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its interesting (read suspicious) that she only thinks she has adhd and wants an rx for adderal....is she having issues with drug abuse by chance?


to answer your question...not only is it possible to not self recognize anxiety/depression symptoms in yourself, its common. unless her symptoms are drastic (panic attacks, exhaustion, etc) it CAN be hard to ferret out what symptom goes to what, and it certainly can look and feel like adhd.


there is a story about muhammed ali's wife in which she goes to a dr because she KNOWS she has adhd and cant focus--and promptly falls asleep in the waiting room.


the doctor figures out immediately that she doesnt have adhd, she has "caregiver syndrome" and CRS because she's exhausted and anxiety ridden.


my point is that a grown woman, presumably with enough medical background from caring for a disabled husband, didnt recognize, or have words for, what was actually wrong--it looked and felt enough like adhd that she assumed that was a reasonable diagnosis.


it takes an excellent diagnostician to tease out symptoms...where i see your daughters point is that there is a confidence issue in the doctor. it might make sense to humor her and see if you can do some quick testing for adhd to rule it out/in with someone she trusts. easier said than done, i know.


i feel for her.


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