I was diagnosed with ADD at age 43. Over the next few years, I went back and forth between being grateful for the diagnosis -- finally, an explanation for so many things!! -- and wishing I didn't have the diagnosis, because on many days it seemed simpler to do what I'd always done, to just assume that all I had to do was work harder or try more and I'd be fine.
The stages Zoe writes about are right on target. Thanks so much for pointing me toward her blog. I'm definitely a new fan!
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I know how Zoe feels.
I was diagnosed with ADD at age 43. Over the next few years, I went back and forth between being grateful for the diagnosis -- finally, an explanation for so many things!! -- and wishing I didn't have the diagnosis, because on many days it seemed simpler to do what I'd always done, to just assume that all I had to do was work harder or try more and I'd be fine.
The stages Zoe writes about are right on target. Thanks so much for pointing me toward her blog. I'm definitely a new fan!
April 27, 2010 - 8:49amThis Comment
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