Going to the Doctors tommorw might have ADD?

[Luisc82787]

well honestly i think ive always had but the past few years have been hard. for example i am having hard time staying concentrated at work and my mind is always racing and i keep loosing my keys and money. my car and room is always dirty but when i try to clean it i can do it only for 2 mins then get bored. at work my boss gets mad at me because i cant finish task because i zone out during meetings and my teachers get mad because they know i knew all the test stuff but yet failing because i get bored keeping on task and i even zone out driving and my gf gets mad cause i change to random topics when were on the phone so im going to the doctors but im trying to get advice from people.

[Oilspill]

Hey Luis thats me man...without retlin. I actually cannot function properly without it..on it at least its a bit better...but still hard work...sad but true. Hope your doctor is understanding...get yourself properly assessed.

[Paddles]

Good luck Luisc, would suggest a specialist though. My recent attempt to ask for some sort of diagnosis was an exercise in humiliation first by the referring doc who wasn't interested in even listening (implied I'm malingering) and then the psychologist just said 'ADD--it doesn't exist' and that was it.

[Moonshadow]

Paddles, I just replied to an earlier post of yours, and I'm really sorry but not surprised to see that you have come up against such ignorance. I hope that that doesn't have to be 'it'. Do you have the opportunity to see anyone else, or is there some local organisation that equivalent to MIND here in the UK that could suggest who you could ask to be referred to? There can be a sad lack of understanding and caring amongst doctors and others, who really ought to know better.

Luis, it sounds as if you could profit from seeing someone who understands ADD. Good luck, all. As I said in another post today, I see my GP on Friday partly to discuss what to do about my ADD, pretty much self diagnosed so far, a few months ago at age 61. My GP's initial suggestion about referral was cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with someone likely to have no great knowledge of ADD. That suggested route was partly because funding for CBT happened to be readily available. Good luck, all, R