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Re: So glad its helping!!!

Posted by katekite on April 12, 2002, at 9:37:21

In reply to So glad its helping!!! » katekite, posted by amber_spirit on April 12, 2002, at 6:59:37

Hi Amber,

You might try the website www.mindfixers.com or maybe its brainfixers. There is a very long on line quiz there that makes an attempt to screen for ADD. If you come out as possible or probable then definitely I would say get an evaluation done. In the quiz, on things like "do you interupt a lot" its best to actually ask a close friend or family member rather than try to answer yourself, because at least for me I was not aware of quite how much I interrupt, etc. And the same quiz, if you aren't ADD, also tries to provide some idea of what neurotransmitters would be the best to try to target with drugs: norepinephrine vs serotonin vs dopamine.

I took a printout of the quiz to my psychiatrist, he didn't believe me, but at least referred me to a ADD specialist, who is the person who finally evaluated me. My insurance, which almost never pays for ADD testing, actually paid, because I think their docs had reviewed my expensive case and decided something was a bit off about my diagnosis.

Even if one does have ADD it doesn't mean one doesn't have bipolar. Similarly, if one has ADD maybe one doesn't have bipolar, given ADD is way more common a problem. A family history of bipolar would suggest bipolar, but relatives responding to stimulants certainly suggests ADD. Bipolar, OCD and some other problems I can't recall occur with ADD more than would be expected by chance alone. So its certainly worth looking into. For example, some obsessive traits could mask some ADD traits. I will try to find this comparison chart I once saw for ADD and bipolar symptoms and post it here. Probably under a new thread.

Hope things work out for you. I really like this board, much more than others I was aware of. Just many more visitors I think so lots of diversity of opinion. Thanks so much for your support and comments, it was immediately helpful to me to find that someone else had gotten hot on a drug. There are so many times I had thought in retrospect maybe it was some bizarre delusion.

Kate


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