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Originally Posted by yellowfrog268
sideBlinded,
Welcome to the club of older adults dx'd with ADD. I am 43 and although I had the dx as a child, I did not have services or treatment. It wasn't until two years ago that I began seeing a pdoc and after reviewing my childhood records, he came to the conclusion that my ADD never went away.
Anyhow, as long as you are alive and involved in life you have a reason to understand your diagnosis better and seek ways to improve your life. I've heard a lot of good things about a brain training site called Lumosity. Their site focuses on improving memory and attention. They do charge but from what I've heard it's well worth it. I'm sure there are other sites similar to them that don't charge. If computer brain training doesn't appeal to you maybe doing things at home such as card games, puzzles, or two player games to keep the brain juices flowing and improve memory and concentration.
What ever you decide, just know that you have many years to go. Make them good ones.  |
Thank you most kindly yellowfrog268
I am not only finding that my working memory is bad but that I make horrible decisions and I am very interested in knowing if this has to do with the prefrontal cortex (executive functioning) deficits. I will discuss this with my pdoc and see if there is a way to test for this.
Yeah, I agree that being DX'd later in life puts us in our own club as to how to handle this new finding. The only good thing I think is not being in school and having to study with ADHD or ADD.
It was bad enough without knowing I had ADHD. I feel for the ones who are still not diagnosed and who are having trouble in school. Then as an adult a whole new set of problems awaits them. Do I have regrets, yes... yes I do.
Take care
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