Posted by violette on June 15, 2010, at 21:38:07
In reply to Re: My doctor doesn't believe i have ADHD, posted by Mike1988 on June 15, 2010, at 19:50:30
There seems to be a lot less stigma associated with ADD/ADHD than with other mental issues. Strangers, meaning people who I just met, will come out and say "I have ADD". I've observed this on several occasions. Rarely do I meet people who announce that they have depression or bipolar disorder.
My child was diagnosed with ADHD/ADD, to a T, at age 8. Sometimes I think ADD is a type of anxiety, much like OCD is a type of anxiety (as well as PTSD), a malfunction of brain circuitry. Some people who I know with ADD are very OCD (I don't think of OCD primarily as the common belief of washing hands excessively, etc. People can have the O without the C.
Maybe it would be taken more seriously if it was referred to as AOCD. OCD symtpoms are also the leading mental health complaint, or so I have read at one time or another. But then again, as it is now, people unfamiliar with mental health seem to seperate ADD from being 'crazy' unlike other mental disorders. I see that as a mixed blessing.
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