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Well, what can i say..
Today I am officially a member of the ADHD "community" :) After 3 weeks of what  (in my country) is called "utredning" [I think it means Investigation] I am now officially with ADHD.. at the ripe old age of 38 :)

That said. Nothing revolutionary happened.. I have always known what I had and so has my parents. Their solution was to make me do hard physical training (Judo and Gymnastics) 6 days a week from the age of 8. Not a bad word about that, I actually enjoyed it and my parents have always been loving and supported me.

I have a good education (with good grades) and it is probably all thanks to my physical training. But after I got older and especially after I lost my wife (6 years ago. Divorce, not death. She could not live with my quirks anymore) things have been going steadily downhill. It is harder to concentrate. My impulse control, which was not good at any point :) has been steadily getting worse. I had to quit my job because it was driving me (and probably those who worked with me) nuts.
So now I get to go on medication. I don't know if I should be looking forward to that, but anything must be better than this...
This morning I found my toothpaste in the fridge.. I took it out. made breakfast, put stuff back in the fridge and went to brush my teeth.. guess where the toothpaste still was... It has sort of always been like that, but now the idiocy of it gets to me.

Anyways, sorry about the rant. It was nice to find that there was others like me. Even my age and older. I have read a lot of posts and sorta feel better already. Thanks, and take care.

-R. Growler.

PS: Sorta depressed now even though it is a big relief to have my "affliction" in black and white. Hope I did not get anybody down. I promise to be more upbeat from now on :)
  

 

Well Growler, welcome to the club! As I'm sure you will notice reading this message board, we all have our ups and downs, like you.  "Goes with the territory" as the saying goes... But please don't apologize for saying what you feel 'cause there are plenty of us who care and want to help if we can...we know too that we can get help and advice here if we need it--or just let off steam!

You know, I too was surprised when soon after my diagnosis the "eureka!" phase of being diagnosed I started feeling depressed.  Before my diagnosis the stuff didn't bother me--hell, I'd been either ignoring or denying or running away from it all my life!  But once diagnosed (at age 50!), there was no more denial and brushing things off with a care-free attitude.  -- instead there was this rather sullen dark cloud of reality that appeared every time I did some ADD thing.  

I found that talking about it...to my wife, or very close freinds, helped a lot.  this fourm helped a lot too.  We are too hard on ourselves sometimes and need to be reminded to lighten up, to draw on the vast reserve of optimism that brought us along this far, through so much. 

Some of my ancestors came from Norway...perhaps we have the same ADD genes!   Well new guy, try not to dwell on the negative right now...if you're getting down and have no one to talk to, come here and vent and see what others can share with you!

Welcome Growler! [QUOTE=scotmama]i take concerta and it is suiting me fine.keep an eye on loss of appetite and loss of weight.[/QUOTE]

Jeeze, I am already skinny. I will. Thanks!

-G.

i take concerta and it is suiting me fine.keep an eye on loss of appetite and loss of weight.Thanks!! 

I feel better today! Had a meeting with the people who are deciding my future so to speak. Nevermind that they actually called me 4 times before the meeting to ensure that I showed up. Apparently they have encountered ADHD before.


They said (there were three): you will start to use Concerta (I think? something like that). And we will visit you once a week and measure your progress.  Dunno what I should think about that but it is so bloody good to let someone else take charge for once....

Anyhoo, Its looking good!

Thanks,

-RG.