Annie
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There are good days and bad days. I now know that I am NOT lazy, crazy and stupid!
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Post by Annie on Oct 20, 2004 23:21:13 GMT -5
Hello I am Ann and I am 43 and want to be 23. I was diagnosed with ADD about 1 year ago. It was a good thing and a bad thing. Good for now, for I know now that I am not the slob I was told I was. Bad...because now I have to deal with it.
I have learned in the last 3 months that "I can do it" and yet I am scared I will drop the ball. My husband was diagnosed with Glioblastoma (brain Tumor) it was out of the blue. It all started August 3rd, and now I have had to be the organized pill person....appointment person...and miss suzy homemaker and major money maker. I have looked for support groups to help in just everday things and work things...I can not tell the boss!
I look forward to sharing and understanding and just being. I do live in Alaska and well it seems like I live at the end of the earth somedays. I look forward to hearing from anyone!!!
Thanks
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annie girl
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remarried on 3-30-04!!!!!,have two sons
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Post by annie girl on Oct 23, 2004 18:43:40 GMT -5
hi ann, my name is Ann, too. i also am 43, and i have had adhd,since i was a child, but it was never treated. I know what u mean as far as trying to deal with being this way. Im also have clinical depression, since 1997, and a few other little issues  , and i know how it feels, feeling like there is no one who understands, im from Shermans Dale PA. take care, Ann |
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Post by ashley on Mar 15, 2005 0:13:35 GMT -5
It's a great thing you've been diagnosed with ADD because you have to deal with it. What I mean is now with all the crazy things going on at the end of the earth you know you have limitations and there are experts who can help you manage them.
You've obviously read "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy!" I know you probably can't keep that ideal balance. Are you making a study of yourself, or keeping a log? During hard times I like to make an appointment book and keep track of everything I do. At the end of the day, before taking a bath, I look at it. I don't think of what I didn't do or what I didn't have enough time for. I just look at it as my life written down in an orderly, controllable fashion. Even pretend structure is nice when things are chaotic.
Where in Alaska? I have friends and family that live in Wasilla.
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Post by budzamom on Apr 1, 2005 9:58:26 GMT -5
Another Ann here! I'm 44, though, not 43! I, too, have finally decided that ADD may explain a constellation of problems: never
finishing things, being totally disorganized and overwhelmed by
housework and finances, hopeless with directions (!), a chronic
interupter, etc, etc. Now that I'm on Ritalin and am reading about
adult ADD I can see it in other members of my family.
Ann in Alaska, you are dealing with so much with your husband's
cancer. I know there are simple things like pill boxes with timers
and watches with alarms that might help you with his meds. I
signed up for calendarwiz.com which I LOVE. It's $8 a month and
I can access my schedule from any computer and you can set it
up to remind you of appointments and download the schedule
to a PDA or phone. I don't do that yet, but think I'm headed that way.
Anyway, courage. I am sending you coping vibes.
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, and i know how it feels, feeling like there is no one who understands, im from