with me, learned a lot too. A lot of the problems she never understood, but here she was, looking at what all someone else was going through and it was just like me. She’s struggled with me rotating through interests, where one is all consuming for a few months, then it’s on to something else for a few months. She’s hated that for our ten years of marriage, but she saw that this wasn’t something I could just control.

Anyways, in the course of this special, this website got mentioned (I think it was during the PBS begging for money part) and I wanted to check it out…so here I am

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I also just joined this forum after watching the same program today. I’m hoping it will turn out to be better than one I joined several years ago. I found absolutly no support there at all and I kind of soured on the idea of internet support groups. Maybe this one will be different.

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well i think they should of put me in the movie Ha ha ha i have been diagnosed several times 1st time was when i was 7 they had me on all kinds pills i was so stoned i think i walked to the wrong school so they put me on more meds sent me to special ed and than sent me to the hospital ( psych ward) hooked wires up to my brain , yup not kidding then to foster care ( for troubled children) than more visits with doctors One of them who i believe is a specialist in ADD now and others , i made it trough grade school barely i was kicked (expelled) in grade 3,6,7,8 but still graduated now onto high-school i made it out with a partial grade 10 only took me 3 years + and again sent to doctors put on a lot of diff meds that didn’t work , like Prozac,effexor and Zoloft . well the 2nd last semesters grades were like grade 10 math 75% Grade 9 and 10 English were both under 30% and woodworking 100% , so anyways the next term i was failing again all my classes the principal told me to drop out and get a job . so i did that was in maybe 1993 i think well I’m now 36 and have had more jobs than i care to count oh-ya for got to mention my parents sent me to private counseling what a waste of money that was so here i am 36 i have had every job i wanted i worked for big companies had good jobs , i went and took action maybe 12 years ago no offence but this quack had his pad out getting me Prozac before i even said hello i lost faith in the medical system i guess because of well i don’t even know i am just rambling and venting , but on the bright side i have been researching whatever i can now for the last 6 months i am tired being like this so now at least when i see the doctor one of us will be educated i have copped somehow this long with making lists and lists of lists and than databases of lists of lists of lists i cant even make sticky note now i am done rambling for now

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[billd]

Tomcat1066 I could have written your post. I caught the last few minutes only while channel surfing. My wife was gone that day or I would have had her watch it, too.

My mother is ADHD, my youngest son was diagnosed the same when he was young. People just called me lazy and hyper. My mother called me accident prone and “the absent-minded professor”.

The show matched me perfectly. At least what little I saw of it. There’s two of my favorite comedy actors – on TV no less, talking about my behavior? What’s THAT all about!?! I found the link to the PDF file “self-test”. Of the 18 questions in part A and B, I scored a perfect 30 in part A – had to assign the highest, the farthest right in the gray on all of them. On the bottom part – Part B – I did nearly as well – depending on my mood – 53 or higher there. So at least, even on a GOOD day for me, 83 out of 90.

I’ve been “misdiagnosed” for 53 years. So what do I do about it now? Few believe me! Honestly – not so sure my wife even believes it’s actually a medial thing. I could remember, or I could apply myself and get things done if I wanted to do them.

No, wish I could! I’m VERY good at what I do – just getting me to DO those things……..

Moved 4 times in 5 years, multiple careers and jobs – longest was 7 years, 3rd marriage, forgetful, clumsy, accident prone, a pain in school, trouble with English, spelling on paper, reading comprehension (even though I was in the highest percentile in the Basic Skills tests in school), I have to have multiple projects going as I get bored with one and move to another, I hate paperwork.

I can’t even keep a straight path in this message – and I just realized – I wore my old worn out black with grease and dirt, and full of holes shoes to work in the office! Arrgh – hope no one looks at my feet today……….

Oh, do folks with ADD or ADHD tend to mis-spell or turn letters around in words like teh? I sure do……..or am I just a bad speller! Mybe I am only disorganized, forgetful, clumsy, lazy, unfocused and simply need to work harder at doing the right things?

What do I do now? No, doctors around here are quacks – they leave stitches in your fingers for weeks, they misdiagnose and are after-all, only practicing….. I don’t trust a doctor to have a clue.

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[Anonymous]

hey billd i feel your pain and same here with the doctors i went in the other day and just told them why i was there and what i want i have done the research . so my doc gave me a prescription for what so far it working for me.

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