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If you have T1D, have you also been diagnosed by a health care provider with ADHD?
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No for myself. However, if someone around you has ADHD, it is most certainly one of those Genies you wish could be returned to their bottles.
My father and my children have ADHD. I am fairly confident I have it and due my MS, my Neurologist prescribed medication to help.
No. But, sometimes I wonder. When I was younger, my mind wandered a lot. I also did a lot of running around. I cannot focus on what I’m doing (i.e., reading) with the television on.
I have some ADD tendencies but would classify as ADHD.
I’m 90% certain that I have ADHD. I’m pretty sure I’ve always had it. My mom always suspected that I was on the autism spectrum, as my younger brother has autism, but ADHD makes a lot more sense. My husband and sister-in-law have it, too. My mother-in-law once showed me a pamphlet about adult ADHD, trying to make the case that my husband had it. After reading through it, not only was I certain that he had it, but it made me think I might have it, too.
I was recently diagnosed, at 42, with ADHD. It makes a lot of sense but has been a struggle to accept and try to make the changes necessary to control it. I am working with my psychiatrist and a therapist, which has helped.
What is ADHD — ?
james zellerhoff–
It’s a disease with no brakes. You are always on and going 125 mph. Thoughts race constantly equally fast.
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
I have a son who is extremely ADHD. He was diagnosed when he was around 7. He is 42 now. Somewhere along the way, one of his psychiatrists pointed out my traits that seem to indicate some level of ADHD, but he never gave me that diagnosis. These days, many years later, I take meds for anxiety and depression. So that helps with those symptoms. I have been on those same meds for many years now.
I have had Attention Deficit Disorder ADD, now referred to as ADHD, non-attentive type, since childhood. In fact the tendencies to daydream and seem like I wasn’t paying attention, and the opposite to hyper-focus on something, showed up at around the same time I was diagnosed with T1D at age 8 in the 3rd grade. The ADD and hyper-focus brain patterns have been with me my whole life but it wasn’t until I was an adult in my 50s that I was finally given a formal diagnosis and have been treated with a very low dose of Adderall that helps tremendously to reorganize synapse disruption. Even before being prescribed meds, I have worked with deep relaxation, meditation, focused attention, and visualization practices since my twenties to harness the wandering mind tendencies.
BTW, I celebrated my 60 year diaversary on Dec 28, 2002. ADD and T1D have been with me for a very long time. They have been challenging, but neither has stopped me from living a fulfilling and interesting life and I am still going at it full steam.
Is there some hypothesis that T1 & ADHD are connected? Family doc put me on pheno-barkatol to save Mom’s sanity before I was dx with T1. As if T1 + another autoimmune issue didnt make life complicated enough.
I put down other because I have all the symptoms but no formal diagnosis yet however my boyfriend who is type 1 as well is also diagnosed with ADHD
I had extensive testing in grade school, during the 1970’s, no ADHD diagnosed; just dyslexia.
I have had a psychiatrist who wanted to test me. I don’t the test happened, though. It was long enough ago and I don’t really remember the details.
It’s been awhile since I knew what the symptoms are… although, I know I can hyperfocus like crazy. Had a co-worker who stood in front of my desk calling my name for a reported 10 minutes before I looked up to see her.
And, there are a lot of occasions where I can’t focus at all that aren’t related to blood sugar values.
So, my answer is “Other – possibly, I don’t remember/I don’t know”.
ADHD is more about attentional inconsistency. When child/adult has high degree of interest they can have laser like concentration. The difference is that most students can attend to subjects with average to low degree of interest enough to get a passing grade. For students with untreated ADHD paying attention is a huge problem. That is compounded with other issues like poor organization, prioritizing input, holding memory, quickly losing interest,, etc. ADHD is also such a wide diagnostic category that 2 students with ADHD rarely present in the same manner.
Thank you, Henry Renn!
That is a great short description.
The Doc didn’t tell me… I told him…
I am a very hyperactive person and been told I act like a person with adhd, it is mainly anxiety and a a high energy level I have to keep in check because my mouth can move faster than my brain.
Jen, It is true that a person with anxiety and/or depression can present symptoms suggesting ADHD. It is also true that compared to the general population people who have ADHD have a higher than average comorbidity for anxiety and depression. One test is an indicator but not sufficient for making the diagnosis of ADHD. Tests & checklists would be parts of a good diagnostic workup.
LOL! Interesting question! I have never been diagnosed with ADHD. Doctors asked my mother to test me in first grade, but she refused. I was born and still am, very high energy. Type A personality, but I do not have concentration or behavioral/outburst problems. Just inpatience with inefficiency! LOL!