New update on getting diagnosed with AD/HD

So I got a new step into getting diagnosed with AD/HD. I just saw my psych after like three months today. I talked to her about AD/HD again, but right now, she doesn't want to look into it because it's apparently not impairing my life enough to be considered a disorder. It seems to me everyone tells how you are as a person in terms of AD/HD by your marks. I am a high 80s low 90s student. Nothing seems wrong. I procrastinate on my projects until the last night, I forget things I need for class, I do xyz more that are all considered under the AD/HD criteria. So I won't be going much farther on this under I get transferred to a new clinic, along with if I screw up this new school year, which I hope not, but I might. I even don't want to do the homework I have right now, and it's day 1. I feel myself being so screwed. I really don't want to do my homework, but I feel like I am going to fail.

Anyways, this is my update. My diagnosis of AD/HD will be on hold for a while, maybe even forever. I seemed to not have enough signs as a kid, but in my opinion, that was because I am gifted/bright and could not pay attention the entire class and pass with an A+. But everything is reflected before 12. I wish it was 16. What are your thoughts of that? Thanks for reading .

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None of us have the ability to diagnose. I would trust your that your Dr knows best. A lot of people "forget" stuff and have trouble starting projects, but it doesn't mean they have ADHD. If you are female, then I would say you have a greater chance of managing to get good grades, while being impaired by ADHD. I'm female and went undiagnosed due to that fact. However, it wasn't until the last 10-15 yrs that they have learned that it manifests differently in females. Plus, my life was totally unmanageable years after college due to this illness. It is quite common for females to do well in school and have ADHD, since they are more prone to perfectionism. Anyway, if you truly feel that ADHD is causing problems in all areas of your life, not just school, then I would make it a priority to get a second opinion. It sounds like you are managing well for now. Even if you did receive an official diagnosis, they probably would not see the need to medicate you at this point. I wouldn't purposely fail class, just to get meds.

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I am planning on getting a second opinion later. I do feel this had affected a lot of my life's problem, but more as a secondary problem or what not.

I'm not going to purposely fail classes for that reason, and I'm not going to try on purpose to fail, but I might fail due to everything getting to me now at once. I really want to try to get this all sorted out, but I feel I relate a lot to several symptoms of it, and even my siblings agree that I do many things that are considered AD/HD severely (mainly very forgetful, procrastinator, fidgety).

Thanks for the response .

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You are on the right track! I also noticed that you think you also suffer from Aspergers. The symptoms of ADHD and Aspergers often mimic each other. The main difference being that people with Aspergers lack the ability to empathize with others. People with ADHD have the ability to empathize very well with other people. Anyway, I'm sure you will get it all sorted out with your new doc.

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Yes; my pdoc and I agree I am somewhere on the spectrum. My mom is in denial to get me diagnosed with it.

I don't really understand what you mean by able to empathize with others. Can you explain this to me? Thanks.

I also know that they mimic each other, but they are commonly dual-diagnosed with each other.

Thanks for the response .

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Like I mentioned previously, it is common for ADHD to be comorbid with Aspergers.
As far empathy is concerned, there are a couple of aspects that are affected. One aspect is the ability to see the world from another persons perspective. Another, which is more emotional in nature, is the ability to imagine what the other is feeling, as well as caring about their pain as a result.

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Sorry. I didn't realize that.

I do have trouble seeing the world from another person's perspective. I sometimes try to imagine someone else's feelings, but I don't really get it. I do care to a certain extent. I am kinda half and half on what you said.

People who have Aspergers can still care about other people and what happens in the world. They are not immune to love. However, as you mentioned, they have a difficult time understanding things from another person's perspective.
Anyway, I'm sure you will find out more answers when they do more testing. I had actually thought I had Aspergers, since I was told as s child that I didn't have ADHD. I did well in school and am female. They didn't know back then that it manifested can differently in females. The only part part of Aspergers that I couldn't relate to, was the fact that I have strong sense of empathy. After bringing it up to a Dr, I was subsequently diagnosed with ADHD.
I wish you luck. I know it's frustrating.

Btw, I also suffer from GAD and panic disorder.

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Procrasination and forgetfulness are generally quite 'common' enough and I wasn't convinced that they were the 'defining' factors for having ADHD for myself.

In fact, it seems to be the other 'smaller' symptoms/or are they merely trends - that makes me feel that I do have ADHD (was diagnosed as well). Such as: losing my own train of thought to the point of interrupting myself in a conversation; forgetting what i want to say the moment I want to say it; tuning in to background conversations/music when talking to others; very sensitive to my senses (although I feel that I've actually learnt to tune that out); not able to follow conversations; not able to follow social cues (I actually bought a book to read on emotions/feelings before I learnt to emphatise with others, or at the very least, realised that other people may see things different from I do); ranting; sometimes an inability to sit still; unable to read without speed reading and missing out chunks of texts (i think i barely read all the posts above); starting a million different projects and never completing them.

sometimes i am afraid it is ajust a self fulfilling prophecy as I go through ADHD symptoms and tick yes to 90% of them.

oh yes, sorry - i've actually forgotten what I wanted to say in the first place...

oh i remember now - go read the book Driven to Distraction. might help. not sure how. but it might.

Sorry this took so long to get back to.

I don't usually interrupt myself, but I do sometimes. I have been noticing that I interrupt people as soon as I have something I want to say and people get mad at me for doing so. I forget what I say the moment I can talk because I want to interrupt people as soon as I get the thought because I know what it is. I often don't listen to what my friends say, but people around me, especially music. I am mainly sensitive to temperatures, but. I can't follow social cues at all, but that may be a different reason. I am very fidgety and start a million projects and never finish them.

Cool. I'll go check it out.

I do have a lot of the mini things you said you noticed part of the AD/HD that I also do have or something quite similar. Anyways, thanks for the response .

Btw, even if you can't get diagnosed now, and if you really have it. Try to get it before university or during at the very least. Before you screw it up... major regret in my life is to not know of this before I graduate (and thereby screwing my degree up mostly due to an almost complete inability to study for exams)

I know. That's what I am planning on doing. I want to study, do homework, but I feel like I don't want to at the same time.

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