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I have been taking the wild salmon fish oil three times daily now for about two weeks, on the recommendation of my wife's doctor and research on the internet. Hard to say if its working or not, but will continue to do so. I am hopeful though...

onlyme

try to stay postive. It looks like there are a number of informed and sympathetic voices on this site. Perhaps they can be of assistance in trying to understand what is happening to you. As well, the doctors are not always 100 percent correct in their assessments. Perhaps a second opinion and one from a specialist in these disorders may be another avenue for you to pursue. Good luck.

Thanks guys! I really appreciate your input.

Eliza, I didn't want to go to the doc because I already take my daughter to
counseling once a week and take her to the doc once a month. It's just
too much for me at times. But when I was at the doc yesterday I was kind
of not thinking clearly after she said bipolar and I just said let's take the
symbyax. Afer thinking a little and talking to my husband last night, I
think I am going to go ahead and make an appt with the other doc to get
a proper diagnosis.

The medicine made me feel awful this morning. I was so groggy and
almost fainted after getting out of bed. Don't know if I will continue it or
not.

I always make notes when in a meeting and stuff. I do lists for my
projects, etc. nothing seems to help. My boss is looking for every little
thing that I can do wrong or not EXACTLY the way she would do it. My
boss
a perfectionist and wanting us to do everything EXACTLY the way
she would do it. I can get the job done just sometimes not in the exact
way that she would.onlyme38491.2649421296

Hi OnlyMe,

Why didn't you want to go to a specialist and get a proper diagnosis?

If your ADD interrupts your life so much, it's worth looking into it, and learning to make the most of your talents. It might seem like a dirty secret, but it's worth accepting it, and finding ways to modify your life at home and at work.

You might need to start making checklists of everything involved in doing a project. It might seem like you've been doing them for 10 years and shouldn't need a list, but if you had one, you wouldn't forget so often.

You might find that you need to change the order of your day, so you do the boring admin/paperwork stuff in the morning when you're fresh, and make your phone calls/errands in the afternoon.

Try taking notes in meetings, it might help you focus. Even if you get out of the meeting and 10 minutes later think "what the hell was that about?" you can look down and you've got some notes to jog your memory.

Muskmelon,

Good for you. I hope your meds help. I too have read and tried all the crap in books to try and manage my ADD better but I then forget what I read.

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Hi all. I am new to this forum. Just like the subject says, "I always knew" but was afraid to ask. I have always had adhd and I am at the end of my rope now. I cannot deal with it anymore. It makes me feel stupid at times even though I have a very high IQ, I forget what I just said, where I was, what I was doing, etc.

I guess I have disappointed myself. I am now ready to get help. Partly because it is starting to affect my performance at work and I think my boss thinks I am stupid half the time because I cannot remember all the tedious little details involved in the projects that I work on. She pounds me all day long on every little thing that I forget. I DO get the job done and do it well, it just takes much more effort and time for me than it does anyone else. One day my boss told me in a conversation, "sometimes it just doesn't click for you when we are talking about something." And she is right because I cannot stay focused.

It has always been in me; the ADD but I just lived with it and now I am tired. Does that make sense? I am tired of having to take two days to clean the house because I am emptying the trash and go to the garage and remember the thing I left in my car, which prompts me to remember to clean my car. Then I forgot why I even came out there to put the trash out!! GAWD I HATE IT!

I have the most wonderful husband in the world and he is so very supportive of me but personally I am sick of living my life this way....for 40 years now, it's time for a change.

Anyway, sorry for the long post but the point of my post is that I made an appointment with my family doc tomorrow to see about her putting me on meds. Any suggestions on exactly how I should approach this with her would be appreciated. I cannot handle her saying that I am just overthinking or whatever. I also struggle with depression and I think much of it is due to my ADD. She put me on celexa for over 4 years now and it is working for me right now. Anyone else on antidepressants with ADD medication?

I am so psyched about this appointment tomorrow, I hope she doesn't think I am crazy.

Thanks for listening!!

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I know you are frustrated, but it sounds like you're actually doing pretty well in life. Sometimes you just need to ease up on yourself. In my opinion, meds don't really help for things like forgetfulness, etc. but they give you a small boost in areas that require discipline. There are still things you just have to work around, and if you think about it, they aren't all that serious. Now that you know you have ADD, I'd say the first step is to stop being angry at yourself for something that is beyond your control.

Hi Onlyme, I've just found this forum and have been going through posts. Yours struck a chord. I'm newly 39 (May 10th) and courtesy of my wife's psychiatrist, now have an "unofficial" diagnosis of ADHD. Its unofficial because of my work (airline pilot) and the consequences of an official diagnosis might have repercussions on my career that I don't need.

I am very interested in how your visit to the doc has gone. Any updates? I too am tired of living with the same symptoms you describe. Racing mind, impulsive decisions, forgetting what the current task is supposed to be. I must clarify that the order and structure of a cockpit (checklists, procedures etc) keeps me safe and "hyper-focused". It's my homelife and the effect on my tolerant, and now more understanding, wife that has brought this matter to a head for me. Until now, its been just comments and jokes from colleagues and friends that I should be on Ritalin...

Anyway, medication is out for me, what has the doc prescribed apart from meds for you?

Good luck

P.S. As a result of ill-planned renovations that I have undertook over the last year and a half (not knowing I was ADHD), my wife ended up in the hospital at Christmas due to stress et al. She too had been on Celexa (low dosage) for four years, and was subsequently diagnosed with Seratonin Syndrome, a very serious condition that can become life threatening. Make sure you self-educate yourself on the possible side effects of SSRI's...

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Have you tried the omega 3 and 6... I take meds for my add but i am looking into the natural stff too.. The flax oil has all of the stuff in it is bascialy fish oils...

onlyme
Welcome this is what the message board is here for for help and to vent and there are times we just goof offf..(even tho some of us get in trouble for it)cough cough

Just got back from the doc and she had me to do a questionare on mood disorders AND ADD. Well I scored off the chart on both. She asked me if I would go to a specialist and get diagnosed. I told her I didn't really want to do that. Maybe I should have.

She told me that first she needs to treat the mood disorder and maybe it would help the ADD. (doubt it!!) If that didn't work then we would go from there. She put me on Symbyax for BiPolar disorder.

I'm really disappointed and frustrated at this point. The ADD bothers me more than the bi polar and I got the bi polar meds. Anyone been on symyax or been diagnosed with bipolar instead of add. And did the bipolar meds help the ADD?

I could almost cry.

hi--I'm new here as well. Tired of living with my screw-ups (for 35 years) describes me too. I always thought ADHD was an excuse for kids--hell--I was JUST LIKE them--I didn't get help or meds. However, during the past 4 months, I've hyperfocused on educating myself on ADHD; I think it's real--I think I have it.

Last week, I told a psychiatrist (whom I’ve never seen before) my suspicions about ADHD; I took about 1-hour’s worth of tests in his office (all self-reported—I ‘m a terrible judge of myself) and I get an ADHD diagnosis. The doc put me on Adderall XR 15mg.

Five years ago, I got a dx of anxity disorder and depression—tried celexa, wellbutrin and trezadone (not all at the same time). Did OK, but nothing great—still annoyed with myself for all the failures. Lost my health coverage and stopped them all about 2 years ago…now on Adderall, but concerned.

Good luck with this—let us know how it turned out.

muskmelon38510.7978935185

I have the most wonderful husband in the world and he is so very supportive of me but personally I am sick of living my life this way....for 40 years now, it's time for a change.

I am so psyched about this appointment tomorrow, I hope she doesn't think I am crazy.

Thanks for listening!!

onlyme38489.6964814815

hey there, I haven't read it but HI!

and this is a response.....OFICIALLY!

Thank you abiterxero.

I was only joking in my other post.

Darn it! I am tired of waiting....someone respond already.

I know, but I also know what it's like to want someone to be happy for you so I thought I'd reply ASAP!

I read it now, and I wish you best of luck!

Never give up, there's always hope! Oh and now that you're not afraid to ask there's alot of help and suggestions people can give you, feel free to ask questions! someone here will know!