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Originally Posted by GrouchyOne Your report from two years ago should be sufficient for your new doctor or, if not, have your current doctor reprint it but with today's date to indicate that it requires ongoing treatment. Otherwise, you could always go to your on*campus psychiatrist. |
It really varies from school to school, from what i've seen. My college did allow me to start seeing an on-campus psychiatrist for med management with no problem. However, in order to procure accommodations for add (ie a writing tutor, extended time on tests, etc), I had to get a neuropsychocological evaluation. So the diagnostic questionnaire my doctor at home used was insufficient in the eyes of the college to grant accommodations.
As for the doctors themselves, they seem to be fine with each other's word. I wouldn't stress too hard about it, especially since it's months away
I wish I could give you tons of tips about being ADD in college but even though I'm a junior, I've been puzzling it out just this semester (I was diagnosed this summer). The only things I've figured out so far are to devote some wall space to your lists and schedules and make sure they're in a place where you look at them every day. i have a month on a page and all four pages of the semester taped side by side so I see which weeks are gonna be hectic and which weeks I can use to catch up on things. OH and the expanding file portfolio is MY BESTEST FRIEND EVERRRR. I take it with me everywhere I go, and each division is devoted for each class, with additional divisions for non-academic documents, scheduling materials, etc. What with readings, the file can get full, so every few weeks I move old readings into their own back files in my room.
Oh, and something i wish i do is have a timer. i would set it for 20 minutes from the time i start checking my email. so then i wouldnt waste oh, 5 hours without noticing. dammit.
hope i've helped a little. college life will be so distracting at first... it is a fact, so count on it and know that you will not be able to do all the work. pick and choose what you deem important.
xo
Re: ADD and College 
I am new to the board an dwanted to reply and share my experience. I was dx with ADD (inattentive) with co-occuring Anxiety Disorder 10 years ago when I was going to college - for my undergrad degree. I was failing tests and could not take notes and pay attention at the same time. This particular college I went to had a great disabilities department and I was able to get assistance for tuturing and study skills. Since then, I have moved from the arcieved my undergrad and went to grad school (a miracle to think I could even get through, which I graduated in 2001 with a MSW). I did not have to be retested they just wanted a copy of my psycho-educational Evaluation. The grad school that I went to did not have a very good disability department, not much help, only to make sure I recieved accomidations (extra time for tests/papers, able to use a tape recorder, took tests in a seperate area, but with a monitor. I still look back and can not believe that I made it. School was always sooo difficult and I had to spend so much more time on homework than anyone else. But, I really wanted a better job and was interested in the field and I had gone through so much in my life that I wanted to help others. I do recommend looking into what type of Disability department and what assistance they would be able to help with. I have developed different statagies while going to school. Some transfer over to work, but I do have some issues in this area. I am finally asking for accomidations, which has been a real issie for me. I wanted to be treated the same and try everything I could to get by. I didn't have problems asking for accomidations for school but I have for work. Not sure why? Fear I guess. Anyway, I hope this helps. 
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