Ahhhh.... Apparently it is working now.

I am the mom to a 15yo young man with ADD, severe dysgraphia and mild dyslexia. He is currently on Dexedrine Spansules and is doing well. DH and I are also ADD but unmedicated. Life in this house is NEVER. EVER dull!

(Malloy, I saw that you posted but it never showed up. The forum was being totally wonky. I hope you post again!)

Hi Chimera.

I have ADD also and now that I know it (wasn't diagnosed until a couple years ago), a lot of things in my life make sense! Oi vey.

I only take 5 mg of ritalin on work days to help with my concentration. It works well for me, that small dose.

I haven't heard of Dexedrine Spansules, though I know what dexedrine is.

Nice to meet you.

Howdy Doody!

(sorry coudnt resist! )

Hi Chimera

My son and my husband both have mild ADD

Hello I'm Liz

My husband has mild ADD (unmedicated) and I have mild ADD (medicated with Provigil which was originally supposed to help my fatigue, and it not only helped the fatigue it also helped the ADD )

Nice to meet you all

Liz

HI, all. I have 2 grandsons with ADHD, both unmedicated. We seem to have a lot of learning disabilities in the family, 2 of my 3 children have LD's, and 5 of my 7 grandkids are affected. The other 2 grandkids are too young to be tested.
Although I myself post on the MG forum, I'll pop into this one if I have any questions, and to keep an eye open for any good advice I can pass on to my kids to help the grandkids.

Hi everybody!

Adult ADHD (sometimes I wonder about the "inattentive/non-hyperactive" label ), diagnosed three or four years ago after a lifetime of limping. Dexedrine 7.5 mg. twice a day on work days, and the difference is so great it cannot be measured.

I'm happy to meet you.

It's nice to meet other adults who were recently diagnosed. It was only after working with ADD/ADHD children, and then getting a training on it that I suspected it. I've always been known to be forgetful, and very chatty (teachers were never able to find a location in the classroom where I wouldn't strike up a conversation with someone.)

I actually functioned pretty well in school, and because I was an eternally happy and intelligent, teachers gave me a break. It didn't work that way once I got in the work world. There were those subtle social cues that I would miss, and I would end up saying something that would offend someone. I would have no clue what I did wrong, which was intrepreted as refusing to change my behavior.

What events led up to everyone else's diagnosis in adulthood?

purple pal in Wisconsin

Hi purplepal and Welcome

I was diagnosed with ADD when I went to see a new psychaitrist for my anxiety. Part of the new patient paperwork was a 2 page 'symptoms survey'...

Over the next several appointments with the new psychaitrist he asked a lot of questions about my life, my school years, etc... I thought it was all about the anxiety, but on the 5th visit he asked me if I had ever been diagnosed with ADD, and I said no because no one had ever mentioned it to me before.

The doc then asked a ton more questions, and had me fill out more paperwork with more in depth questions about symptoms and everyday life, and long story short, he diagnosed me with adultADD.

Then as I read more about adultADD I started recognizing things in myself, and also in my husband. My husband then saw a different psychaitrist and he was also diagnosed with adultADD.

Then we both went together to a 3rd psychaitrist so that we could each get a second opinion, and that psychaitrist confirmed that we both had ADD... and we have both had ADD since childhood, it was just never recognized way back then.

Ok, this must be the ADD twilight zone.

My husband also has ADD!!! I've always read that that is a recipe for disaster, but I think not. Maybe that is part of the reason we were attracted to each other. Both my husband and I also have anxiety as well, but in different ways.

The great thing is, I figured out the root cause of my anxiety. Plus, after my very first dose of Adderall, it was like I discovered color television. I'd heard about it and read a few articles, but it's nothing as compared to the real thing.

purple pal

purple pal,

I can completely relate to what you said about medications being like discovering color TV!

I felt that way the first time I was given anxiety meds for my panic attacks. I have had anxiety and panic since age 4, but it wasn't until I was in my early 20's when the anxiety was finally diagnosed and treated - and it was completely life changing to have a way to stop an impending panic attack.

I felt the same way when my ADD was treated too - which was essentially an accident. My psychaitrist was very reluctant to let me try any ADD meds because he was worried that they would cause an increase in my anxiety.

Then because of my physical medical stuff, I was having horrible fatigue and so my primary care doctor prescribed Provigil for me, and it helped the fatigue a lot and it also helped the ADD quite a bit -- again a life changing moment all due to finally getting a medication that worked very well.


I have also heard the horror stories about couples who both have ADD, but for my husband and I, I really think it's a benefit and not a risk/problem. We understand each other, we help each other, we are better able to work together, and when one of us is having a major ADD moment the other doesn't get frustrated/angry/upset because we each understand what it's like to be in the other persons shoes.

So I personally think that it helps us to be closer and more in synch with each other.



Liz