adult add symptoms symptom checklist

The doctor will have a checklist and should be able to tell you if ADD is your problem or if there is another cause for your symptoms. Also, a psychiatrist is better trained to know whether or not you are just trying to get drugs or truly need them for a medical problem. If your doctor does not take your symptoms seriously, you should find another doctor. By the way, a psychiatrist is an MD and seeing one does not mean you are crazy so please get the treatment you need!

What are the symptoms in an adult to look for ADD/ADHD? I think my husband may have this.

was wondering if adult add goes un detected for quite a while, its just i suffer with anxiety and have been told its a side effect of add or adhd, i have always been quite hyperactive as a person and as a young person was very unruly and troublesom and did not quite understand why i was like that and why i was doin things wrong, i always have compulsions to get in trouble and still do, i also suffer with a bad temper but i dont mean to have these outbursts they just happen!!

You can go to your family doctor to ask about these symptoms and to inquire if you might have adult ADD. I went to my family doctor to get diagnosed.

As for differences between bipolar and adult ADD - google has information, personally I believe adult ADD to be up their with childhood *** as about most over diagnosed thing around and do not remotely believe its as prevalent as people say - I have met plenty of adults who claim to be ADD and not one of them truly fits the symptoms and the behaviours but hey they get ritalin and it works so they must be ADD right? * Ritalin works on non ADD and ADD people in most cases...

there are also some really good ADD/ADHD sites that have a checklist of common symptoms, I could not beleive it, I ticked every box. the interesting thing is that ADD is genetic and if you have it one of your parents do.

If anyone could provide me any checklist or any form which would helps me in "DIAGNOSIS" of ADHD+PDD+AUTISTIC children? And if anyone could send me infomation in details about AHDH+PDD+AUTISM?

I do recommend some on line sites which have a lot of useful information since they are aimed at adults by adults with ADD. The two sites aimed at the adult ADD sufferer that you might want to check out are totallyadd.com and http://jeffsaddmind.com/for-first-time-visitors. Both sites are done by people with ADD. totallyadd was actually a PBS special and consequently is a series of short videos. Quite entertaining and useful. Jeffs add mind really reflects him.

A symptom checklist is probably not the best idea, since symptoms of ms overlap with symptoms of a lot of other things. Also many doctors are very suspicious of anyone who has gone online and printed out an "ms symptom" list. Truth. I understand the exhausted and foggy, for sure. One of the things your gp should be doing first is sending you for a sleep study. Also, check vitamin and mineral levels via bloodwork. (Especially B12, D, and magnesium).

A good thyroid doctor is one that will treat you clinically by testing and adjusting FT3 and FT4 levels as necessary to relieve symptoms. Symptom relief should be all important, not test results. The best use of test results is to verify that the meds are increasing your hormone levels and to document the levels that make you feel your best. So the first thing I recommend is to use the checklist in this link and mark off the symptoms you have.

Have you ever had your thyroid checked? Hypothyroidism (too slow) can cause low energy as well and is directly linked to clinical depression. It can cause many female issues as well that could look like the premenapause that your doctor's are checking you for. You are clearly depressed and i don't know about ADD. Usually to be diagnosed with ADD as an adult you would tell tales of all kinds of difficulty as a child.

I forgot to add in this, that I am 25 years of age. I do smoke regularly. I eat an "okay" diet, and am not overweight to my knowledge. I am 6'5" 235 lbs. I was a former overweight child, and teenager until the age of 19. My record High School weight was around 410 lbs.

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You might want to check out this site. It is aimed at adults and has some interesting posts. http://jeffsaddmind.

You might want to start a new thread on the forum, as the one you commented on is from '09. You can tell us a big long history on this forum! Most of us have one, too. Yes, your symptoms could be Lyme. Have you seen the Burrascano symptom checklist? It's on the ilads.org website under About Lyme and then Treatment Guidelines. Click on the Diagnostic Hints and... document. It's a few pages down.

Adult add symptoms symptom checklist

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