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Posted by Katey on December 19, 2001, at 20:57:39
i think it would be an interesting story to tell me children when i explain to them about being diagnosed with ADD at the age of sixteen. i havent been yet, but it seems to be my hypothesis of the moment. this past week has been very not right, ive messed up on taking all of my pills, as in the last pill i took was a welbutrin at 8pm on a sunday night. my heads a mess and im not functioning very well at all. fate is kind to me in that i have a pdoc appt tomorrow. wish i wouldve had one yesterday. i read the boards a lot, buti cant focus long enough to post, so thats why i've been fairly silent lately. tomorrows results should be interesting. i'll keep you posted.
Posted by Greg A. on December 19, 2001, at 21:31:30
In reply to something so very not right, posted by Katey on December 19, 2001, at 20:57:39
> What pills are you taking Katey? Any plans on what to tell the pdoc? I always find my appointments go better when I can make myself get the details of what i want to say straight, even if I have to write them down. Also it helps to have a 'desired outcome' so you know where you want the doc to go.
Greg
Posted by Katey on December 20, 2001, at 10:21:44
In reply to Re: something so very not right, posted by Greg A. on December 19, 2001, at 21:31:30
in theory i'm taking welbutrin, prozac, and trazodone. i took the trazodone once and had a horrible reaction to it, and the other ones ive spaced off on for about a week. so the withdrawel hasnt been fun either. i'm going to ask him what he can tell me about AADD, and then we'll maybe go from there.> > What pills are you taking Katey? Any plans on what to tell the pdoc? I always find my appointments go better when I can make myself get the details of what i want to say straight, even if I have to write them down. Also it helps to have a 'desired outcome' so you know where you want the doc to go.
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> Greg
Posted by JohnDoenut on December 20, 2001, at 15:07:06
In reply to something so very not right, posted by Katey on December 19, 2001, at 20:57:39
> i think it would be an interesting story to tell me children when i explain to them about being diagnosed with ADD at the age of sixteen.
Have you read that book Driven To Distraction?! Try that or some others in the bookstore about ADD and ADHD in children and adults.
There's also a lot of info on the web.
Posted by Katey on December 20, 2001, at 20:45:11
In reply to Re: something so very not right, posted by JohnDoenut on December 20, 2001, at 15:07:06
i asked my pdoc what he knew about ADD and he asked why and i said 'i was reading some articles the other night' and he said 'thats why your on welbutrin'. i think i found a good fit. he also asked if i had online access because theres a lot of good articles out there and he was going to find one that he had read the other day to give to me.
at any rate, i'm just amused at the entire concept of a child labeled 'highly gifted' being an undiagnosed ADD. then i told my mom that she now has two children who have learning disabilities (my brother is dyslexic). she asked what i meant and when i told her she said straight to my face 'i dont believe you'. she thinks that because i'm not bouncing off the walls obnoxiously that i cant be ADD. then she went on to say that it was a pass off label, like it didnt really exist. i just shook my head and went to go do homework. some people just dont ever understand, do they?
> > i think it would be an interesting story to tell me children when i explain to them about being diagnosed with ADD at the age of sixteen.
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> Have you read that book "Driven To Distraction"?! Try that or some others in the bookstore about ADD and ADHD in children and adults.
> There's also a lot of info on the web.
Posted by Mair on December 20, 2001, at 22:30:58
In reply to A Bit more of interest, posted by Katey on December 20, 2001, at 20:45:11
Katey - I know of an attorney who was really a pretty brilliant, but a highly disorganized guy. He had been a Rhodes scholar for instance. He got in a lot of trouble with his state's ethics board over a number of complaints from his clients that he didn't tend to there matters and was unresponsive. It's my understanding that one of his defenses was that he was ADD, undiagnosed until he got into all this trouble. I don't think misdiagnosis is all that uncommon, particularly if you're a person who doesn't struggle with school, as he obviously didn't.
Mair
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