Hope I am ADHD... | ADHD Information
Geez, Fryed2aCrisp, your ordeal sounds terrible.
I hope that you get the right diagnosis. What are some of your other issues? Having bad relationships is not the exclusive domain of ADDers!
Also, I don't think ADHD is really an "ailment." We aren't having difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality (a lot of us do willingly choose to live in a fantasy world, but when we really have to face reality, we, well . . . we avoid it, but you know what I mean!), or hearing voices (well, no voices other than our own as our brains race from topic to topic). It's a "condition" or, to some, a "disorder." In a different societal construct, I don't think ADHD would even be considered a flaw.
Hey... I am visiting here....I KNOW I have some form of this ailment...plain & simple. I was treated for a reaction to prescribed drugs, for acne, in 11th grade in high school. I was diagnosed with "adolescent turmoil". This was 1973-before ADD and ADHD were even in the textbooks (everything was simply termed a psycosis of some sort- from Manic-depressive, to schizophrenia...making onesself to feel an automatic outcast.
I entered the Air Force in 1977, after extreme testing to determine whether or not I actually had a medical problem. They accepted me into the Air Force, but one week before Basic Training was over, I was given a medication by a male orderly that insisted I take the pill, or I'd receive an injection.
They had access to the medical records that showed my allergic reaction to the aforementioned drug. I was being treated for a very high fever I had acquired during the previous week. Next thing I knew, here we go again! I was admitted into their Air Force hospital and medication juggling resumed.
Approximately thirty years has passed since all of this hospitalization and treatment with mainly Thorazine (Haldol was attempted, also Lithium- to no avail. I was offered an Honorable discharge one day before my full benefits became effective. Gladly, I accepted, and then I was shipped back to my hometown, drooling from Haldol overdose, and found that they were not letting me go home just yet. They kept me in the Veteran's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia for another three months...still playing "find the right medication" game.
Their final summation indicated they believed "I would always have difficulty in relationships, and would most likely find it virtually impossible to secure full time employment".
I have been married four times. First was annulled before a year was up, second lasted about 9 years (I divorced this girl after 7 years, then re-married her for another year- then divorce again) I married a third lady...
this lady filed for divorce from me after one year. Now I have been married to current wife ten years Nov. 25th. I never fathered children (I did not want to have children to suffer what I have experienced). However, this lady had 5 children (Four at home when I married her). Up and down, it has been- I must admit. Today had another dispute which seemed to stem from no where.
Help*..is all I have to say.... I have scheduled an appointment Tuesday 22 to investigate ADHD, and hopefully get help- I hope this starts my life in a better direction!Welcome Fryed, The label doesn't really matter. Getting
the right dx, help, meds. & support is what counts. Good luck on your appt. Keep us posted.
We need to add that song to the ADD Song post can't remember where it it
HEY GLEN - Where is it? This one is good! Fryed, You were talking about the song by "The Animals" si o no?
Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
Well don't you know that no-one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that
All I have to do is worry
And then you're bound to see my other side
I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy, I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never mean to do
'cause I love you
Oh, oh, oh, baby, don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself alone and regretting
Some foolish thing, some little simple thing I've done
I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
You nailed it, countrygirl!....(the song)...and in response to Last post...relationships are my first woe...recalling names- they have to be hammered into my head....instructions- even though I have learned two trades "hands on" (Eyeglass lab tech, optician & machinist), I have tto ask for procedures to be repeated a few times before it sets in. I'll never forget a certain teacher said, "If I could drill a hole in your head and pour the knowledge in, I would."....referring to the first comment, "What does it take to get through that thick skull of yours?"