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janiedough · Jan 12, 2016, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nike007

My pdoc doesn't want to diagnose AD/HD because it is not impacting my life in the way she associates AD/HD to impact their life. I have mentioned this in some of my post recently.

Anyways, the symptoms of my AD/HD impact me socially, my sleeping habits, and how fast I get this done.

How it affects me socially:

This one is kinda a grey area because I have social anxiety, and my pdoc and I think I have ASD (which my mom is in denial about to get me to see a specialist), so I already have a lot of social difficulties. With AD/HD, it impacts me by interrupting people (which I just recently noticed this symptom now), I look around and get not only distracted by things going on around me, but by my thoughts. I don't even know what people say but I just agree with them because it's usually not a question.

My sleeping habits:

I tend to right before bed get all the things I forgot to do in the day in my head like "oh I have homework" or "oh I have a test" so I end up staying late to get things done. That's just me. So I usually get 5-7 hours of sleep on weekdays, and sleep for 10-12 hours on weekends because I lack sleep on weekdays.

My timing:

I am very disorganized and get distracted getting my work done easily. If I am doing something I don't like I will explore my thoughts and find something in the environment more interesting. I will usually take breaks because I can't concentrate on my work, and then let myself cool off for a minute, but ends up like 2 hours. So then I work on it right before bed and lose sleep once again.

I am constantly tired and stressed about life but everyone tells me to "try harder" or "stop forgetting" or "pay attention" and I try so hard but it's not enough and they don't know the struggles of it so.

That is how it impairs me and not school marks wise because i get it done, but it takes a lot longer and I am always tired.

What should I do? I told my pdoc, but as stated, it doesn't negatively impact it the way she thinks or believes it impacts everyone with AD/HD. I'm not failing and do good in school.

This is also to vent and probably show to my pdoc later. Thanks.

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This thread was interesting to read. You sound kind of like me back when I was in high school, though I broke the rules slightly to cope with my difficulties and didn't talk to people very often. Instead of getting all of my homework done at home, I just got sleep instead and did my homework during the classes that I didn't care about (I couldn't pay attention in them anyway, so why not use them as a study hall?). I never thought that I had anything "wrong" with me until I was in my twenties and started working a full-time job. I did get diagnosed with ADHD after struggling with barely functioning for about a year (I'm not sure if the "H" is technically in the diagnoses, but...). Once I was put on the right dose of medicine, a stimulant, my life got a lot easier. I was finally able to feel relaxed. I had been dealing with constant stress and muscle tension up to that point. I also have a normal appetite again and actually feel full from meals now.

My advice would be to look at both ends of the spectrum. In some cases, medicine can hurt. In others, it can be very helpful. Same with a diagnosis. For me, the peace of mind that I got with the diagnosis was great (though I didn't really accept it until a year later).

On another note, because I feel like I relate to you a lot, I now feel like my bf's suggestion that I have asperger's too may be right.

But, it doesn't matter because I have good enough acting skills!