Posted by Jazzed on June 16, 2005, at 16:26:18
In reply to Re: ADD? what't the opposite of ADD? :-) » Jazzed, posted by Deneb on June 16, 2005, at 9:25:20
Hey Deneb,My daughter does the same thing you did in high school. She waits till the last minute to do her work, and then gets so anxious that she has to do it. The doctor, who specializes in ADD, said that anxiety is a motivator, and that doing that is very common. She gets distracted by all this other stuff, and homework is put off, and put off, until she can't put it off any longer. Her grades are great, but she's going into high school, and has NO time management skills, which she'll need because she'll be in all honors classes. I can't help her there because it's all I can do to manage myself!
I have anxiety too, and don't do many social things because of it, I hate to be in social situations. Anxiety and depression tend to be co-morbid with ADD, as well as other things like OCD and lower self esteem. Did you check out www.addforums.com at all? Lots of information there. And, if you want to self test, to see if you might have it, check out
the Amen clinic self test:
http://amenclinics.com/ac/tests/add_test1.phpsubtype test:
http://amenclinics.com/ac/tests/subtype_test1.phpThen if it looks like you might have ADD, and you need to find a specialist, and don't know of one, I'd go through CHADD first http://www.chadd.org/, or some other organization or adult ADD support group in your area, and if all else fails, maybe check out:
http://www.addreferral.com/
The only reason I say if all else fails is because one psychologist told me that this might not be the best place to get a legit referral for ADD/ADHD. I don't know. Some of the places in our area are good, but they don't have the best place listed.The meds can really help a lot. They motivate me and get me on track, I procrastinate less, can focus and prioritize better, and don't go off into la la land as much. My kids all do much better too, esp. my son who got a perfect report card last quarter after starting on meds.
Good luck, let me know if you go anywhere with all of this, and let me know how you do on the self test!
Jazzy
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