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Why do doctors persist in bipolar dx versus adhd?

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Started my meds yesterday....I'm quite chatty lately...and I feel like doing all kinds of things around the house! Sep 21

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House Hunting is Like Dating.....

I've always thought when it was my turn to look for my first house I would have so much fun.
But man is it exhausting!
I now seen half the area where I live and haven't found anything I can get into. Either the bank wants too much for it and won't budge (not suprized considering they have thier pockets full of government money now), it takes too long to put an offer in (Sort sales are everywhere! Unfortunately they take almost 3 months to go through!), or there isn't enough properties for sale i… Continue

Posted on January 29, 2009 at 6:21pm — 2 Comments

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About me & Relation to ADHD or other condition?

Was diagnosed with ADD at a young age. During those days they didn't know how to deal with it and so I was often put in with the children that had severe social disiabilities. It was a very lonely place when all my friends went to mainstream classes.

As I got older I skipped school more and more and ended up in Truancy court and being slapped with two tickets (one from my Mother for Biligerancy and one from the school for the Truancy). I was scentenced to an alternative program where they picked me up in what the kids called back in those days a "Retard Runner" (cruel kids). I went to full days of school until I graduated to half days and when I served my term I got to go back to my school.
My time in those programs were bittersweet because I liked the small class but at the same time I felt like I was missing out on the social aspect of my own school.

When I finally was determined to get my shit together my graduating class was already on thier way out the door and I had at least two more years of credits to contend with in order to graduate. So I stayed because I still had other friends that were younger than I, and I could still pull of being a highschooler.
I think by the time I dropped out for good I was less than a year away from having enough credits to gratuate, but my original graduating class was 1991 and here I was looking at the end of 1993.
In 1995 I got my GED because I was pushed by a friend to get it done (it was easier than I thought it would be).

After that, time kind of meshed itself together. I was in and out of working odd jobs until 1999 when I had my daughter. in the year 2000 I applied and got a position at Wells Fargo Bank as a teller and that was my life for the next 3 years other than raising my daughter.
I slipped farther and farther into my life run out of control after the baby. Before I had my daughter, I was able to manage the chaos in my head because I didn't have to worry about anyone but myself.
When I daughter was born I had to juggle more than myself and things slowly started to fall apart. I no longer could keep my house as spotless as I did before the baby, planning meals consisted of buying Hamburger helper (which got sickening after a while and is high in salt), I would forget appointments, and important dates.

I ended up getting help for my ADD again at the urgency of my mother in 2003 but by that time I was already just skimming by and I lost my job at the bank for being late. I was devastated because here I was in a job that I could be proud of and finally feeling like I fit somewhere (other than at home).

More to come.....

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Started my meds yesterday....I'm quite chatty lately...and I feel like doing all kinds of things around the house!

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Heidi replied to rwltrz's discussion 'Why do doctors persist in bipolar dx versus adhd?'

Seems like this might be a common occurance. I went through this a while back...the psychiatrist insisted I was Bipolar and I refused the notion. I am the same as you and the only thing that ever helped to get my poop in a group was Adderall....and…

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Heidi commented on Heidi's blog post 'House Hunting is Like Dating.....'

Hey, we are narrowing things down now. I had to learn to relax and let it happen. We have an offer in on a house right now but who knows, it may not pan out. I'm pretty confident that eventually we will find the right one. I just need to stay calm.

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This is a place to discuss allergies or dietary needs and to share recipes. What contributes to adhd do you have any ideas or therories? What food avoidances help lessen your adhd, or what food intakes help with your adhd?

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For any ADDers who see a counselor or therapist (or have, in the past). Does your counselor or therapist understand your ADD and how it impacts your life?

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At 8:29am on October 5, 2009, Debbie Miller said…: Hi Heidi,

I live in Orlando too, and I am looking for a knowledgable doctor who treats adults. Also, do you know of any adult support group or therapy group in Orlando?

Thanks,
Debbie Miller

At 10:56pm on October 12, 2008, Maron said…: Hi Heidi -
Yeah, when I tried that "I may be wrong" thing out, I thought it was pretty lame and would have no effect at all - and then it had a huge one. How weird.

Visited family out of town this weekend, at one point I thought I was going to have to confront my sister-in-law about some stuff she'd been saying (about my ADD, no less!) and I was all ready with my "I may be wrong, but..." then things simmered down and I ended up not saying anything.

But I was ready!

At 6:12pm on October 8, 2008, Hiking Junkie said…: I was a cheerleader through junior year ha ha! I didn't fit in though, always escaping practice for a smoke break and getting others to smoke with me. I don't smoke now, yuck. But that was then...

SLP?? Man you're hard core!

At 2:50pm on September 29, 2008, Chris AKA Dawg said…

At 8:16pm on September 13, 2008, Siren said…: Loooooove the Barbie pic !!!! And thats a good Duran Dran song. I haven't heard any of their new stuff. Is it a really recent album?

At 11:42am on September 13, 2008, Hiking Junkie said…: Love that glitter graphic!
Hey I grew up in a suburb of minneapolis too! well since I was 11 through highschool. I went to Osseo but I lived in Plymouth. Totally weird, small world.

At 11:39am on September 13, 2008, Hiking Junkie said…: HA ha, you're welcome :) Anytime you want a "two page" answer to a simple question ask me ha ha!

At 4:01pm on September 12, 2008, Siren said…: Welcome!
-Siren

At 3:37pm on September 12, 2008, Hiking Junkie said…: Hi Heidi, I read your recent post and i wanted to mention there's been good feedback on the supplement L-Tyrosine as a treatment for AD/HD. If you are interested, try googling it. It seems to work on dopamine for the most part so maybe it would help while you are without insurance.
Also heard about SAM-e. I used that during my Cymbalta withdrawal, but it helps more with the neuroepinephrine and seratonin.
"I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" ha ha or something like that. But do your own research it may help. :)