Hi everyone. I called myself 'lightbulb' because over the last few days I have had a lightbulb moment. I realised there was something 'wrong' with me for all these years (I am 30, married, female) but never knew what it was. I thought it was depression. People would tell me there was something 'weird' about me and I didn't know that was a real problem either, just my quirky personality.

I have not been diagnosed but after all that I have read (almost this entire site, and various other hundreds of websites found through Google) that in my heart I already KNOW I have adult ADD and have probably had it since early teens.

I was actually reading about something else a few months ago and then ended up at a website talking about ADD . The more I read about the symptoms, the more I thought.. weird, hey that sounds like me!

I emailed my sister and she brushed it off, calling me a 'hypochondriac' - who researches too many illnesses online and 'thinks I have every problem under the sun'. ( not true, I do have quite a few medical conditions but they were diagnosed by doctors and specialists, i didnt make anything up).

I emailed her (she lives in a different country) again just yesterday and she said "don't be stupid, you can't possibly have it. Otherwise how did you manage to do so well in school?"

I said to her (I remembered I had read somewhere but forgot where, I cant possibly bookmark every site I read!!) that that's not true, it's a misnomer, a misconception. Then i went off to do some more searches and found some sites where this is mentioned.. one of which was this one!! (in Jordana's story).

Also, I have also discovered that my husband has this (I have not told him yet). The things he'd do would drive me up the wall - the lack of time management, organisational skills, unawareness of time and how long it takes to do things, etc etc. I must admit sometimes I am bad too but most of the time I am OK. we have quite different symptoms but so many things all point to this Adult ADD thing.

I think the reason I realised his 'faults' is because of my own perfectionism and everything having to be perfect, although as my sister puts it 'you want everything to be perfect but you're not perfect yourself.'

I could be here all day listing the stuff I have read and how I can totally relate to what others have felt, experienced in their lives.

My problem now is finding a good psychologist.. or is that psychiatrist to talk to ? to get treatment. 2. Telling hubby I suspect he has this too (in fact I am SURE of it). I think this would be hard given he is very stubborn and will probably be in denial or defensive. Any suggestions?

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