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I think I have ADD as well

Postby Zeppelin Girl » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:45 am

I have Tourettes and now im thinking I have ADD. It does my head in.
Since childhood I have day dreamd a lot which result in my school work not bieng so good. I've been through bullying at secondary school which makes me think thats where my lack of interest in things has started.
Im at college now. My 4th subject cos I got bored with the others. I want to go on to do archaeology at uni, but I cannot get into it! Im doing psychology and life science which I love but I cant get into. I get bored in class and day dream alot and when I have essays I resort to copying stuff out of books. It just feels like chronic lazyness or somthing. I feel like crying cos I know im intelligent but my brain just doesnt want to work. I dont really want to go the doctors cos I have been a lot recently with the tourettes and they might think im hyperchondriac or somthing.
Im sick to death of this I know I can do so well in life but I cant do it!
What do you guys think? Please reply im at the end of my tether with this. I dont want to quit college again cos I will only regret it.
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Postby jocasey » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:44 am

ello again...i have pm you...but i forgot to add that as you probably know adhd and tourettes can be co morbids of each other. my son has both. the trouble with medication for adhd is that most if not all of them make tics worse. another problem is that most doctors ive come across insist that adhd is something that children grow out of in childhood....and i know of very few adults who have got doctors to take them seriously regarding adhd...and even fewer are medicated for it. i know for a fact that adhd does continue into adulthood...i myself am sure im adhd..but im never taken seriously.
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Postby Zeppelin Girl » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:09 pm

Aww hi! :) nice to see you again. I didnt get a pm btw.
Oh so basically I have to just get over it and just get on with it? Sounds about right! :x I hate doctors, they think they know so much but they dont. Im worried that they will think im a hyperchondriac or somthing cos im always in there with somthing.
You got any tips or anything to be able to consentrate better? I dont want the tics getting any worse cos at the mo I find them difficult, especialy as I have told my mum and she doesnt even believe me, thats hard to deal with.

Im at college now wanting to burst into tears cos I havent got the energy for it but I want to do well and go to uni, I just know its all going to go wrong somewhere. :(

How have you been?
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