tomorrow is the big day…
August 14, 2008
tomorrow, Thursday August 14th, I finally have my follow-up for my full Adult ADD assessment. I am a little nervous and a little bit excited. I think my fear is that maybe they will say after about 12 hours of testing on memory, achievement & IQ, learning disabilities and other qualities that are often found along with ADD – that they didn’t find anything. In that case, it will solidify all the mental beatings I’ve been giving myself all these years and telling myself that i’m stupid, a mess-up, etc…
but i don’t think that will be the case.
I have a feeling they will tell me this: (I’m writing this because I want to compare what I think – to what they are going to tell me in my appointment tomorrow)
That i have Innatentive type ADD (as most girls/women with ADD)
That I have a math learning disability.
That I have problems with short-term memory.
That I have an auditory processing disability.
That I have low-grade depression or disthymia (sp?)
That I may want to consider medication for social anxiety.
That’s it. THAT’S IT???!!!??? I know, crazy as it sounds… I think I function exceptionally well in today’s society if all of those things are an issue. I was able to complete college in a hands-on, creative degree program (because i’m a visual learner) and have held down a few professional jobs for quite a few years before quitting to stay home with my kids.
My husband will be coming with as an extra set of ears because it doesn’t take much “talking” to overwhelm me and then my brain shuts down. I am also scouring the internet tonight looking for a good digital voice recorder that I can bring to record the whole 90 minute appointment.
I will report back either tomorrow, or the next day. :)
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The Informal Matriarch | August 14, 2008 at 2:00 am
I almost want to come to your town and take all those tests.
My brain is FRIED. Think ADD + a play kitchen that’s in a million pieces + a kid walking around + the TV being on + weird instructions with lots of numbers!!!!!! ACK!! I did it though, in almost 3 hours I think that was due to my power drill though. Otherwise it would have been like….five…
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ADD Mama | August 14, 2008 at 2:19 am
ugh… i feel your pain … hee hee…
I hate trying to read through instructions when my kids are around and jumping on my back, etc… too many distractions + my short fuse = not good.
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The Informal Matriarch | August 14, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Dont you hate it when your husband asks you a question and you feel pressured and you can’t find the write answer??? Or when you come up with a bad answer and you sound dumb and they laugh at you?? I hate ADD I’m not a dumb person but I sure sound like one sometimes. Sorry I needed to rant, it put me in a bad mood this morning.
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ADD Mama | August 14, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Oh totally. I’m not good with being put on the spot – I just clam up.
I am married to a very smart guy – a language sponge. He knows 4 languages and is now teaching himself Chinese.
His siblings are very smart too – one is a college professor from the age of 30, one a financial wizard and another a nurse. So, sometimes family get togethers are intimidating. I am the creative one in the group, or sometimes I feel they think I’m the flaky one.
Hang in there. I just read something about Adult ADD and that even though we aren’t good at answering questions on-the-fly, that we should actually think of our brains in these terms : That we actually think about things MORE than non-ADD’ers, or that we think things more thoroughly instead of spitting out an answer immediately. It made me feel better when I read that.
Sometimes I have the opposite happen where I spit something out (impulsive) and then i sound like a total idiot because I haven’t really thought it through enough.
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1witheverything | August 15, 2008 at 9:54 am
Best of luck with the results.
I did read that the way ADD-folk connect disparate concepts allows for some really creative thought. I think my sense of humour is very much based on this tendency towards absurdity.