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Diagnosed Late With Mental Illness: adult ADD, MDD and GAD
Mental Health | Last Active: May 20, 2022 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@cloudedepiphany Howdy, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I see you have posted in both the Mental Health and the Depression and Anxiety groups regarding your situation.
I would like to say that there is nothing wrong with having these issues. Many of us do. Where it becomes a problem is not learning to work with them. Working on yourself to be your best self, whatever path that is, can be hard work, but so worth it! It certainly is not unusual to have multiple diagnoses, and they seem to overlay on each other.
Do you find now as you look back in your life, that the depression, anxiety and ADHD may have been there in one form or another for a long while? I know that is what I realized, and it took me by surprise! You see, it just sort of creeps up on you and you don't even think about it. One often learns to adapt to it, and sometimes an event occurs that makes it all more pronounced. What have you thought about in the last few days, how you want to address all of this? Did your doctor offer any insight and choices for you to consider for treatment?
Here is the link to what Mayo Clinic has to say about AADD: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adult-adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350878
Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Ginger
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Hi Ginger
I am already signed up with Mayo so I am aware of all the positive benefits offered by Mayo. I’ve known for a long long time I was afflicted with a mental illness. There was a point in my life when only recently divorced I was trying to address the problems exhibited by our adolescent adoptive daughter and I was doing business in China that I found myself on Zoloft. I only recently found the notes of the psychiatrist who prescribed the medication. No where did he ever give me a ‘diagnosis’ so I can only conclude I didn’t reach the heights of ADHD or OCD. only very recently did my ‘internist’ somewhat amused say ‘I bet when you were young I bet you were ADHD and OCD’.
The problem I have is finding direction to a truly qualified psychiatrist living in the Seattle area. I’ve tried with no luck. My Hospital no longer has a psychiatric department except for the most extreme cases. Instead you are given a phone number to call in North Carolina where I spoke to a nice young woman just beginning her career.
July 4 I turn 77. Since retirement I’ve been working to make myself a better human being, while I’ve definitely made advances there are those days where despite sleeping well I find myself slipping into depression. This state is now affecting my marriage to the most wonderful woman, partner and friend I have ever known and will never meet again.
Hoping you might have some suggestions where I might turn.
Thank you so much
Mort
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Actually yes. As I look back I can see how the things I have been diagnosed with may have been there for quite a long time. Perhaps even the ADHD. However the thought its self is overwhelming.
I begin an IOP on the 16th, and that to is overwhelming to think about. Had to file official paperwork with my employer to take the needed time away to do it. So now it is not just something I have and keep to myself as best I can, its known by people outside of my comfort zone.
The day after the ADHD diagnosis I began Adderall...on top of what I already take. My overgrown ass having to take a medication that is given to children that bounce off the walls. I dont know how I feel about it all, however after years of the emotional chaos I'm open to whatever the Dr's say at this point.