Today was shut down day.
The week caught up.....all of the emotion and physical/mental exertion snuck up then hurtled towards me all at once, leaving me flat today
I actually went to bed early last night - by early I mean 10.30pm
So today I spent on the couch in my dressing gown with a book
Not just any book though, Life Among The Dead by Lisa Williams
It arrived yesterday
I read the whole thing this afternoon
An incredible story and just what I needed to wipe my mind completely for a while
I can't say any more about yesterday....
Or the horrible appointment.....
But I did open some mail today that I hadn't seen sitting on the bench
One letter was my 'second opinion' appointment card
Monday 26th - 11am.
To start with I don't 'do' morning appointments unless I absolutely have no other choice...I never have....that's one thing that has never changed
Secondly they have booked me in with a doctor that's at least 70 years old.....or he has aged very badly and is actually mid - late 60's
So maybe he did a conference some time in the 80's re: ADD and has read a few articles in Psych Monthly or whatever.......just brilliant.........out of the frying pan into the fire.......
I'll try and see my GP Monday, I couldn't make an appointment Friday with everything going on.
*sigh*
At least next week is expected to be quieter, a more typical week......
G
xxx
5 comments:
Deary me. Go your hardest Gina, we are behind you all the way.I have been fighting the same sortof battle re my weight gain.Don't give up, it is your life.xx♥
Don't settle. And don't let them mis-diagnose or not-diagnose you properly. YOU know YOU better than anybody else EVER could - and you know what you need. Keep after it.
Natalie ~ I won't give up - I can't. The impact on my life would be too significant now....thank you darling xx
Lou ~ I won't. I'm taking Big A with me next time....that'll learn 'em - he he! Anyone would think I was asking for something majorly extravagant and unheard of...grr!
Wish I lived in the U.S. at times like these, your doctors are so much further advanced on the subject, in my opinion.
G
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Don't stop fighting, G.
I know for a fact stimulant medication is prescribed to people over the age of 18, that later on-set people are diagnosed with it and that it does make a difference in a person's life if it's acknowledged or ignored by the medical profession because I've nursed them.
Hit the Gurgle and get some research studies to back you up, go to the 2nd opinion appoint as you might be surprised by the doc.
TV show Insight did a story on ADHD a few years back, have a look for that, too.
Go above the first doc's head and demand a review from the manager of the clinic/dept.
Jayne ~ Thank you so much.
I think I am equally angry at the arrogance of the man, who thinks he can talk to me for 15 minutes and know better than the previous doctors I have seen...grr!
Small Man suggested when he asked me 'What makes you think you have ADD' that I should have answered 'What makes you think I don't'.
Wish I could think that quickly......
They seem to be trying so hard to make it be something else (depression/anxiety/oppositional defiant) - why not just let it be what it is!!!????
The first doc I saw - who specialised in child/adult ADD told me I could take the medication for the rest of my life - and I intend to :)
I will be better prepared next time.
Taking Big A with me - the look on his face when I told him what happened.....summed it all up perfectly - pure horror.
Thanks again Jayne,
G
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