Post by crhodes94 on Dec 20, 2016 13:12:23 GMT
Hello, I am Corey, 22 from the UK.
Well I'm here to help myself think straight and we'll to see if anybody can relate !
DURING School I was a sporty, quiet and easily distracted. Literally on every report I had from school I was described as "easily distracted" from different teachers from the start of primary school to the end of secondary, I always thought nothing of it and obviously my mother or step dad didn't (my dad didn't really know me).
At school I only seemed to enjoy practical work, infact for my GCSE exams I didnt even complete then I just skimmed through and put in the bluntly obvious answers and looking back I was too bothered about making contact with friends and chucking rubbers and pencils at peoples heads, obviously I wasn't caught otherwise I would have been chucked out. I wasn't a completely bad kid i just wouldn't listen but whilst not listening I just would just stare at the teacher pretending to and wouldn't have a clue what they were on about when confronted. My behaviour typically depended on which class I was in and who I was in class with. In year 9 I was separated from my friends and put in a different year, I still would not listen but still misbehaved to the point where I would get removed from the class and sometimes put into internal exclusion / isolation and detention was a common thing
The reason why I am trying to get it sorted is because whatever it is that I have is effecting my relationship, lifestyle and work. Now I've been to a GP but I haven't said I have adhd/add and tbh when I was talking to him he wasn't taking me serious. I simply told him it's very hard for me to concentrate and focus and I get distracted so easily and have regular mood swings towards my girlfriend, friend and family and obviously he brought up me being bipolar disorder and depressed with anxiety but yet to even get a 1:1 I have to wait 6 months! This thing is ruining me day by day and each day is harder to deal with situations!!
I do think I am depressed slightly but not to the point where I don't want to go anywhere because I do enjoy doing things, I like to keep myself occupied but however much I try it's still hard to concentrate and if I can't keep myself occupied I'm asleep
In tried to explain to the doctor but I could not think of everything and I couldn't word it properly I even told him I know what to say I just couldn't word it. Anyway I ended up being referred to a psychologist and she went by this stupid form not by what I was telling her. Something where you would tick a box and what you would tick would give u a score and it would be categorised under some mental illness it was stupid but then again she was only a training nurse and she didn't tell me I was depressed she might as well have just said that's all that's up with me but I don't have a reason to be, not for 12 years anyway
I am bad with explaining and this took me an hour to write so if I'm not making sense I'm sorry just point it out and I will explain more clearly
In no way shape or form am I asking u for a diagnosis, I am just wondering if anybody else can relate to the troubles I'm having and help me with controlling situations and dealing with them
Well I'm here to help myself think straight and we'll to see if anybody can relate !
DURING School I was a sporty, quiet and easily distracted. Literally on every report I had from school I was described as "easily distracted" from different teachers from the start of primary school to the end of secondary, I always thought nothing of it and obviously my mother or step dad didn't (my dad didn't really know me).
At school I only seemed to enjoy practical work, infact for my GCSE exams I didnt even complete then I just skimmed through and put in the bluntly obvious answers and looking back I was too bothered about making contact with friends and chucking rubbers and pencils at peoples heads, obviously I wasn't caught otherwise I would have been chucked out. I wasn't a completely bad kid i just wouldn't listen but whilst not listening I just would just stare at the teacher pretending to and wouldn't have a clue what they were on about when confronted. My behaviour typically depended on which class I was in and who I was in class with. In year 9 I was separated from my friends and put in a different year, I still would not listen but still misbehaved to the point where I would get removed from the class and sometimes put into internal exclusion / isolation and detention was a common thing
The reason why I am trying to get it sorted is because whatever it is that I have is effecting my relationship, lifestyle and work. Now I've been to a GP but I haven't said I have adhd/add and tbh when I was talking to him he wasn't taking me serious. I simply told him it's very hard for me to concentrate and focus and I get distracted so easily and have regular mood swings towards my girlfriend, friend and family and obviously he brought up me being bipolar disorder and depressed with anxiety but yet to even get a 1:1 I have to wait 6 months! This thing is ruining me day by day and each day is harder to deal with situations!!
I do think I am depressed slightly but not to the point where I don't want to go anywhere because I do enjoy doing things, I like to keep myself occupied but however much I try it's still hard to concentrate and if I can't keep myself occupied I'm asleep
In tried to explain to the doctor but I could not think of everything and I couldn't word it properly I even told him I know what to say I just couldn't word it. Anyway I ended up being referred to a psychologist and she went by this stupid form not by what I was telling her. Something where you would tick a box and what you would tick would give u a score and it would be categorised under some mental illness it was stupid but then again she was only a training nurse and she didn't tell me I was depressed she might as well have just said that's all that's up with me but I don't have a reason to be, not for 12 years anyway
I am bad with explaining and this took me an hour to write so if I'm not making sense I'm sorry just point it out and I will explain more clearly
In no way shape or form am I asking u for a diagnosis, I am just wondering if anybody else can relate to the troubles I'm having and help me with controlling situations and dealing with them