I have found that now I am pretty sure I have ADD and occasionally HD too..and I am coming to terms with the problem and researching ways to better my life..people keep calling it "making up excuses" for poor performance. Hmm..I would say if I had poor performance I wouldn't be trying to hard to keep my job among other things. The people around me say that I am making excuses for being unkempt, unorganized, out of control, impulsive spending (although with some restraint).
A doctor I visited for an ear infection 2 months ago tried to tell me I have Hypothyroid (without testing me). I was given a complete battery of tests for this among other illnesses in the past where a doctor tried to make me take Paxil saying nothing was wrong with me. He just didn't understand my being overweight was from lack of activity and overeating from boredom. My mind was foggy even when I was a skinny little teenager. No one understands what we go through on a daily basis just to get through one 24 hour day. They try to fit you into a category.
I have always had the problem of not being tidy, mainly because it takes me 5 hours to clean one room. Anyway..my easy way out was to dump the contents of the room into a box and then put it into my storage space. Years later I am looking for something I want to use and find things in this box and say to myself "Did I actually buy that?" Then others around me say to stop playing around, how could I possibly forget this or that..lol
You know what I think? I think many people have difficulty understanding that truly helping someone involves listening. I went through a few doctors before I found the right one. Wow, I'm feeling really lucky that I hit a good doc on the first try. I feel bad for you!I've only had a couple of people say I was making it up. Most people have been supportive. I figure, so what if they think it is an 'excuse'. I'm still trying hard to get my life back together, so at least I'm making an effort.
I wouldn't tell everyone about it, some people are not very understanding. To those people who think I made it up I said "so when did you get your medical degree?"