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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 90708" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Hi,</p><p>my son wasn't diagnosed with ADHD til he was 20 and in college. He aced elementary school and middle school but had trouble with high school but I thought he just wasn't trying--teachers kept saying he wasn't working up to his ability. He did manage to do pretty well in 11th and 12th grade and did very well on his SAT's. He had the inattentive type--he wasn't hyper, he couldn't concentrate. </p><p></p><p> It wasn't til he was in college and getting in trouble with drinking that he was assessed and told he most likely had adhd. He read up on it and fit nearly all the criteria. He began taking Concerta and it did help but he too lost weight and after awhile just didn't like how he felt so he quit taking it. He has done neurofeedback and that seemed to help more than anything.</p><p></p><p>He is now co-owner of a restaurant (he is 23), works a zillion hours a week, but that is how he has always been--I guess it is a sort of hyperfocus--when he is interested in something he goes all out.</p><p></p><p>What I feel bad about is that I didn't recognize the problems he was having in high school. He kept everything to himself and I was too busy with difficult child 1 and all her problems to try to find out what was going on with him. He told me later he felt stupid and wondered why his friends seemed to have no problem with concentrating. Everyone told him he wasn't trying and yet he felt like he was trying as hard as he could.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, a long post to tell you that you can be diagnosed as an adult--in fact many adults are diagnosed when they have their own children who have adhd--kind of an "aha" moment I think!</p><p></p><p>P.S. Both my dtrs also have taken Concerta and Strattera. difficult child 1 probably really does or did have adhd (inattentive type) and difficult child 2 was misdiagnosed with it--she actually has a dissociative disorder. Neither of the girls stuck with the medications--they didn't like how they felt. difficult child 1 sold hers at high school for other drugs--nice, huh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 90708, member: 3450"] Hi, my son wasn't diagnosed with ADHD til he was 20 and in college. He aced elementary school and middle school but had trouble with high school but I thought he just wasn't trying--teachers kept saying he wasn't working up to his ability. He did manage to do pretty well in 11th and 12th grade and did very well on his SAT's. He had the inattentive type--he wasn't hyper, he couldn't concentrate. It wasn't til he was in college and getting in trouble with drinking that he was assessed and told he most likely had adhd. He read up on it and fit nearly all the criteria. He began taking Concerta and it did help but he too lost weight and after awhile just didn't like how he felt so he quit taking it. He has done neurofeedback and that seemed to help more than anything. He is now co-owner of a restaurant (he is 23), works a zillion hours a week, but that is how he has always been--I guess it is a sort of hyperfocus--when he is interested in something he goes all out. What I feel bad about is that I didn't recognize the problems he was having in high school. He kept everything to himself and I was too busy with difficult child 1 and all her problems to try to find out what was going on with him. He told me later he felt stupid and wondered why his friends seemed to have no problem with concentrating. Everyone told him he wasn't trying and yet he felt like he was trying as hard as he could. Anyway, a long post to tell you that you can be diagnosed as an adult--in fact many adults are diagnosed when they have their own children who have adhd--kind of an "aha" moment I think! P.S. Both my dtrs also have taken Concerta and Strattera. difficult child 1 probably really does or did have adhd (inattentive type) and difficult child 2 was misdiagnosed with it--she actually has a dissociative disorder. Neither of the girls stuck with the medications--they didn't like how they felt. difficult child 1 sold hers at high school for other drugs--nice, huh? [/QUOTE]
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