Posted by Crazy_Charlie on November 3, 2004, at 3:40:27
In reply to How does it feel like to have adult ADHD?, posted by Ted Brosnan on November 2, 2004, at 13:57:06
Hoi Ted
I was the one doing the conversations and the tests on ADHD people at my work place untill I moved out of my country and thereby quit my job.If you didn't have ADHD as a child, you don't get the diagnosis now... at least that's the rules in Europe. One of the main requirements to be diagnosed as ADHD is that you had symptoms of it before age of 7.
I don't have ADD/ADHD, so I can't tell you how it feels.. but from what you write I get more the idea that it could be ADD and not ADHD, but I don't know enough about you to tell you anything for sure.
What I know is that my patients experiences verty bad consentration (but not in all sitations), low motivation, high aggression and friustration (those are linked), an dthey were all very motorical restless. They would constantly be moving on the chair, doing something with their fingers etc. They swapped conversation subject all the time, and had problems focusing even when I did my best to help them. They couldn't plan or organize their day, and had problems keeping a job out of several reasons.
Be aware: my patients usually also had drug problems (in my opinion a result of untreated ADHD) and other social problems as well. This makes the symptoms come out a lot more.
Good luck!
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