With the month half over, I’ve been preparing for my next resolution via email. Back in October I decided to have an ADD evaluation with a grad student at Spalding. I never before thought this was an issue because I am highly functioning and have always excelled in school. But lately, my organizational sloppiness has been getting me into trouble (overdrafts) and causing my mood to crash. My husband agreed that I showed signs of ADD and when I thought about it, I probably struggled with it throughout my life, but compensated well. At least until I was a teenager. Timed tests were a nightmare for me, but I just thought I needed to study harder. Digesting difficult material – chemistry, physics, and calculus – was challenging for me. I must have taken twice as long to study the material than my friends, well my friends who actually studied. The real eye-opener for me in retrospect was that I was a straight-A student, but not a National Merit Finalist. National Merit Finalists did well on their PSATs. I didn’t finish mine. I know, I know. I did fine. Went to a good college, have a great life, but still the ADD has been nagging at me.
So, I have the eval results and the issue is processing speed, which I know from administering educational assessments means: I’m screwed. There is no real treatment for this. The mild ADD I experience is treatable, however, and I’ve been in conversation with a local psychologist who specializes in adult ADD. Once I have a plan, I’ll share it and start it.
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