Posted by addinbc on March 3, 2006, at 17:27:45
In reply to Acceptance...at what point, posted by scatterbrained on March 2, 2006, at 20:30:48
Hi "Scatterbrained";
I'm sorry to hear of your struggles. You sound like a very strong person, and your approach is very humbling. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
This might sound like it's coming from left field, and I'm new here, so I don't know if this has been mentioned before....but looking at your description of your cognitive difficulties and even the 'pen name' that you use, I'm wondering if you have looked into Attention Deficit Disorder?
I was mis-diagnosed with depression and anxiety for over 10 years, and tried all the AD's (mostly the SSRI's) to little or no avail. Then I started looking into ADD, and was recently diagnosed in June of 2005.
The thing is, Attention Deficit Disorder (inattentive subtype) can mimic depression in many ways - instead of being hyperactive as in ADHD - hyperactive subtype, inattentive ADDers tend to be 'hypo'-active (under-active). My diagnosis makes ALOT of sense to me now, but nobody ever picked it up before I brought it to their attention.
As I said, this may seem to be coming from left field, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Best of luck to you!!
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