Co-morbid Stuff

[lcdc1]

I was on another ADHD site this morning and started a post over there on a topic that I was pontificating about recently and that is how common it is for our generation and older to have so many co-morbid issues along with ADHD! I have PTSD, anxiety, depression and of course ADHD. All my life, there have been many opinions on what my issues were and some were totally off base and it has taken me this long to accept that the diagnosis back then were wrong and I am not crazy in the clinical sense! Hence some parts of the PTSD and changing my thinking. Thank god I seem to have found the right pysc that is helping me to realize I am not damaged beyond repair and I can work on my self esteem.

At times getting to the bottom of things is a circus! Get the wrong doctor or shrink and you can get all kinds of labels that may or may not be correct! I also think that we should not be in too much of a hurry to accept the first diagnosis and maybe concentrate on some of the symptoms more since so many cross over into many labels.

I also wonder if our kids and that generation will have less co-morbid issues as adults since it seems that ADHD is recognized and there are interventions at an early age for the most part!

[John]

Oh what a tangled web is weaved when at first we try to be relieved.

Relieved as in try to find what the 'bleep' is wrong with us. LC you sure are right when talking about trying to get to the bottom of a circus. It can sure stink

I'm so happy too I Finally found a great shrink. With CBT she have taught me that I can question why I think like I do, how to stand up for myself, and how to confront others ( in a nice way or course).

It's great to have someone to fall back on when confronting life problems and being able to look at things in a different way.

One of the best things for me is that when I'm talking to her I come up with many of the solutions myself or even just see problems more clearly.

I think that for a lot of us ADDrs the co-morbid things are brought out or manifest themselves because of having the ADD. Of course I'm just seeing things from my perspective and may be just throwing out a bunch of hooey. Maybe if I didn't have ADD I still might have the CMs (co-morbids) but might be able to handle them more effectively or they may not be as potent.

[John]

OK, here's my Co-mor of the week/month.

I've recently started seriously re.looking for a job. Just about any job (except 3rd shift) would do but I'm getting no where fast.
DW says if I 'just looked harder' I could get a job.


I'm just depressed about the whole thing &

I haven't talked to my therapist since February since she's not covered under DW health policy & I still owe her Big Buck$.

All I can think is, ''I'm so depressed, I'm so depressed''. Ya that is so helpfull John, just keep repeating that over and over.

As you can see I have cynical mean streak. I'm just so glad I'm not starting to get sarcastic, that would be really bad.

[lcdc1]

I know, it is easy to get depressed at times, hang in there and think outside the box, start a small business maybe? Sometimes trying too hard for me is self defeating because my frustration and spaz factor goes up!

[John]

lcdc1 said:

. . . spaz factor goes up!

Thanks LC, I needed that. Now I just need to keep repeating, ''Stop spazing out, stop spazing out''.

LOL

On the Spazing Out scale, I've been bouncing 'tween:

5.8 ~ 7.3 (+/- a err0r ratio of 0.0745)