Hi Skeeta - just letting you know you're not alone on here with ADD. I was diagnosed last year and after the inital shock and worry that my brain doens't work etc, I've found it makes a lot of sense. I've let myself off having to be "organised" and we've found ways to work around it. It would have been useful to find this out in high school - it may have helped me with my study dramas. I still managed to get multiple degrees, but only through sheer bloody mindedness sometimes, with lots of things handed it past due dates. btw - I'm also rubbish at remembering to call people back. It's pretty embarassing. I'm afraid I've had to start leaning on "to do" lists. But the hyperfocus is another thing all together - I can spend hours researching and analysing one thing until I do my own head in.
Unfortunately I can't share parenting details with you (our bub died), so can't help there. But you are not alone out there
I feel exactly the same way with regards to diagnosis. Everything in my life makes so much more sense now and I wish I had found out a long time ago. I would have saved a bunch in HECS fees for all my unfinished courses to start with! I did eventually finish a masters too but like you it took determination. Luckily I'm stubborn! I can sometimes use hyperfocus to my advantage workwise but I often lose interest in a job/topic once I've mastered it... and then want to move onto the next challenge.
I see you're in Melbourne. Me too. Do you see a good specialist? Do you take meds and do you find they help? I am just about to start on meds. Hopefully they help me. My biggest problem is being attentive in my relationships and something I'm really hoping that the meds will help with. I can cope with the rest of the disarray in life!
I'm sorry to learn that Leo was with you only briefly. How are you coping? Have you got a lot of support atm?
There is so much of the unknown in relation to Adult ADHD/ADD but it is certainly 'out there' and can cause so much interruption to adults who often have a difficult time being accessed often due to insufficient knowledge on suffers who are no longer children.
As a diagnosed adult ADHDer I found the results to the extensive (an expensive!!) psychological assessment the answer to a long life of suffering..AND without medication.
I too suffered depression years ago but recall problems in school, mainly by the time I reached secondary school (which is also a little different) - the changing of rooms and different teachers for different lessons.
It also causes difficulty concentrating on exams and in work places establishing new skills. Personal relationships are often affected too I agree with that comment also.
Since commencing on medication my entire life is changing enormously. The concentration factor is amazing and I can fit much more in to my life now. Children? I can now even out run them
What was the process like to get your diagnosis? I'm at my wits end with my xp (actually I feel alot of sympathy for him, it's very distressing), and he wants to do something but unless I organise it for him it just won't happen.
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