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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 105641" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Kathy, </p><p></p><p>First of all, {{{{{hugs}}}}} for your hurting heart.</p><p></p><p>I know that I've felt like a misfit for most of my life, so you're not alone.</p><p></p><p>With regard to diagnosis, the process started for me in early adulthood by my family doctor. She was a new doctor, and I was going through my family medical history, talking a mile a minute about all the family members with various issues. At one point, she stopped me and asked if anyone had bothered to evaluate me.</p><p></p><p>It was a lightbulb moment. Since then, I've had evaluations and done quite a bit of research. It's strange...I found that having a label to attach to things (ADD/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)) gave me a lot of comfort in that it was a logical explanation for things that made no sense at all before. Before, I thought I was just weird. Now, I know I'm weird, but I understand WHY I'm weird.</p><p></p><p>And yes, like Totoro mentioned, I am highly distractable. If I don't have my to-do list, I literally can't function. I will stare at the wall and twirling my hair and trying to remember what it is I'm supposed to do, I will wander off, start many things and leave a trail of half-started projects in my wake.</p><p></p><p>You're definitely not alone, and there is help for you.</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 105641, member: 3907"] Kathy, First of all, {{{{{hugs}}}}} for your hurting heart. I know that I've felt like a misfit for most of my life, so you're not alone. With regard to diagnosis, the process started for me in early adulthood by my family doctor. She was a new doctor, and I was going through my family medical history, talking a mile a minute about all the family members with various issues. At one point, she stopped me and asked if anyone had bothered to evaluate me. It was a lightbulb moment. Since then, I've had evaluations and done quite a bit of research. It's strange...I found that having a label to attach to things (ADD/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)) gave me a lot of comfort in that it was a logical explanation for things that made no sense at all before. Before, I thought I was just weird. Now, I know I'm weird, but I understand WHY I'm weird. And yes, like Totoro mentioned, I am highly distractable. If I don't have my to-do list, I literally can't function. I will stare at the wall and twirling my hair and trying to remember what it is I'm supposed to do, I will wander off, start many things and leave a trail of half-started projects in my wake. You're definitely not alone, and there is help for you. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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