Hi...my name is Jen and I very recently found out through the AMEN site that I probably have inattentive ADD. I am in the process of trying to find a good psychiatrist for a formal diagnosis and I am not asking anyone here to diagnose me but I would love to get your opinions. I NEVER have considered the fact that I may have ADD...to me, ADD'ers were kids who climbed the walls....I was a well behaved kid who was a classic underachiever in school....im ashamed to admit that i graduated in the bottom ten percent of 350 kids....i had trouble concentrating and always daydreamed in class and trouble following directions at times....i barely ever did homework no matter how much trouble my mom threatened me with....I really WANTED to do well but just couldnt find it within me to motivate myself and get some focus.....and now that im an adult in my 30's i am just feeling like a freak....i have a job where very little is required of me because i am not motivated to take on more responsibility...I feel like I am as intelligent as anyone in my company...its like im a go-getter trapped in a lazy persons body...my house is a wreck, my finances are just shot....luckily, i have good friends, husband and family or God knows where I would be today.....i make big plans and never follow through with them....heck, i dont well following through with small plans......my family Dr. diagnosed me with depression and i have taken prozac and wellbutrin...they make me feel good but my life is still the same....can I have your opinions please? If anyone has these same obstacles in their life, I would be interested in learning their coping strategies. I am SOOO ready to live life and not let life just happen to me. Thank you!

Hi. I just wanted to tell you that my life has gone through a very similar path as yours. Stick around here and you will see that all of us are similar in a lot of ways.
I consider myself pretty intelligent. However, my finances, employment, organization, relationships, as well as mostly everything in my life has not turned out as I have hoped. I found out about ADD a few months ago and it was an epiphany. I finally found out what the underlying problem was in all of my failed attempts to live a happy and successful life.
I, too cannot wait to live a life. I have to wait for treatment for the time being. It is verrrry frustrating! However, if you read the posts as well as ask as many questions you have time to, you will find that many of us think almost the EXACT same thoughts. This is a comfort in itself.
Good luck with your treatment and research.

Thank you Theo! It's so refreshing to read about people similar to me that I could cry. And you are right about this being an epiphany...it is....after I posted earlier, I was thinking of other things in my past and present life that may or may not be ADD related....I was a bedwetter until I was 11...and remembering people telling me i needed to "knuckle down" and not knowing how to get myself to "knuckle down"....i have to write myself notes ALL the time....i am the QUEEN Of Post-it notes......my husband gets a bit frustrated at times because i forget things easily....I even forget ( or procrastinate) to things that would be great for me, things that might be fun....these forums are so enlightening.....it really is an Epiphany.....

I did not find out I was ADHD until I was in 11th grade...by then..grades were the pits...But only reason I am not ashamed is the fact I may have grad w/ low average but at least I graduated PERIOD. Many kids drop out of school for one reason or another.

I procrastinate all the time...not that I mean too...it's just that I am thinking of other things and like so many of us...I forget...Lucky for me, mom deals with it...but in relationships...No man could handle it...thank god I am away from them...they always made me feel stupid.

Hugs! Aint it great knowing ur not alone.