I just recently began to consider that I have ADD. And by recently I mean since I have joined this sight at the beginning of October. (This was not my reason for joining.. I joined to learn how to better deal with my current diagnosis.) My profile says I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder cuz that's what I've been treated for in the past. I definately have anxiety problems, but I htink there is something else going on. When I first saw a therapist for depression at 17 she mentioned that I should get tested for ADD. I didn't know much about ADD at the time besides the hyperactive kids that had been diagnosed with it in my classes. I'm not hyperactive, but I can not for the life of me concentrate. So needless to say I didn't take her advice and now six years later I wish I had.

I set up my appointment today to get tested for ADD. My question is what can I expect at the intake? What is the testing like? How long does it take, hours, days? I am soo nervous. I'm afraid of the repercussions since I'm kinda already convinced that I have ADD even though I don't have the proper diagnosis. What if i skew the results? What if the doc doesn't agree with me? I'm afraid of how I will handle the news. And the other part of me is just antsy to get this diagnosis and begin treating this problem so I can get some relief. I'm in grad school and I'm terrified that if I don't handle this soon I may fail out. So I want to get this treated ASAP(which I know is unrealistic, treatment takes time; something I don't have a lot of.) This is not helping my anxiety. : (

Okay, this is a lot of questions for one post, but I have another question for those of you who have gone through the process of getting tested. Once you have been given the diagnosis how long did it take until you felt like treatment was taking effect?