Over 50 and ADD getting worse

[HiddenBarb]

Hello,
Learned of my ADD when my son was 8 . The neurologist that diagnosed him threw in my diagnosis for free after watching me in his office. Made a lot of sense to me and answered a lot of questions I had always thought about.
Everything was under control. I had a lifestyle that let me avoid things/events that would throw me off balance. But in my forties another health problem and increasing stresses in my life began to affect my ADD big time!
Poor and non-restorative sleep is affecting my addled brain. Trouble talking, trouble remembering, and a real problem with getting started with any project!

[gmw10]

I am 51 and my ADD is the worst it has ever been. There is a connection with thyroid function and hormones, but even with those corrections the ADD meds don't seem to work in the same way.
I'm much more forgetfull, scattered, irritable, can't stand to cook!!! I just don't feel the way I used to.
ginger

[pateck]

I was diagnosed three and half years ago when I was 60. I was so relieved! My time release ritilin seems to be doing a fair job of enabling me to focus on a daily basis -- my husband knows when I skip!

However, what frustrates me is my being so easily overwhelmed and always trying to catch up! My desk is a disaster area and the household chores are always in a state of flux.

I thought my ducks would line up when I retired!!!

[scattyschats]

Hi golden oldies,
A dad story I/'m afraid. Although a bit of selfdiagnosis/Dad diagnosis going on here. Dad who has recently had a stroke had a family conference with the doctors and therapists.
The OT praised Dad for all he progress he had made but lamented over the lack of "progress" made with his concentration.
I tried to softly indicate that Dad had never had great concentration..... She defended him boldly with " he must have had great concentration to do the job he was in before!"
He was great at his job but it wasn't due to his concentration skills it was in spite of them and due to a hundred other talents he had. I was just worried they would measure his progress against the concentration factor that hadn't been there for the last 65Years.

Mind...the concentration factor has now become very important as he has consideable loss of motor function and without concentrating he falls down!

[jb]

Oh, great! I'm 57...a newbie and it looks like we have a lot to look forward to?? Diagnosed in my 40s that explained my pain as a child growning up and learning to "cope". I'm in a fast paced job that's new and always feeling "behind" and overwhelmed. Thank goodness we aren't allowed to put our age on our job profiles. I'm blonde and look younger. I explain my extra hours at the office as "just getting a grip" on the new job. Little do they know I'll probably have to keep chipping away at it from home as I did in gradeschool just to keep up! ha!

[jointesse]

Hello everyone I use to live in London from 1966 till 1982 and because i was having real problems behavior people were so confused bout me then and finally my husband brought me to Dr. his name was Dr.L.Clein he admitted me in his hospital (1974) i was to stay there for almost a year ,Lon grove Mental hospital in Epsom he soon understood what was wrong only we did mot have a proper name for it then and i started med. Dex. amphetamine Drophead 20mg. started from 60mg. up to 80 and i was so happy after i left i was an outpatient for almost 7 years and all was well............untill i moved to Holland for good with medical notes and letters from Dr Clein all the Dr.here said OH no your not having these pills i was so shocked i tried everything but no luck well that ruined my life and my children's my symptoms got worse i could not look after my kids and always portrayed as an addict whenever i tried to convince doctors suddenly 1999 i first heard about adhd/ ADD and since i was (re)diagnosed) and on the same med. i was then. i find this so terrible why did they play for god ? anyway i am a 55+ these days still om med. and not so bad. LOVE JOYCE / jointesse