Vindication!

[Shangri-laschild]

After high school I stopped taking my meds (add and depression). My insurance had run out and I moved away from home and all structure went out the window. When I decided to get back on add meds, it turned into a struggle. Several doctors have told me (within the first time of meeting me) that clearly I didn't have add, I had depression. The fact that I was tested for add in 2nd grade and scored very high with it didn't matter, I had taken depression meds for 3 years of my life so that must be the actual cause. I finally got back on add meds and my gp was willing to continue the prescription but when I realized I needed my dosage raised he explained that he was only comfortable continuing an existing prescription (he usually doesn't deal with add meds at all) and I would have to talk to someone in the psychiatry department to get the dosage changed. That struggle started near the beginning of the year I believe. The doctor decided it must be anything but add. Depression, vitamin deficiency, thyroid, she even had them test my cholesterol which has become a joke with my family now. "Sorry I couldn't concentrate, it's my cholesterol acting up." Everything came back fine except for a bit of a vitamin d deficiency. She decided that I needed to be retested if I wanted to prove to her that I had add. I had to have 2 meetings with a different doctor as well as 5 psychometric testing sessions. I was getting a bit nervous because right now I've met my deductible so all the expensive testing was covered. July 1st however, my deductible renews and neither of the doctors I've been dealing with this are in network due to insurance changes. As a result, if I didn't get all this finished out by the end of the month, I was going to have to pay a lot for appointments. Luckily however I got a phone call last night. The doctor doing the testing had finished the results and could see me today at 8am. I got there and she went over the testing results with me, page by page which was fun because the actual results don't come till page 19 so I was fairly nervy and impatient by that point. If the results came back negative, there would be no convincing a doctor I have add after this point. Thankfully, she diagnosed me as definitely having it though it sounds like it would have been on the line if it weren't for the previous testing results she had. This is the downside of learning coping skills. They don't magically fix the add and I still need help from meds but they make it harder to diagnose the add. No I don't seem to fidget, that's because I'm wearing steel toed boots. I'm channeling all my fidgets into my toes because of years of trying to not be obvious about having add. Stuff like that. I'm just grateful it's done with. And she put the depression on the results but she put it on as a past thing that was being mentioned only because it had been a thing for a while there but she noted it as a past thing and not a current issue. On the one hand I really want to be able to be very "told you so bitch" to the doctor who made me go through all of this but on the other hand, I just want to be done with all of this and see someone before the 1st. So relieved. Next doctor to call me a liar gets my rolled up test results inserted in a nasal canal.

[Gilhelmi]

I am so glad that I never had to deal with that.

I have always lived in the same town. My doctor changed once but they trusted each other, and he could read my file. Only thing my Doc bugs me about is losing/gaining wight.

Doc: You gained a couple pounds, you should watch that.
Me: You told me last time that I was losing wight so I should eat more.
Doc: *chuckle* Ya, you know us, we have to complain about something.

*Signs 3-One month scrips* and I am on my way in 20 min.

I was also properly diagnosed, but it was an adventure to the big city. No idea why I was there but look at all these people and tall buildings. (I was 8)

Only other issue was with the US Army, but luckily Adderall does not appear on the drug test screenings. I did not know this until after the fact, but I did not know I was "properly diagnosed" with ADD and my father lied/forgot (because he was 70 at the time) and told the Army I did not have ADD.

Do you know what happens to people who lie their why into the military? Federal charges can be filed.

Back OT:
Congratulations on getting your diagnosis. If I may ask, which one are you going for?

I chose Adderall because it has a generic. (and Stratara made me feel "off" in a bad way.)

[Shangri-laschild]

Yeah, I've had to jump around with doctors a little. Till the end of high school I had one for everything, he was a peds neurologist. And I'm going to have to look for a new one now because my gp is retiring in a month or two.

I'm surprised it didn't show up on the tests, I've been told that at least some of them will. It's good that it didn't cause trouble for you.

See that's the crazy thing, I'm already on Vyvanse. I've been on it for I think 3 or 4 years now? I'm currently taking 50mg and it hasn't been as effective so I wanted to move up to the next dosage.