ADDitude Poll: Your ADHD Diagnosis

What was your primary emotion upon learning that you or your child has ADD?


Filed Under: Adult ADD: Late Diagnosis, Diagnosing Children with ADHD
What was your primary emotion upon learning that you or your child has ADD?
Relief - finally answers to what's been puzzling
Optimism - pursuing treatment will change my life
Shame - it's uncomfortable for me to tell others about this diagnosis
Regret - if only we'd known sooner, how different life might have been
Sadness - what I thought was unique about me turns out to be a "disorder"

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