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8 Mar 2008 @ 10:57 PM Reply # 11
elizabethvsloan Join Date: Wed 30th Jan 2008
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Oops... fell of the wagon!

Sorry, I got distracted and forgot to check in to this site in... about a month! Why isn't there an email reminder to flag threads on this site?! Without that I would never typically return to any "interesting" site to which I belong!

Attaway: I don't have any global thoughts. At this point in my life I am trying to take care of me and mine and can't think of how to raise the global awareness.

I choose to discuss my ADHD with my staff, not at first though. After getting to know me; I do mention it in some offhand way. Shrug and say it's me, and don't be suprised if I forget your name on any particular day... It is a matter of fact for everybody except (upper) management.

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17 Apr 2008 @ 8:33 PM Reply # 12
Graywulf Join Date: Thu 17th Apr 2008
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Reaching the undiagnosed - me

I'm not sure why I didn't look into this sooner. I've suspected for about 2 years I was at least ADD, if not ADHD. My Cousin is undiagnosed, but her son has been diagnosed - as well as my nephew. I also suspect both my siblings have ADHD, and that my mother had it as well.

My cousin and I have had many a long talk (and I do mean long - ADHD X 2 on the phone = 7 hour phone call - long distance!) and ADD was normally talked about part of the time. My cousin had gently been suggesting I do some research, and I finally did.

The night I received the books I'd ordered, I started in on the one book that resonated with me - Women with ADHD. After a few hours, I started doing some further research online, and took a list of "red flags" for Adult ADHD, and then started adding annecdotal information where applicable. I quickly realized just how bad it was. I had a doctor's appt the next day, and I asked my doctor for a referral. I'm currently waiting for my assessment.

I'll admit, after the doctor's appt, some of the info I'd read hit home. You see, I also suspect I'm experiencing PMDD and I'm in perimenopause, which could mean, its only going to get worse as perimenopause progresses into menopause. Two years ago when I first started to suspect I was ADHD, I was just entering perimenopause, and the mood swings were givng me flashbacks to being a teen. They were not nice, and could be extreme.

Knowing what I suspect, I've passed some of the info to my best friend, and colleague at work (she's my team lead and a friend of more than 30 years).

I've also provided the same info to my boss. I took this step, only because she herself has a son who has ADD. After reading some of the lit I gave her, she's now going to share it with her best friend, who has a teenaged daughter my boss now suspects has ADHD....

For me - its chosing who I pass the information to, and pretty much knowing that it will be accepted without prejudice. It's a bonus that that information will be passed on to help others who are potentially undiagnosed.

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