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I'd go one step beyond just talking to your regular doctor. Make sure you find somebody who understands how to diagnose and treat adult with ADD.
Here's a link to an article about how to find professionals who understand Adult ADD.
http://livingwithadd.blogs.com/blog/2005/04/finding_profess. html
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I'd go one step beyond just talking to your
regular doctor. Make sure you find somebody who understands how to
diagnose and treat adult with ADD.
Here's a link to an article about how to find professionals who understand Adult ADD.
http://livingwithadd.blogs.com/blog/2005/04/finding_profess. html
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Exactly. However, go to your family physician first and see what they
say. Some insurances require that, others don't. Then go from there.
Until then, read up and ease your mind, good mate.
Thanks a lot for the replies both of you. I will heed both of your advices, and try to find out if I do indeed have this.
I'll see if I can order the book I have seen mentioned on this board
"Driven to distraction" from Amazon, as I doubt the libraries here in
Sweden carry it (though it's possible!)
I'm going to the Doctors for a routine appointment on Friday, so I will
mention this to her to see if their is anyone I can speak to about it.
Going to check the links out now, before I go to bed.
Well yes you need to make sure that the person is accepted by the insurance company and you follow the rules. But, it's a good idea to do your homework 1st even before talking to a pcp. Many times they will refer you to somebody who claims to understand adult ADD but does not. I have hear way too many horror stories about this and even experiences it 1st hand myself.
Hi everyone
Something has been bothering me since I was a small child, in School I had the following symptoms:
Impulsivity - total inability to engage brain before doing a task, 0% planning ahead or consideration of consequnces
Someone who rambled incohernetly
Early developmental disorders, mainly speech (and terrible handwriting)
Inability to listen or take part in a structured lesson
No organisational ability
Extreme difficulty in keeping to any kind of lesson plan
No or very low confidence, often felt better in a peer group of 'weaker' or less able individuals
Extreme fear of fighting, I used to get chased a lot but would
never ever stick up for myself - I was petrified of even smaller
children at times
Poor social skills
Hand/Eye coordination low - I often needed to convince other
children to help me out with scissors etc This unfortunately led
the teachers and therapists to believe I was just being manipulative
and lazy
Only thing I loved, and still love is computers
Hyperactivity
Later on my speech improved massively and so did my English and Maths
skills, so much so that I was considered genius level in both for a
while.
Nowadays most of the traits are still evident to some degree (some more
than others). Whilst I've also developed other traits, such as a
high sensitivity towards noise (I have to leave a room if someone is
clicking a pen on the other side of it, for example).
I am sorry for the large size of this post, just wanted to make sure I
got all of the detail in. Hopefully now at 24yrs of age I can
perhaps resolve to try and get some sort of treatment, as I feel this
is holding me back from being successful and confident. I know I
have ability, I just need something to help me unlock it and focus.
Thanks in advance for any replies :)
KevInSweden38453.2255439815Go to the library and check out all the ADD books you can. Read up and schedule an appointment with your doctor.