I hope anyway….recently I was diagnosed with AD/HD. After talking with doctors and researching it, I am simply amazed at how much of an impact it has had on my life. I always took it as that was “just me”, that’s “just how I am”. Add on to that the affect it had on my wife, who was having a hard time and getting frustrated dealing with “the way that I am” and the impact is that much greater.

How do I feel about the diagnosis? Fantastic. I feel like someone found a missing piece to the puzzle that is me. I’ve only been taking the ritalin for three days so far, and I’m starting off with a pretty low dose, so I can’t really say anything about hte effects yet, we’ll see how that goes. I’ve got my fingers crossed though, and I’m looking forward to days when I don’t have to:

  • walk out my front foor, realize i forgot something, go back, get what I forgot, walk out my front foor, realize i forgot something, go back, get what I forgot, walk out my front foor, realize i forgot something, go back, get what I forgot, walk out my front foor, realize i forgot something, go back, get what I forgot,walk out my front foor, realize i forgot something, go back, get what I forgot, walk out my front door, finally get to my car, start driving realize i forgot my cell, go back to my apartment, forget what I went back there for
  • Spend 10 minutes looking for that i was JUST holding 5 seconds ago….10 times a day
  • Listen to my wife get frustrated because I lost something again, or forget something again
  • Make careless errors on work because I simply can’t focus
  • Spend more time than necessary at work because I can’t focus/am easily distracted
  • Have 4-5 projects at a time that are unfinished for no good reason
  • Lose track of the conversation I am having with someone else after 10 seconds.

Anyway, we’ll see how it goes. I’m hoping to post some updates, especially related to how it affects my work.