I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 41 years old. That was 2001, (I'm 52 now). I didn't know much about it back then and didn't take it too seriously until a few years ago. When I was growing up no one ever heard of ADHD. I was raised to take responsibility for my actions, be accountable, don't make excuses, be strong - not weak, don't play the victim role, and all that.

Around the time I hit 50 I started noticing my concentration was getting worse. It was never that good to begin with, but it was really getting out of hand. So I figured I'd start looking into the ADHD thing and see if there was anything to it.

Since then I've educated myself quite a bit on the subject. It's made sense out of so many things I experienced throughout my life that I just blew off as isolated issues, and answered millions of questions for me.

So I started looking for help, and that's proven to be more frustrating than the symptoms. I can find truckloads of information from all kinds of experts telling me what ADHD is: theories about causes, neirological theories, biological theories, genetic studies, this theory, that theory. And yet, I still can't read an entire page of a book at one time. I've been to three different psychiatrists, (as well as my primary physicians). I've been prescribed every medication there is, (even fish oil tablets). But so far none of them have seemed to know much about it, or else they don't take it seriously. Some have even seemed just as skeptical as I used to be.

The psychiatrist I went to for the first time last week told me Aderall was the only medication that really worked. I told him I tried it and it didn't work for me, but he prescribed it anyway. He handed me a book from his book shelf and said, "I just read this, it's the latest and greatest information available on the subject." It was Understanding and Treating Adults With ADHD, written by Brian B. Doyle in 2006.

When I try to google to find someone who specializes in Adult ADHD, I get page after page of irrelevant articles or websites explaining what ADHD is. I KNOW what it is.

Any tips on how to find a psychiatrist who understands this?