I would say that you do have ADD. I am 42, I work at a pediatricain's office so I see a lot of kids come in with ADHD. One of the doctors had a check list for adult ADD, I took the test and had marked every answer yes, which made me decide to start researching adult ADD on the web. I was astounded at what I read, my life was mapped out in much of what I read. All of my life I have thought I was lazy, disorganized, unmotavated, could never follow through with anything, always had good intentions but no follow through, couldn't concentrate, etc..

I made an apt. with my doctor and gave him the information I gathered. He put me on Adderall 20mg once a day and told me to play with the dosage until I got it right, or until it worked well for me. That was last Friday, I am amazed at how much better I feel since taking it!!! I take online college classes and for the first time I can focus on my work and the words that I have in my head, that would never come out the way I wanted, are flowing out of me!! I am totally amazed and loving it!!

Don't let a doctor make you feel like a "stupid child"!! Keep searching until you find a doctor that is willing to take the time to diagnose and treat you. I wish you the best of luck.

You need to consult a professional. Find someone who will work with you, not baby you or treat you like a stupid child. That is crazy. Look for someone you feel connected with. You can tell that instantly. I think you probably have ADHD.  It sounds like you do. However, you might not.  Something in your life or childhood may have led to ADHD like symptoms. Also other psychological problems lead to ADHD-like symptoms.  If you are like this for no reason at all...and have always been like this...then maybe ADHD. However, if you say you don't have any childhood memories...that is not quite a symptom (well, that depends on what you mean... if you mean you don't remember random baseball games you went to or whatever fine, but if you don't remember much at all..that's hmm...it can be ADHD...it could be something else). You need to check into what's going on there.  Talk to someone.  Good luck! 

Allymary  I laughed so hard out loud ..(lshol?)  when you said you think Belle from Beauty/Beast was ADHD!  THAT IS GREAT!  looking back on the movie, yeah I bet your right!   What is ADHD P1 and P?  that you refer to?  just curious.

Did I tell you that practically my dad's whole side of the family probably has ADD?  talkl about destiny!  When you were diagnosed-did it make you feel like you couldnt trust your self for a while? especially in social situations?  Thats how Im feeling now, ya know, just coming down  from the being fired and everyone at that job thinking I was a freak (I know it was a great deal them, (ew bad grammar here, sorry teach!)  more than it was me because they were stuck up young snobby b----'s if you know what I mean, but maybe they were the most truthful?  its easier to be truthful to someone like a co-worker if you dont like them? Ok This calls for Example time!  I work a part time job in retail at a craft store as a cashier(how perfect is this!!!)  and of course, because I like it I flourish (not trying to brag, but compared to other job hey "Im a Winner!"  (the thought of Will Farrel-comedian comes to mind in his joggig shorts  and head band arms held striaght up and jumping up and down)  ANYWAY I DIGRESS!!!!   (Sorry)   ok so back to the craft store, when I am working there, Im in my happy place, I dont monitor myself, I talk and laugh with all I come in contact with, I noticed I talk a little faster, even with the medication in me.  I make people laugh,?! who come through my line, I asked a dear co-worker who was standing next to me at her register if I seemed to hyper?  obnoxious or if I was bothering her,  (people with ADD shouldnt ask others about this, really puts people on the spot) and she said noooooooo- pausing -maybe a little excited  that was a really sweet way to put it and she supportively said my next job (I told her about the other job) must involve people, "because Your so good with people".  I worry  though  or can I be over the top (like Robin Williams? gets, yeah people like him and some dont, they say he's way over the top!) Like ME?  So anyway Im watching my friend with her customers, she's quiet, talks ALOT slower and is really friendly, and great with people too. So where does that leave me, I would think one doesnt want to walk around all day monitoring and triple checking themselves before they act or speak, so I do this afterward, think about my day, what was said, how did that come across? etc.  AARGH! I hate this!  and another thing, In my writing, I cant just write simple sentences or responses to things (well obviously as you can see) and my notes, or day planners, or address books etc are so very messy, and scribbled and arrows going from here to there, this irritates me about me too.  and there was something else I was going to mention, but of course, I forgot, lol-is it any wonder?   ..................................O H I REMEMBERED! am I total freak because now since my diagnosis- and being fired, I tell anyone who is nice to me (well Im exaggerating a little) hey I have ADHD! or I say I was let go from my job, and the other person says OH NO WHY then I say I was fired (like a dumbass) then I proceed to say because I have ADHD and the job wasnt a good fit (so again, you get a look like  .   some though, like the co-workers at the craft store are really nice and say that job wasnt for you anyway "you need a more People oriented job"  and then they go on about their business, which is fine, but then I second guess myself and say oh maybe they wont accept me now, and why in the hell did I tell them so much personal info! yes they are friends but not that close of friends! What the "H" is wrong with me? and another stupidism--I brag and say, I lost 10 pounds from April 1 to May 3!!! people say Oh Great HOw!  ( because of my medication) OH! THEY SAY AND MOVE ON, (course I would too!) How does a non Add'er respond to that! So my advice to myself, would be SHUT UP!

But now I will leave you on some happy upbeat notes:  on second thought, I think I will make a seperate post of these, this note is too long anyway, Thanks for reading! and hope to talk to you soon! Memorial Day is here, hard to believe, Here comes Summer!  I went with my family last night to a local baseball game, the team from the city, not the major leagues, and in between the innings they do all sorts of silly stuff, a fun time was had by all, and to think I was dreading going! Now Im glad I went .

Talk to you soon MY FRIEND!  Jayna

 (it took me a couple days to respond to your post, because STILL i have issues navigating this site, turns out the log in wasnt accepting my password I kept repunching it in WITHOUT Deleting the prior stuff....@#$?(*&)%$$%&^&*) duh so I clicked forgot password 3 times before realising this, and got 3 new passwords! but I think I got it now! ok --Talk to you soon! (I hope)  

Hi ALL!

Sorry to be so chatty Kathy today.  Just wanted too send a SMALL QUICK HAPPY NOTE!  Can you believe this! I actually talked to Kate Kelly the co-author of You mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?  She was really cool, and she does long distance coaching, along with a staff of others.  they have their own website, www.addcoaching.com it sounds great, I just dont have the funding for that now, but the good news is I contacted our local chapter of CHADD (National Organization for Children and Adults with ADD) and they have  alot of great things to offer!(www.Chadd.org) (I think) and lastly, I've been an ADD secretarial fish, so to say, swimming up stream for my whole adult career knowing this wasnt the job for me, but not knowing what else I could do and hating all of the stuff that goes along with that, but now through my local chapter of unemplolyment they have given me copious amounts of resources on line to look for jobs, skills assessments etc.  So I did a skills assessment and didnt think I'd come up with much and I got 2 pages worth of stuff I could do and that I, would enjoy! So I am hopeful!  WOO HOO! Thats all for now! Thanks! Jayna