My list of symptoms for the doc - ADD / ADHD Message Board

lasia221 · 02-26-2004, 11:54 AM

What happens to me when I go see a doctor is a combo of nerves and the ADD....even having a list to follow, i forget to mention stuff, it doesn't come out right, my thoughts are so scattered that i'm hard to follow....

So.
when I see the doc who will be doing the neuro-psych test, i think i'd better take along this list i've composed. it explains things better than I could. Do you think the doctor would take offense to it? Not read it at all? Not care about it?

Thanks for any help.

* Free ~ Spirit * · 02-26-2004, 08:34 PM

I think the doctor will be very impressed with your list. Also pleased that you wont have to waste time and not get all the needed info.

About your list.. There are statements in bold, then a,b,c with what looks like examples. I noticed some of the bold statements have no examples by them, is that because you dont have that particular symptom?

lasia221 · 02-27-2004, 06:07 AM

Oh no, everything I listed is a problem for me.
There were some things that i didn't think needed further explanation.

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Originally Posted by * Free ~ Spirit *

I think the doctor will be very impressed with your list. Also pleased that you wont have to waste time and not get all the needed info.

About your list.. There are statements in bold, then a,b,c with what looks like examples. I noticed some of the bold statements have no examples by them, is that because you dont have that particular symptom?

lasia221 · 02-27-2004, 07:35 AM

Had another thought I wanted to post to you. Some of the statements in bold, I can't think of the right way to word the further explanations or examples.....
It's heartening to hear you speak positively of my list and the idea of it, I just wish that doctors felt that way. Hopefully I'll find a doctor that will care and be impressed and pleased with the list that I spent alot of time on (which is for my benefit as well as theirs), but the past 2 docs haven't been that way. So I'm a bit scared.

Quote:

Originally Posted by * Free ~ Spirit *

I think the doctor will be very impressed with your list. Also pleased that you wont have to waste time and not get all the needed info.

About your list.. There are statements in bold, then a,b,c with what looks like examples. I noticed some of the bold statements have no examples by them, is that because you dont have that particular symptom?

oceanchic · 02-27-2004, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by lasia221

Had another thought I wanted to post to you. Some of the statements in bold, I can't think of the right way to word the further explanations or examples.....
It's heartening to hear you speak positively of my list and the idea of it, I just wish that doctors felt that way. Hopefully I'll find a doctor that will care and be impressed and pleased with the list that I spent alot of time on (which is for my benefit as well as theirs), but the past 2 docs haven't been that way. So I'm a bit scared.

I just wanted to say that reading your list was almost like reading a complete description of myself. ALmost scary.......... I am 24 years old, currently taking a combo of adderall xr & wellbutrin.... does it help? yes! does it solve everything? No...I like yourself have had a lot of struggles and wish there was something to magically make me "normal" The only thing that keeps me going is that I except myself, I except that I am not like everyone else and I deal with it. Don't get me wrong, it is a hard thing to do, I get depressed and I have good and bad days but all I can do is keep myself informed on ADD and keep working with myself. Just reading this web site has helped me, I never knew there were so many people in the world that were like me. Hope this helps you as well! Just knowing that your not alone is a start!