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Is the prevalence of difficult child new or just diagnosed more?
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<blockquote data-quote="bran155" data-source="post: 233572"><p>I often think about this. I don't understand it either. When I was growing up I don't ever remember encountering any of my school mates with mental illness. I never knew anyone who displayed symptoms similar to my daughter. I believe that I am ADD, never been tested nor medicated. They just called it "day dreaming" back then. I didn't misbehave though, I just had trouble focusing. I believe now I am adult ADD. I have all of the classic symptoms. I am a complete scatter brain!!! I am so used to it that I know to check the coffee pot twice to make sure I turned it off, check the stove, candles....and so on. I can walk into a room and immediately forget what I went in there for. I am always looking for my cell phone and keys. I am very disorganized and depending on the day I am having I often have racing thoughts. I have tried my daughter's Concerta a few times and I did notice I was more alert and able to finish something I started a lot better. But never actually pursued treatment for myself.</p><p></p><p>I can't explain where my daughter's illness comes from. Other than my suspicion of ADD there is absolutely no mental illness nor substance abuse in my entire family. I never used drugs or drank while pregnant with her, ate good, had prenatal care, took my vitamins and had a great pregnancy. The only thing I can think of is that my daughter had elevated lead levels in her blood from my first apartment. However it only got to 22. My nephew's reached 62, 65 is the mental retardation level. He is fine. We are not sure about her father's side of the family. They do not believe in "mental illness" or psychiatry. So if anyone is mentally ill it is undiagnosed. There is substance abuse in his side of the family. So my guess is that they were self medicating??? I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Good topic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bran155, post: 233572"] I often think about this. I don't understand it either. When I was growing up I don't ever remember encountering any of my school mates with mental illness. I never knew anyone who displayed symptoms similar to my daughter. I believe that I am ADD, never been tested nor medicated. They just called it "day dreaming" back then. I didn't misbehave though, I just had trouble focusing. I believe now I am adult ADD. I have all of the classic symptoms. I am a complete scatter brain!!! I am so used to it that I know to check the coffee pot twice to make sure I turned it off, check the stove, candles....and so on. I can walk into a room and immediately forget what I went in there for. I am always looking for my cell phone and keys. I am very disorganized and depending on the day I am having I often have racing thoughts. I have tried my daughter's Concerta a few times and I did notice I was more alert and able to finish something I started a lot better. But never actually pursued treatment for myself. I can't explain where my daughter's illness comes from. Other than my suspicion of ADD there is absolutely no mental illness nor substance abuse in my entire family. I never used drugs or drank while pregnant with her, ate good, had prenatal care, took my vitamins and had a great pregnancy. The only thing I can think of is that my daughter had elevated lead levels in her blood from my first apartment. However it only got to 22. My nephew's reached 62, 65 is the mental retardation level. He is fine. We are not sure about her father's side of the family. They do not believe in "mental illness" or psychiatry. So if anyone is mentally ill it is undiagnosed. There is substance abuse in his side of the family. So my guess is that they were self medicating??? I don't know. Good topic. [/QUOTE]
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