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My life experience pretty much matches everybody else's here I went to my doctor and was told that adult ADD/ADHD doesn't exist, and I should see a counsellor to learn "life skills", loving vapid oval office bitch...grr, I was nearly crying in front of her, giving her my life story, and she was all like "well what can I do about it?" I Don't know bitch, that's why I came to you!!!
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After having multiple appointments with GP's that told me ADHD/ADD doesn't exist in adults I finally convinced a doctor to refer me to a specialist clinic. The thing that is bothering me is that I practically had to diagnose myself COMPLETELY. When I originally went to the doctors, I purposely didn't spend hours researching ADHD so as to not colour the diagnosis by "tailoring" the symptoms to my own issues (if you know what I mean), I was hoping for some Q&A with the doctors, a preliminary diagnosis, and a referral to a specialist, what actually happened is I got stonewalled by a couple of doctors who didn't believe in ADHD in adults, and it wasn't until I showed them the loving NHS guidelines on Adult ADHD that they agreed to a referral. I am in my late 20's now, and I am really bitter at myself and my Teachers for not picking up on this poo poo. My School Reports always said "Intelligent but lazy", "Must Try Harder", "Daydreamer", when I was 10 my school even tried to put me in the Remedial Class because I could never finish my work (if it was boring - I was always good at science though), you'd of thought that someone at school or in my family would of realised what was going on In my late Teens A few of my friends thought I had Assburgers, but I looked into that, and the symptoms just didn't fit, and at that time ADHD == Manic Kids to me. In my adult life in every Job I have ever had, I have felt Like I am working my loving rear end off, yet I was constantly told I was "the slowest", I remember I got sacked once when I was 17, and my manager told me I was a nice guy but that I would constantly stare into space and stop completely what I was doing, I don't even loving remember ever daydreaming in that job  I hope that when I see the specialist, I get diagnosed by him/her, rather than me having to diagnose myself (it would feel like a self-fulfilling prophecy if I have to), even if that means no diagnosis, or a negative. Anyway, random question. How many Interests do you have? Because I want to be/do everything, and it loving kills me because I don't have enough time/focus, to do even one of things I would like to do. but anyway off the top of my head: Languages Programming Languages (I learned C, C++ and Lua YAY!) Music (my loving 80's keyboard has a key broken )Music Technology CAD Graphics Design Web Design Business Studies Accounting Computer Repair Network Maintenance 3d modelling Drama Stage Lighting ...and a poo poo load more All of these I want to be a an expert in, but never will (plus it drives my girlfriend mad  hurr)anyone else have this problem? I think I will focus on programming and maths
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