Thought I would start off with an introduction and a little of my story.
I have always had problems in school with talking, not living up to potential, and so on. When I was 17 I was diagnosed with ADHD and was given a prescription for something that was supposed to help. Well, I never got to take it. I had to take a pregnancy test (because I was sexually active and meds could hurt a fetus). Turns out I was pregnant.
Fast forward 12 years... I now have five wonderful children. I still haven't been on meds, don't remember the Dr. that diagnosed me and have to get a brand new diagnosis so I can get medicated. I have lived with the belief that I don't need meds, that everything is fine....I am just screwed up. I homeschooled (well, kind of~I really wanted to do it a certain way that I never accomplished) my kids for 2 years. So for two years I got to adapt our lives to my ADDness. A year ago I put my kids back in school because I just couldn't do it anymore. Now I have to live my life according to the rest of the world and it has woken me up. I couldn't understand why I can't get anything done, why I can't do what I say I am going to do, why I forget EVERYTHING, and so on. Lately I started looking into the symptoms of Adult ADHD and OH MY GOODNESS! It's me! I started by reading a book (well, kind of reading it, I have skimmed through it all) called Driven to Distraction. The stories in it are so me. I never realized how much ADHD was really affecting my life.
I am going to see a Psych. as soon as I can cough up the 0 for the initial visit. I already know that I will take Adderoll (sp?) because that is what has worked for my mother (yes, major family history~My mother and my four siblings) and we tend to have the same reactions to medications. At the moment I am looking into techniques that will help me to function better. I know that I am at my hubby's wits end because he just doesn't understand and I don't know how to make him understand.
Anyway, Thanks for reading (if you made it this far ).
Christine
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