I've been browsing this site and others and have been really excited to find many resources on the topic of adult add/adhd. Several years ago after seeing that commercial on TV that said " ...is your mind like a television set where the channel is constantly changing..." I leapt out of my seat having just heard the most telling metaphor about my mind and felt strangely validated that apparently I was not alone or terminally unique after all! I went online and was disheartened that when I googled adult add/adhd only one page came up and it was "in progress...coming soon."

It appears that over the past few years adult add/adhd has really been explored in the psychiatric community.

I went for years silently dealing with symptoms and conditions and made many efforts at self diagnosis before I got up the nerve to will myself into a psychologists office. I described at length my non-stop thought process and my inability to be "idle" for any extended period of time. I expressed that my mind just never seemed to shut up and sometimes drove me quite mad.

To my dismay he described medications as a "crap shoot" (very clinical terminology) that varied by the individual. I protested as he prescribed me an antidepressant (Lexapro) and sent me on my way. I briefly took it "just to see" if he might be aware of something I was missing but quickly discontinued it , noting no effects good or bad other than an odd feeling of euphoria accompanied by deep, frequent yawning....

....to be continued.

G'nite all.