rabbit
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Hi, does anyone know of a support group/meet up in Berkshire please? Thanks.
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Post by rabbit on Jan 21, 2016 18:07:06 GMT
So glad to have found this site! I am a female in my 40's...was diagnosed with ADD inattentive type 3 years ago. I will probably bore the socks off you all but I don't know any other adult with ADD, therefore no one I know can really understand how I feel. I suppose I am a classic according to many of the things I have read about the symptoms...I blurt things out without thinking before hand, which can sometimes be funny but on occasion can be rude and seem like I have a total lack of understanding. I have always felt incredibly immature and self doubting, my memory is terrible and getting worse (this get's me into huge trouble!), I can be intense emotionally and tend to over analyse situations to the point of driving me and others bonkers. My head on a daily basis is filled with a 'grey fog' that stops me from having clarity of thought in many situations. I become offended rather immaturely very easily and there is sooo much more.... I got divorced 3 years ago (ADD was definitely a factor in the downfall of my marriage) but I now have a wonderful partner whom I adore and he me too, but I am scared as my ADD symptoms seem to be surfacing again on a daily basis (most of the time I can blag it and not let them out too much) and I am finding it incredibly hard to hide and control my symptoms. I am terrified that I will lose my job and my relationship....It makes me feel I am going crazy as there are no self help groups near me where I can get advice and talk to others in a similar situation.
PS if you have read all this to the end then well done, I would have skipped straight to the end! ;-)
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ananse
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Post by ananse on Jan 23, 2016 0:27:07 GMT
I've given up completely on social relations, but regarding work which is necessary, I really need to find a solution. I can't hide this coocoo thing and I can't be open with it. I've started to live it out with those who seem to like me. You appear somewhat hyperactive, they say, or - give me 10 ml:s of whatever he's on... I'm on the highway to hell but I'll try enjoying it.
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mc1250
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Post by mc1250 on Jan 24, 2016 0:28:55 GMT
Hi rabbit
Reading peoples accounts makes life easier for me!! I.e my intention to write down my personal feelings / situation can be put on the back burner (like everything else)!, as you and many others on here literally write my accounts for me!
This might be an obvious question and youve probably been asked this before, but have you tried discussing it with them? If you guys are good for each other then this in my theory should help.
The reason i ask and say is coz I've found trying to hide who am from people around me is 10x as harder and more exhausting and obviously makes you more unhappy. I'd love to be able to have a good chat with my partner about this and maybe get some support in terms of her understanding me better. But there are several reasons why I can't! one she's a absolute bitch, two she's asthick as s**t and 3 there a slight language barrier where a lot gets lost or misinterpreted! Oh and when I did discuss it with her she kinda made fun of it!
So if you didn't have the barriers I have, Could you?
(Oh and if you reply and I don't reply for ages its just that I'm very very time poor only get "me time" which is usually after 12 o'clock and then bed!)
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Post by fudge on Feb 4, 2016 19:19:22 GMT
Hello Rabbit Ananse and MC. Just looking at the meeting up but and found my way into this thread. Rabbit....I gave only just had the relief of a diagnoses. Am female and felt like I was the only disaster in the village. It felt very isolating and this forum feels like I've got access to a bunch of kindred spirits who will know what I mean when I reveal my rubbishness. (Not quite at point where I don't think I am rubbish anymore. Hope yo get there.) I can relate to virtually everything I read. It's fab. I get the blagging thing. I am the Queen of the Blaggers in the Kingdom of Blagartists. I am very very careful to cover up the enormity of the consequences of my ADD. I long to be able to be the kind of sorted human being who does not need to pretend to be something they are not. So this forum is like hanging with my homies.
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