I have went to the same psychiatrist for years, and I finally called the employee assistance program and said that even though I am taking anti-depressants I am still not happy. I was shopping all of the time and I couldn't sit through a meeting at work with out day dreaming on how everything my manger said could really be done better if the company would just listen to me.
They suggested a counselor for me to go to. I am really glad that this happened. I have been seeing my new therapist for a year and he has really helped me. I wish my insurance would cover him so that I could go every week. I need the guidence and mentoring that the meetings bring.
I don't want to blame my family, but it is true; family dynamics matter and if you do not learn proper communication skills when you are growing up, it will hit you hard in the professional world.
So I always assumed that i was just extroverted and spoke before thinking, well my therapist had another idea. I think that you may be ADD.
He noticed how I constantly interrupted people, changed subjects, some how grouped things together that really didn't belong. Also, that i sat around doing nothing, or laid around is the better term, simply because I was too disorganized and fed up with trying to get something done that i simply didn't have the strength to do... it was too boring and I would screw it up anyway.
I want to start this blog to keep track of my progress and goals. This way there will be some kind of guide for me to go on.
Currently I am reaching a book about compulsive hoarding. The case of the messies is common in ADD. I am slowly learning about it and next time I meet with my doctor will ask him for more references.
To be frank, I thought that they were going to tell me that i was bi-polar with a touch of personality disorder. i was shocked to hear ADD, but now it makes perfect sense. I seriously never even considered it.
The first pill that I took completly opened my eyes. After a couple weeks I have went back to normal mostly, so we are trying to get the dosages correct.
I can't wait to get off the anti-depressants; they weren't working and just making things worse.
