Posted by Bonnie_CA on May 6, 2006, at 4:43:10
I've been treated for anxiety disorder for years. But something has been brought to my attention as of lately, and it's the idea that I might have ADD. It makes sense. I am extremely disorganized. I get bored easily. I talk out of turn often, and I can't stop talking sometimes (even when I can see on someone's face that they wish I would stop). I procrastinate on work like crazy, causing me major stress to finish things on time. I'm very easily distracted unless it's something I'm very interested in. When I converse, I skip around a lot. I'm impulsive. I've taken a bunch of tests online, and they all say that the indicators are strong. Is it possible to have anxiety disorder and ADD? I know I have GAD, because the symptoms that caused me to go to the doc in 1998 were definitely not ADD. The reason I never thought I had ADD was because I didn't have the easy childhood indicators. It's easy to diagnose when the kid is a pain in the *ss, causes a lot of problems, and doesn't do well in school, but I wasn't any of these. I did okay in school, but I hated school because it was boring and I couldn't stand the majority of my classmates, but I didn't get into fights. A professor that I have has done a lot of work with children with varying disabilities and learning disorders, and he showed a video about some kids with different learning disabilities. It never occured to me that it's not normal to procrastinate and be disorganized -- it's all I know. I said to him "Maybe I have ADD?" He looked at me and said "Well duh!" (I wasn't hurt by this, he's a really cool guy) It just never occured to me! Would it be helpful to talk to my doc about this? Am I just trying to justify being the way I am? Do I really have a problem? Would it normal for me to be medicated for this on top of the Effexor I already take? Sorry about my rambling, but I am just bothered by the idea that there is something else wrong with me. I wish my brain was just normal.
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