Actually I just got diagnosed today.

I've always been scatterbrained since I was a kid. Always accident prone, too. I knew the material in classes all my life in school, but I often forgot the homework or choked on tests by making stupid mistakes. And I always, always lose things!

I've suffered from depression for most of my life. I figured it was from the abuse I've had.

Then my mom saw this segment on Good Morning America about ADHD and said that this one lady on there was just like me.

I took the online quiz on PC for ADHD and scored pretty high on it.

I talked to my Pdoc about it. He asked me some more questions and said that I was pretty text book case.

He told me that most likely the depression and anxiety are from the ADHD because I didn't understand why it was so difficult for me to do things my peers seem to do so easily. That fed the negative self talk and it snowballed from there. Therefore I was less able to cope with the abuse and traumas I have suffered and fed into the depression.

He says that he's pretty sure once I start on the meds for ADHD, things should finally start turning around. I sure hope so!!