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Post by easilydistracted on Feb 2, 2018 17:25:11 GMT
Awkward and self conscious, to say nothing of the forest of ugly sticks I've been clubbed with, I too have always shyed away from the camera.
Until recently.
A colleague commented that one day we won't be here and those photos may be the only thing left of us bar fragile memories.
This was brought home during a family event when I was going through the family picture album with my kid, talking about generations long gone, some well before my time.
I was passing on the family lore as my parents had done with me and hopefully my kid will do with hers.
Continuity :-)
( I left out the bit about this is the side of the family that madness seems to run down, that's a conversation for another day, maybe :-D )
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Post by easilydistracted on Dec 19, 2017 22:16:14 GMT
Now we are trialing a slow release 27mg Concerta XL - which seems like quite a big jump, so I'm considering sticking with the Medikinet until after Christmas, because I don't want that to be the time when I first discover all the horrid side effects due to the sudden jump in dosage. It's not really that much more of a jump than you had when you started ( 0 -> 5+5 ) as the prolonged release isn't equivalent to 100% of the same dose of Medikinet (IR-MPH) " IR-MPH 15 mg is equivalent to Concerta XL 18 mg; ... IR-MPH 30 mg is equivalent to Concerta XL 36 mg, " www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg72/chapter/recommendationsIndeed, you might find it smoother as it's spread out over the day and you can take it, forget about it and get on with daily life
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Post by easilydistracted on Nov 20, 2017 22:04:13 GMT
Suggestions please!
Looking around the web for ways of better thinking about it doesn't come up with anything useful - "just throw it away" said by people who just don't understand.
The visual clutter doesn't help my lack of focus.
Focus itself doesn't help either as that just generally results in more stuff as my interests develop a yet another new branch
Or bring in more to replace the stuff I know I have but just can't find.
Rare days of being up to tackling it only result in pushing it higher up against the walls, clearing a bit of space in the centre in the process
Which then means room to play and something else gets pulled out from the walls and so back to square none
At the moment it's getting me quite down and I don't know how to tackle it
Or rather I do, I just can't
Help!
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Post by easilydistracted on Oct 31, 2017 20:55:47 GMT
Hi dude,
One of the "joys" of ADHD is we get to see life without the filters others enjoy, joys in quotes because it isn't always that, we either get it full blast or we are oblivious to it.
Another "joy" is our emotional cup is often close to overflowing.
Both make life difficult, both for ourselves and, we have to admit, those around us too.
From hair-trigger like tempers, bull in a china shop focus at one extreme and unshakeable disinterest at the other with not much in between our behaviour marks us out.
And... one way or another we find ourselves at this point.
The good news is that the medication can help a lot, with that inner-peace that's been missing all this time, with that chance to think before we react and being able to listen to a whole sentence without our own thoughts drowning out half the words or wandering off and missing half the words.
Peaceful, centred, balanced, moderate - previously alien concepts now become real.
The even better news is that now you know, now you know why. That rejection our behaviour caused suddenly becomes understandable, in a world of that likes order our manic pinball like chaos is a poor fit, it's not them, it is us.
Your new knowledge may take a while to settle in, let it, it's a biggie after all, we are different.
Not wrong, not right, just different. Society is not wrong, neither is it right, it's just, as a whole, less different than us.
They, like you and I, are just trying to make the best of it all.
Peace
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Post by easilydistracted on Oct 31, 2017 19:51:14 GMT
Hi jeffprior1976Welcome to the forum. don't let things become too much of a re occurrence before ya sort ya shit out This needs to go on a T-shirt, it's everything
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Post by easilydistracted on Sept 28, 2017 21:09:24 GMT
Honestly, getting a diagnosis is a no win but so is not getting one. The only win is getting a bit closer to understanding yourself and overcoming your struggles. Even if it turns out you don't have ADHD you will still know a bit more about yourself, which can only help you in the long run. This! This is the where am I, this the start of the journey, this is the knowing where to look in the library This is page 1 Best of luck with your assessment! Seconded!
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Post by easilydistracted on Aug 12, 2017 11:59:46 GMT
Paris Angels - Perfume (all on you)
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Post by easilydistracted on Aug 10, 2017 19:20:20 GMT
This may or may not make sense - it's my head and for all that adhd is one diagnosis it comes in a lot of different forms - best comparison I can think of is that London is one city, but to say all Londoners are the same is obviously wrong!
With the "Your mileage may vary" bit hopefully covered...
A bit more centred, less internally noisy, less of a ping-pong ball.
There is the guy that shoots from the hip, there is also the magician that pulls rabbits from hats.
The thing is when you quieten one you also quieten the other.
So when you mute the gobby twat the magic also goes away.
Or while you might be able to stick the chores a bit better that which flew into your grasp before now takes more effort.
Btw, one of the biggest improvements at work isn't medicinal - I can now put my headphones on when I'm having difficulty filtering*
Yes, even medicated there are still bad days
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Post by easilydistracted on Aug 9, 2017 21:30:27 GMT
Workplace performance:-
On a scale of 1 - 10 where 1 is useless waste of space and 10 is "Wow - we need him to be running the company"
Without medication- Anywhere between 1 and 10, generally in the 1/2/3 range, if the stars are in alignment, an 8/9/10 (sadly far too rare)
With medication A more consistent 4 or 5
Socially:-
On a scale of 1 - 10 where 1 is "Can we kill him now?" and 10 is "I want to make babies with you"
Without medication- Anywhere between 1 and 10, generally in the 1/2 range, if the stars are in alignment, a 4 (sadly far too rare)
With medication A more consistent 3
It's not a cure but it does take the worst of the edges off
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Post by easilydistracted on Aug 9, 2017 20:59:32 GMT
Welcome back chaoticwitchYup, both adhd and asd, you wait all your life for a disorder and two come along at once! Oh wait, that's buses! It seems that developmental disorders are rarely found on their own. Anyways, dentists! They are better than they used to be, much better My childhood dentist left most of my neighbourhood with a phobia about the dentist, having moved away I've not been able to confirm the roumour that she was eventually struck off. Childhood phobias, misspent youth and both neglect and excess left me with a gob much like you describe. I wasn't keen to go back! Nowadays they actually wait for the jags to take effect! This is I think the biggest difference from back then when it was jag in one hand drill in the other... For me that means I'm sitting there 10/20mins before they can start and have on occasions had a 2nd round but the difference is remarkable! It's all very different and a lot better than it was!
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Post by easilydistracted on Aug 8, 2017 19:30:50 GMT
. . .but all I want to do is tell them to fuck off and leave me alone! *Deep Breath* . . . I must fight the urge to communicate how I'm feeling . . . Keeping it bottled up is bad, letting it out is bad - if only there was a way of letting just a *little* bit of out, just telling someone to fuck off a bit, a little bit, not too far, further than not at all, but less than a complete fuck off. A moderate fucking off, a non-extreme get the fuck out of my face, DIE MOFO DIE said with a smile hmms! Word!!! One word for picturing the thousand million ways the skies can fall on our heads. Says it all One eensy teensy consolationy though thingy - *most* of them never happen *hugs*
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 25, 2017 18:52:30 GMT
... I'm at my least settled, just flitting from one thing to the next, probably had over a dozen new interests/projects over the last couple of weeks. I feel exhausted and powerless, I never switch off. I've written this post a few times, but deleted it as I'm not ready to hear criticism, even if well meant and constructive. This I can completely understand The world, or my part of it anyway, seems dreadfully out of kilter and I'm pinballing between projects/collections as well ... but I am a bit of a hoarder (how can you have too many torches? You can't! There are big Maglites, little keyring Maglights, the rechargable lamps that switch on when you take them off the wall for emergencies, There are the ones that double as lanterns for camping, ones with coloured lenses for walking the dog, the ones that clip on your glasses for reading. There are the ones with radios built in, then there are the ones with wind-up radios in them for emergencies, oh and on the subject of emergencies there are the ones with flashing amber lights. Oh yeah, then there's the bicycle lights, the old fashioned 2 D cell ones, the more modern 3 or 4 AA LED ones, the LED ones that have the strobe that's visible for miles, oh yeah and the ones that have the amber side lights built in. Ah yes, and the rechargable versions of a lot of them. Oh yeah, and candles... and matches... and lighters... Oh and a spark-stick and... Old curtains will make great kids costumes or play tents Folk either understand the "it might come in handy one day" thing or they don't. Those that do will require no explaination for any of it, no words are necessary. Those that don't? There will never be enough words to make them understand and I have found myself rebuying books that I miss after previous clearouts.) Someone "helped" me tidy once - some computer magazines (Dragon User) went into the skip and 6 years on I still mourn their loss. On less balanced days I harbour a grudge... I still have an eye out to replace them. All in all, you seem perfectly normal to me
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 20, 2017 21:48:31 GMT
That I'm replying to you while I'm supposed to be doing homework kinda speaks for itself... Hi folks. I've been sent this site by my adhd clinic because I am very curious to know if there is such thing as study skills coaching specifficalky for adhd ? To be honest I'm not 100% sure what i think would be the differences between regular study grouos and adhd .what do you think.I mean its not just that im not sure how to write essays but i can't focus because..well i just can't. i find it hard to not calk out answers in a class and im late for everytging. i just cant wake up early.. But i'm 24 without and 'm so so ashamed of this, only 2 gcses and nothing really else(not anything that actually matters ) and I would like to go uni. I never ..realky discovered what my style of learning was at all. I know there are things I am good at and things I am nkt ei hood at but I don't know why or how I could CHANGE the learning so I would be learning in the most effective way I can. Since I have passed school age I am not sure whose role it is to help me figure this out. Yeah my mum and my therapist , i can talk to them, except my mum is not an expert on adhd and my therapist is more for my autism . its very slight but still. I'd like to study something like SLT or architecture and for that I would need to know the best way possible about how to revise especially as this is not necessarilly in my skill set. I have thought of doing Queen Mary's Russian and linguistics course but..it seems like the choice i would choose because Zi was too scared to at least try to be an architect. I can imagine myself always looking back and regretting not trying to be either tht or an slp. If anyone knows anything about someone or an organisation who can help with adhd studyskills i would be really greatful to know about it thanks! Hi dude, I don't know about ADHD specific study skills tutoring and that I would like to know about too - I suspect though in many ways it would look a heck of a lot like workplace skills though. All I can say is research the *course* - all courses contain an element of crap... I like doing sums... so an maths course might be good for me. I'd really like to do astronomy which is heavily maths based but the amount of written work in that is a complete show stopper for me. Good luck and have fun
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 20, 2017 19:08:04 GMT
At the risk of derailing bee's thread... I think you've hit the nail square on the head. My own and many other posters first posts have been during tortured times. The time when a response is most needed. To have that post sitting in some invisible pending tray is no help at all. That said... Prior to my joining this forum I believe they had moderators but for various reasons that didn't work out. What i can probably say without being far wrong is that giving control of the ban-hammer to people who, amongst other things, may be a tad guilty of act first think second may be at best entertaining... (That assumes a lack of granuality in forum privileges and that it's an all or nothing process. If post approval is a lower grade task than delete post/ban posters then surely that can be tasked out?) While some of the spam seen is the usual viagra stuff and strangely fitted kitchens ( a connection I'm happy to say I don't understand ) some of the spam - quack medical test which may mislead people during trying times, the illegal drug offers can only bring trouble on the forum if not stopped. Moderation of some sort is needed but how?
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 20, 2017 17:20:19 GMT
Hello, I'm in my 30's, mum of two small boys, one of who had Sensory processing disorder. The more I've read about this condition, the more bits of symptoms ive seen in myself, either now or when I was a child. Only just thought to do the WHO guide test and it's come back fairly strongly. I'm not going to seek an official diagnosis; I'm functioning and I've spent enough time at my GPs office getting help for my boy. It makes me happy that I'm always coming up with new things, solutions, projects; growing various stuff, breeding chickens, etc,. I love research and working/thinking outside of the box, so if I can tailor my work to short research projects and reports then I'm good at it (providing I WRITE UP AS I DO THE WORK! in capitals as its essential, didnt do with my PhD and then spent a dreadful 18months trying to make sense of what I'd done.) But I can't ever finish things. I am so messy it makes me cry; I don't know what to do to be tidy/organised, I just can't do it. Struggle to properly plan and execute. Often fail to do things properly (because I've not followed the instructions/planned properly) When stuff goes wrong I lose my rag, get cross, disillusioned, guilty. I walk away from my hobbies; leave my tomato plants to die and sell the chickens. Get bit depressed, be by myself, till I find new interest to obsess over. I would love love to find a way to be tidy, but look forward to reading more on here. Hi bee, Your post is stuck waiting for moderation - which seems to be extra slow at the mo! Quoting you to shortcut the wait Good luck @boost - maybe cos it's that or no moderation at all!
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 20, 2017 17:00:38 GMT
Sounds more like Oppositional Defiant Disorder to me. Moved into diagnosis now have we? I'm only surprised you didn't also mention your protein cure!
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 19, 2017 21:06:43 GMT
Hi @sh Just because your little one responds in one environment (the classroom) does not mean that his problems in the playground and at home do not count! Life may be one big learning experience but unfortunately we can't spend our whole life in the classroom! As you've got the Head-teacher (a professional who has experience of lots of kids) on your side you may be best simply going to the doctors and ask for your lad to be refered. School reports and a letter from the Head won't hurt either - The GP does not have the qualifications to say your son does not have it so it's about getting the GP on your side to make the process as quick and easy as possible. It may be that the initial meet will be with the Mental Health Team who will then from there refer onwards for diagnosis to specialists who are more familiar with ADHD and its friends. Good luck
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 18, 2017 19:44:59 GMT
I have recently (last week) been diagnosed with ADHD via a mental health ref from my doctors surgery, i am based in Edinburgh and seem to struggle to find any support in my area, i am 40 years of age and had problems as a child with school and life etc, obviously there was no tag for this condition when i was seeing social workers and things at a young age. I have recently requested all my old files from the school / social work / care to try and join some dots but i was only supplied some paperwork and not my full life story so to speak. can anybody please guide me in the right direction i have my next appointment in week but do not just want to sit about and wait on that to happen. Cheers Hi! Sounds like you've passed the biggest hurdle, getting through the process far enough to get a diagnosis. Support is patchy, some places good, some bad, some terrible - at least for England anyway. Hopefully someone here will be able to give you pointers to Scottish resources. In the meantime, Google is your best bet. Good luck
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 18, 2017 19:09:09 GMT
Your strengths? Quite simply it's the shit that caused you to survive this long and make it here with most of your marbles intact! As for dealing with it or the what now question - chances are if they'd have told you anything you'd have been lucky to take in half of it, or any of it if memory serves me right Take your new knowledge, take it for a walk, kick it about a bit and generally get used to the idea. In time you'll work out what you want to do with the knowledge Welcome
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 13, 2017 21:44:29 GMT
Hi everyone Completely brand new here and I know that the done thing on forums is to first introduce yourself. I'm guessing it needs to be short, informative, maybe a bit humorous and without getting too emotional or boring. Here goes... I may ramble (and use brackets a lot, who doesn't love brackets for random thoughts?) but I'll try to make this as understandable as possible. Firstly I found this forum by searching for advice on car insurance and DVLA Are you sure it's ADHD and not dyslexia? Sorry, couldn't resist ...for people diagnosed with ADHD. I then remembered I had stumbled across the place before, months ago but not bookmarked it so forgotten to return and register. (Until now!) Well, my background. I am not diagnosed with ADHD but have been convinced for around 6 years that I have it and suspected there was something afoot for much much longer, most of my life really. I am 45 now and the way I am is getting too much to cope with. My day to day life, work, relationships, family are all being affected and that in turn is getting me down to be honest. So in January this year I finally forced my GP to make a referral for an ADHD assessment (despite her telling me that she was "sure it's not that and more likely is depression") - I had been fobbed off a few times before and spent 5 years on anti-depressants which did help me to cope (and sleep) but also robbed me of my personality. I had no idea if she had actually followed through on her promise to refer me and no idea of what services were available in my local area (Tameside, near to Greater Manchester). But about a week and a half ago the surgery rang me to ask me to go and fill in a self assessment ADHD form. So I rushed down and completed it in the waiting room. I realised I had incorrectly completed one part when I got home, saying that I fidget "sometimes" when it should have been at least "often" if not "frequently" but still I think I scored highly on the other symptoms. Since then I've heard nothing again so today I rang the surgery and found out I am now waiting for the local ADHD assessment service to contact me (Pennine Care for anyone interested) - I was really surprised to hear that Tameside had such a service, I was expecting to have to get a train somewhere at least. So now I am quite excited and have spent the hours since work finished trawling UK sites with any info regarding ADHD on them and when I found the forum I thought it's about time I join a community of like minded people. Short bio: Divorced, kids who are teens and early 20 somethings. In a long term relationship but not living together (that would kill it), my partner is very very supportive, she is also convinced of the diagnosis. I work full time but struggle to stay organised. It's bad to be honest, very bad. I am just not performing - the place I work leave me to my own devices and I am good at hiding my shortcomings but I know I am failing on a daily basis and and sick of feeling so overwhelmed. Have mentioned my attention issues previously but it falls on deaf ears and so when I do go in the office I just have to out up with the usual selfish people making noise constantly. Luckily I have wangled a working from home agreement for most of the week but periodically the other staff get fed up of me not being around and put pressure on the boss to drag me in. Sorry for rambling about the work thing, just that its a major issue right now, there's a lot more complex history to this part of my life which I need to be careful about divulging but the bottom line is I cant afford to lose this job and am terrified I might do if this carries on. I am trapped really as for my level of responsibility I have a slighter higher than standard wage (still struggle to make ends meet though and if it wasn't for meals at my parents and my partners I would be using foodbanks by now) so I cant exactly go for another job despite often feeling I am not cut out for what I am doing anymore. That said I love the customer contact I have, it is the part that keeps me going but everything else is overblown and overwhelming. As for other symptoms; I hardly sleep a wink most nights, have restless legs every evening and during most nights (leading to lots of nights on the sofa when I am at my partners), my mind is racing 24/7, cant even get 10 minutes into a movie without changing my mind and flicking to another one (films are my lifelong obsession so this new-ish symptom is particularly upsetting for me), constantly losing and forgetting things or putting things in ridiculous places, late for everything, have strong beliefs of everything being in its place yet nothing is in my house, living in a total tip most of the time and usually have a mad 20 minute blitz before my partner comes around, can't stop twitching legs, biting nails etc. Just fed up of this now - Used to think I didn't need a diagnosis because I could work around my issues, but now I really want it fast. I need treatment, I need help. On the surface and to those around me, I am mainly coping, but on the inside I feel completely broken. This week in particular has been very very hard. Anywaaay, thats me :-D Hi dude, There are a quite a few on the forum in the Manchester area - so many it's gotta be something in the water! Welcome
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 13, 2017 21:27:14 GMT
I'm just looking to get this off my chest to people who may understand. I am a 31 year old woman and I've always found things hard but I thought that's just how things are you know? You watch TV and hear jokes and everyone talks about young people procrastinating or being easily distracted, you don't know what's going on in other peoples head so you don't know if what's going on in yours is unusual. I've had a dyspraxia diagnosis since I was 14. My hand eye co-ordination is problem. I walk into alot of things, weave when I walk down the street and in general have to try really hard not to break things, walk into the road, get safely down stairs etc. When I was 15 years old I got half an aspergers syndrome diagnosis. I grew up in an abusive household (Parents had problems with drug, alcohol, treatened us with knives etc.) and my mother insisted in going into every session with me. She would be nice infront of the doctor but when we got out she would talk about how she was going to have me put on medication to shut me up. I've always hated the thought of something else controlling me and as someone who had been bullyed at school and home throughout my life I hated that I didn't feel I fitted anywhere. I had a friend at school with aspergers syndrome and she lent me some books on it. I used them to fake the "normal" answers to the questions the doctor asked me and when I turned 16 he said that he would no longer deal with me as he only delt with children up to 16 and that since I would be going to college soon I would be OK. I got a diagnosis of mild aspergers syndrome and tried to deal with things as best I could, any issues after that I assumed were probably related to that. The thing is that I've been working round problems as and when they appear. Most of the time I just kind of brace myself, dig my nails into my palms or bite myself and try to ignore the pressure and the noise in my head or the way my skin feel wrong but and as I'm getting older it's just getting harder to deal with. My focus has never been great, I lose days to stupid stuff that I can't stop focusing on, stare at a spot and can't drag my gaze away or get manic and start 100 different projects at once etc. Sleep is a problem for me I just can't stop thinking or my skin won't stop itching and feeling wrong and I can feel my toes and my eyelids etc. All these things are getting to be alot you know. I went to the doctors because I am so thirsty at night and after listing the stuff I've been dealing with I'm currently being tested for things. My local authority doesn't fund testing or treatment for ADHD, dyspraxia or any ASD but after seeing a mental health nurse and a GP they're applying for funding to get me checked. It's frustrating for me though because I keep being asked why I waited until now, why I've never mentioned any symptoms. My medical records have nothing on them something has happened and they have nothing in my files. Every time I see a new doctor they assure me that I'm just having a panic attack I couldn't possibly be like this all the time. I have had to drag my partner with me to the doctors because when I'm alone they just won't listen. Now I have to go for an MRI although the last doctor I saw (doctor number 5) said the scan wouldn't find anything. I don't know if I can sit still for that long. I want to quit, I'm sick of it. I'm scared of the doctors and taking the time off work. Having to go to new places on buses and talk to people but I also don't think I'm going to be able to keep coping without help. Hi @emily86 What area are you in? Perhaps someone can help you navigate the system - unless it's Hull of course who are a shower of useless b*******
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 13, 2017 21:17:23 GMT
Guess the admins must be on a beach somewhere! Hi! Hello! I'm trying to help my husband find a private specialist who is familiar with adult ADHD. We've been unable to find anyone in the Exeter and Dorchester areas to help him. Tried Nuffield Hospital (private) and Winterbourne in Dorchester and they have nobody who knows about adult ADHD. He also got referred on NHS via GP to Exeter ADHD clinic but, because he was referred from just over the border, in Dorset, they've refused to see him. Dilemma! Can anyone point us in the right direction, please?
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 13, 2017 21:11:37 GMT
Hi, this is my first post on an ADD forum. Is anyone else in the Worcestershire catchment area for NHS treatment? Seems there is quite a long wait to be seen here, which is probably pretty typical after what I've read on these threads. I had to see a gateway worker first who said I would be referred to the Worcestershire Healthy Minds mental health service. After that I have just had to wait for a letter to come through and I'm starting to wonder if its got lost in the mail or something. Like many others I'm getting in a bit of a bad way with this now (again for about the millionth time) and was just hoping there might be someone else in my area on here who is dealing with this, as what happens and waiting times appear to be slightly different for different regions. If you want to know anything feel free to ask, I've tried to keep it short and not write out my whole life story on this particular thread. Hi Emory, Quoting in the hope that someone sees it and can help Welcome, sign up and join the fun
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 11, 2017 20:45:59 GMT
Thinking out-loudliness...
Classrooms, structured environment, safe? environment. Hiding in the crowd?
New, fresh ideas. Information flows one way, no reciprocation required.
All the Ping without the stress of having to Pong (sorry - watching "The A Word" atm)
/me, age 47 and 3/4 and still happiest in a classroom!
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 10, 2017 5:17:44 GMT
...Championship Manager 01/02... Showing your age there dude! CM 97/98
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 9, 2017 21:17:35 GMT
... I'm a Yorkshireman... I'm not sure that's treatable Welcome
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 9, 2017 20:44:40 GMT
Hi spikeyxxCongrats on the promotion, your abilities have been noticed Your colleagues may be a little jealous that you've been noticed and they haven't especially when you regularly come in late. Or it might look you don't care or you have it easier than them. Some people have a stick up their arse about time-keeping and won't care if you routinely stay an hour or two but will break out the disciplinary stick if you are a few minutes late. Multiple alarms? I have 4 in the morning... 2 for out of bed - one on the opposite side of the room (and it's a loud klaxxon). Two more - one for "leave the house now" and another 5 minutes later for "if you haven't left the house yet you'd better start running!" It was adding the last two that fixed my time-keeping, before that the morning coffee would turn into a timewarp and I'd be late most days.
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 9, 2017 13:40:30 GMT
Hello and welcome! Hi all, Thank you for clicking on my introduction thread. *hands out cookies as promised, with a side of iced tea* I'm a 20-year-old female who was just diagnosed yesterday. I made my profile here a while ago, whilst still waiting for the assessment. I've been on the NHS waiting list for a diagnostic assessment for months and was told it was likely to be several months more. I was hoping to move out of the area for uni this September (I have an offer for my chosen course) but as it is I know I would struggle greatly and likely not succeed. In the end, I went private -- something I could not normally afford to do, but my amazing parents (whom I still live with) saved up to get me help. From reading a little about it in the run-up to the assessment, I thought I might be diagnosed as primarily inattentive, but the psychiatrist said that I actually meet the criteria for combined type -- I've just learnt to internalise and hide my hyperactivity when around people over the years, in large part due to social anxiety -- granted, this is difficult to the point of leading to my avoiding people as much as is possible. I have a host of co-morbid diagnoses: autistic spectrum disorder, generalised & social anxiety, and major depressive disorder (the latter is controlled now with medication, but the anxiety is proving harder to treat.) It'll likely be some time before I start meds as I have to go through a variety of physical health checks first (blood tests & ECG) in part due to the other meds I'm already on (3 different psychiatric meds.) It will probably be even longer before I am able to stop obsessing and worrying about whether the diagnosis could have been wrong (a problem I've had with every single diagnosis I've received -- I doubtfully obsess about whether anything is 'real', from diagnoses to feelings to experiences.) The doctor seemed pretty certain. My mum is also convinced that it's right. I've learnt to trust her over time, and usually agree with her once I get through the stage of anxious scrutiny. Anyway, the diagnosis of ADHD does explain a lot, and it would be a huge relief if treatment for it could lessen my symptoms. If you read through all that, thank you! If you just skipped to the end, still thank you, and hello. This seems like a great board and I look forward to talking with you all.
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 5, 2017 22:40:09 GMT
We seem to have an admin shortage at the moment - and as a new poster your post won't appear till approved by one. Your post has been hidden a tad too long! (apologies if I've formatted it wrong) Hi Everyone, Nice to 'meet' you! OK so...It's becoming undeniable that I am ticking (almost) all of the ADHD boxes. Its been an interesting journey so far! Relieved to make this discovery that there's a name for it. ( Too anxious to approach a Clinician so I'm going for a friendly DIY approach ) A little about me: Female, Now 35, with a hubby and two very active boys; self-employed -face painting and sign making; reluctant housewifey and lover of the great outdoors. ADHD? These days I often find my life quite a lonely and exhausting place to be: having almost managed to carry off friendships/ relationships without putting people off somehow; almost hold down a job; almost cope in busy places without loosing my head; almost remember that thing that i mustn't forget; almost - but not really- getting organised. Reaching out now, as years of struggling behind the invisible barriers and impediments/ tendencies has taken really its toll. However, Feeling hopeful and ready to get proactive about it! So... HELLO! I am really looking forward to meeting you all and reading your messages. Thanks for Reading !
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 5, 2017 22:24:10 GMT
Hi rozIt's a funny thing about the dx, in my case I had built myself up for it and was more or less expecting it. That didn't stop me being stunned when it happened. Then for a month or so it was a very present thought - every person I met I wondered if they could "see" my dx, how obvious is it? It *is* a lot to take on board, the questions will be ping-ponging around your head at the moment, it's almost overwhelming. Happily that's calmed a fair bit and things are more or less back where they were except now I have a better understanding. And with that understanding a degree of taking stock - now that I know where I am, how do I get where I want to be? Hopefully your month will be less than a month Take care
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