ADD Question?!
Question:
ADD Question?
I know that I need to go to a doctor but I just want to see if people think the appointment is warranted! I believe I have ADD. I have been classified as learning disabled my whole life but the only "special treatment" I was entitled to was extra time on tests. I would have a lot of difficultly focusing on the task of taking a test, primarily because things were so quiet and then I would hear the slightest sound and I would have to force myself to refocus on a question I have already started to read 5 times. I have been treated for depression and anxiety since junior high to the present. The "red flags" I see are that I am extremely impulsive . . . I buy anything and everything I want! I get down on the floor with the full intention of playing with my children and within 2-3 minutes I am up and about doing something else that has crossed my mind, usually not something important. I can be sitting at the table having dinner with the family and I just up to empty the dishwasher
Additional Details1 week ago
because I forgot to do it before dinner. I am not one to sit through a movie . . . I can just get so restless I end up leaving. I have never been able to sit down and read a book because just jump to the end to see what happens. I just can't physically read a book from cover to cover. I don't think I have the hyperactivity end, just a concentration difficulty. I am the queen of procrastination too!!! I have a short fuss which is just not allowed as a parent. Am I crazy or could these symptoms actually be a medical condition?
6 days ago
I just returned from an ADD clinic and they said with the information they have collected so far, they believe I am ADD. This explains so much to me about my life!!!! I am almost HAPPY I have been diagnosed. I know that sounds weird but it all makes sense now!!!
Answers:
The fact that you have to re-read a question 5 times because a distraction causes you to lose your place is the key signal that yes you probably do have ADD. The impulsivness could be anything but that re-reading 5 times cause you lost your place is a real sign that you might have it. See the doc and ask for a referral to a testing center that tests for ADD/ADHD.