Post by Lunalover on Sept 18, 2018 11:40:36 GMT
Hi,
I read an article written by a woman with ADD a few years ago and just bawled my eyes out. I could have written it, it was scarily similar to me. It was reassuring in way to read that someone else shared my experiences but also scary to think that it may mean I have ADD and that maybe I need to do something about it?
I recently crashed my car for the 5th time in as many years (it was actually my partners car this time, we were in France, it wasn't ideal!) each accident I have had (luckily all small ones) can be attributed to me not paying attention. My parents both saying to me 'just pay attention!". It's this that has sort of spurred me on to look into speaking to a professional about it, but I am really nervous to do it!
I work in SEN and so feel sort of strange going to the GP about something like this. I am a speech and language therapist and I work with extremely complex children and young adults who have Autism, ADHD, behaviour etc. The way it affects the students I work with is huge, and so the experiences I have seem tiny and insignificant in comparison. I feel really silly even considering going to the doctors about it, does that make any sense?
I have been through criteria online and could give multiple examples for all of the inattentive ones, from childhood as well as now. I am often overwhelmed, and spend my life wondering how everyone else seems to manage it? Luckily my partner is great, but one of the things he gets upset about most is that he says I am not listening to him, or that I am distracted when he is talking to me. I very nearly lost my first job because I failed to do something really important. I knew I needed to do the important thing but just couldn't get the motivation to do it!
Can anyone advise on where to start? Could I go private initially or would it have to be through the GP? If I go to the GP should I take anything with me?
Any reassuring words would be much appreciated, how did it go when you went to your GP?
Thanks in advance,
A
I read an article written by a woman with ADD a few years ago and just bawled my eyes out. I could have written it, it was scarily similar to me. It was reassuring in way to read that someone else shared my experiences but also scary to think that it may mean I have ADD and that maybe I need to do something about it?
I recently crashed my car for the 5th time in as many years (it was actually my partners car this time, we were in France, it wasn't ideal!) each accident I have had (luckily all small ones) can be attributed to me not paying attention. My parents both saying to me 'just pay attention!". It's this that has sort of spurred me on to look into speaking to a professional about it, but I am really nervous to do it!
I work in SEN and so feel sort of strange going to the GP about something like this. I am a speech and language therapist and I work with extremely complex children and young adults who have Autism, ADHD, behaviour etc. The way it affects the students I work with is huge, and so the experiences I have seem tiny and insignificant in comparison. I feel really silly even considering going to the doctors about it, does that make any sense?
I have been through criteria online and could give multiple examples for all of the inattentive ones, from childhood as well as now. I am often overwhelmed, and spend my life wondering how everyone else seems to manage it? Luckily my partner is great, but one of the things he gets upset about most is that he says I am not listening to him, or that I am distracted when he is talking to me. I very nearly lost my first job because I failed to do something really important. I knew I needed to do the important thing but just couldn't get the motivation to do it!
Can anyone advise on where to start? Could I go private initially or would it have to be through the GP? If I go to the GP should I take anything with me?
Any reassuring words would be much appreciated, how did it go when you went to your GP?
Thanks in advance,
A