Posted by SLS on October 17, 2011, at 7:20:08
In reply to Re: what a jip » SLS, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 17, 2011, at 6:58:45
> > All of this was true of me as well. Depression hit me at a very young age, and most definitely was responsible for the symptoms you describe. Your doctor might be right.
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> > There are some good psychometric tests that can tease out true ADD/ADHD. Perhaps you should be evaluated using one.> the thing is I don't really recall experiencing any of these symptoms in conjunction with a low mood .. I was reasonably happy as a kid, sporadic bullying not included ..
Bullying really sucks. I had my share, too.
> I have had psychometric testing done while responsive to an AD and it showed an incongruously low processing speed (bottom 20th percentile) and very poor executive functioning, which my psychologist at the time thought was highly indicative of ADHD.
ADD/ADHD is sometimes comorbid with OCD, so I don't doubt that you can have both. Did you ever present your doctor with the results of psychometric testing?
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