Thank you, B&B, for the nice welcome!

Well, to start: I know that ADD is not an adult-onset issue, and I think there are childhood and adolescent markers that make a good argument that I've had ADD all my life. The prelim diagnosis is "Predom. Inattentive" type.

However, there have also been stretches of my life that have been good and relatively free of anxiety/depression/non-focus/procrastination, etc. I'm quite a controlled person (people tell me I always seem very calm and collected); is it possible to overcompensate and cope in ways that sometimes beat the problems back for a while?

I'm 44, female.