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Q: Absent Minded
asked by: PatchMonster on November 13th, 2008
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Hello, recently I've been worried about how I've been feeling. I'm not quite sure what it is, so I was wondering what your take on it would be. Excuse me if this was posted in the wrong forum. I couldn't find a diagnosis forum.

I constantly feel like there is a transparent cover between my eyes and the world, as if I'm just not "connected". My eyes never discern anything; I am oblivious. Another way to put it is that I feel like I'm daydreaming 24/7. I just can't break out of it and pay attention. I often forget important things, such as my backpack or cell phone. I really have no will to explain things etc.

After some searching around, and reading some personal stories, I think I have a terrible case of absent-mindedness. I live in a very stressful environment, parents intrusive, lots of raised voices, messy environment, and bad family relations. Also I have had terrible paranoia issues in the past, a little today.

I believe I got to be this way because of how I was raised or due to heritability. For example, my mother one day told me to get the groceries out of her car even though both my friend and I saw her bring all of the bags in. She didn't think she even got any of the bags. I do equally absent minded things every so often.

Is this ADD/ADHD? If not, could you please give me some advice in the right direction? I really need to get to the bottom of this, it's affecting a lot of things in my life.

Information that may be useful:
Male
16 Years old
Homeschooled/concurrently enrolled in a community college
Depression and paranoia issues in the past
Dreadful social skills
I Frequently consume fish oils (Omega 3)
On the computer a lot
Family members have same problems
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Anonymous
replied on December 4th, 2008
Hi PatchMonster,

It sounds like you're a bright and intelligent person stuck in a difficult situation. I'd suggest that you first talk either to your family physician or to a school psychologist at your community college. It's possible that the issues you want to deal with will be clearer after a preliminary talk. A doctor or a clinical psychologist, physician, or clinical social worker can diagnose AD/HD in adults. Only certain medical professionals can prescribe medication. These are physicians (M.D. or D.O.), nurse practitioners, and physician assistants (P.A.) under the supervision of a physician.

ADHD is usually diagnosed in children around the age of 7...after at least 6 months of repeated behaviors. For more information on diagnosing adult ADHD, check out this site:

http://www.help4adhd.org/en/treatment/guid es/WWK9S
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Anonymous
replied on December 4th, 2008
I think I'll follow through on that, if you are suggesting I might have ADD/ADHD. I'm looking into a psychologist at the moment, so hopefully they can instruct my parents on what I should be doing.

Thank you for your care, hopefully it wasn't an automated response since your username is "Anonymous".
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YOGIHUGGER
replied on January 26th, 2009
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Some of your symptoms sound like the cognitive-brain fog type symptoms associated with chronic fatigue syndrome. i have cfs and the exact same stuff happens to me.
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