If they aren't receptive to you asking for medication, avoid mentioning medication and talking about how hard it is to focus and how distracted you get, giving examples if you're prompted to, and also if you aren't.

Also make sure they are a psychiatrist.  psychologists aren't MDs.  They can't prescribe and usually don't try to refer you to someone who can, they'll just work on your issues.  A psychiatrist is an MD and thus can prescribe.  And they have the stereotype of loving to prescribe. It's a stereotype, so that's not exactly true, but at the same time it is.  They know what medications can help what issues, and can prescribe them, so yeah they do like to prescribe, not because they are pill happy but because it can and often does help.  Some of them are pill happy...

Hugs.  I hope things will get better for you between your mom and you.  I honestly do. 

Quote from: Colleen♡Callie on March 04, 2014, 08:43:26 PM
If they aren't receptive to you asking for medication, avoid mentioning medication and talking about how hard it is to focus and how distracted you get, giving examples if you're prompted to, and also if you aren't.

Also make sure they are a psychiatrist.  psychologists aren't MDs.  They can't prescribe and usually don't try to refer you to someone who can, they'll just work on your issues.  A psychiatrist is an MD and thus can prescribe.  And they have the stereotype of loving to prescribe. It's a stereotype, so that's not exactly true, but at the same time it is.  They know what medications can help what issues, and can prescribe them, so yeah they do like to prescribe, not because they are pill happy but because it can and often does help.  Some of them are pill happy...

Hugs.  I hope things will get better for you between your mom and you.  I honestly do. 

I need to check on appointmests soon then, if I don't want to fail.

Quote from: Willow on March 04, 2014, 08:24:46 PM
All my classes except anthropology(the professor has to be at least 70, doesn't know how to work a computer very well either) rely heavily on the internet and computing in general. Easy distraction for me.

I've always thought so, but the therapist I saw in high school thought I was a moron for bringing it up, so I dropped it as soon as I did.

She's only communicated with me 3 times since my birthday, which was the day before I left to come back to school (kinda, dad kept me at his place in Ohio for 5 days or so, so I wouldn't be back over a week before classes resumed) which was nearly 10 weeks ago. Never answered my calls, emails, or texts. Texted me twice about my sister's colour guard, and sent me a package for Valentine's day, candy, chocolate, and a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Not sure if she intentionally picked "Weirdos from Another Planet" or not, but it still hurt a little.

Aaaand that's the degree I ended up with...

I definitely would, medication helps a bunch. 

I have a mix of two variations of executive dysfunction unfortunately.  The ADD variety is caused by neurotransmitter issues.  Medication fixes by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitter, allowing more of it getting to the receiving neurons.

The Autism variety is a issue of neural connectivity.  There are just weak connections.  Medication doesn't help this.

But I'd be utterly useless without medication. 

There are ways of dealing with it without meds, but I'm still trying to figure those out, so can't help you at all there.

Quote from: Jill F on March 04, 2014, 09:06:58 PM
Aaaand that's the degree I ended up with...

I'll see your Anthropology and raise you a Philosophy

Quote from: Jill F on March 04, 2014, 06:19:32 PM
Wow, you too?  Seems ADD and trans* go hand-in-hand.   

I didn't get that formal diagnosis until I was 43.  I wasted almost 6 years to get a worthless degree in college because I failed out of all the meaningful classes that could have led to something lucrative.  In fact, I had zero aim, zero ambition and was only there because my parents said I had to be.  I had the raw IQ to where I could have been an excellent doctor, lawyer or business executive, but instead I was self-medicating and didn't care about school. 

My therapist thinks I have ADD a bit as well. I'm in school and doing OK but could and should definitely be doing better than I am. Going to class makes me sleepy and I start yawning uncontrollably after about a half hour or so even if I'm interested in what they're talking bout.

Quote from: Colleen♡Callie on March 04, 2014, 08:10:59 PM
I have found having so much class work and such require computer and internet to be a very bad thing.

Most of my distractions are online!  And you're sending me there to get stuff done!?  Yeah, that doesn't work like that...

I took an online class once. Whenever I would get on my computer to do stuff for it, someone would msg me or something and I'd totally get distracted and start playing games and not doing anything school related. Dropped that class after not being able to do anything on it after a few weeks...

Oh and what made me unhappy today? When to take a 2 hour nap after work, woke up 6 hours later...will be up all night now.

Quote from: G:W:Y:N:N:E on March 04, 2014, 09:49:10 PM
I'll see your Anthropology and raise you a Philosophy

So your bong was cleaner than your dishes, or were you an "I drink therefore I am?"

I was both. *le sigh*

Quote from: Jill F on March 04, 2014, 10:08:03 PM
So your bong was cleaner than your dishes, or were you an "I drink therefore I am?"

I was both. *le sigh*

the former at home, the latter at gigs

Quote from: Willow on March 04, 2014, 05:36:34 PM
Me neither, I gotta get up and move!
Probably it's partially because I found out I was diagnosed with ADHD without anyone telling me about it or being treated for it.

I have ADHD as well, Willow. I didn't find out until a couple months ago.

And Emily T, I'm so sorry about your daughter. Pedophiles/child abusers are at the very bottom of the pile. Hope he rots.

Hot on the heels of my supervisor at work (who I really respected and enjoyed working with) leaving last week, the boss has now declared she'll be leaving in three months time. I greatly respect this woman too, even though working with her has on occasion been a tad frustrating (no doubt she'd say the same of me!). Both know of my gender transition and have been very supportive of it, now neither of them will be around and it will be a totally new management to deal with. Our organisation (and the work it does) has a very strong ethos around acceptance and non-discrimination so that's not the primary issue, it's just a shame to lose two wonderful women who I already knew were very supportive.

...sigh... 

I have blue balls. I haven't suffered from that since march 2012, and I thought it would be pretty much impossible with the current size of my testes. But heck, My libido is so high now that I am suffering from accumulated sexual tension. The last HRT dosage modification has made me fully sexually active... Not funny without a partner.

My wife confronted me about how withdrawn I've been, and said she basically thinks that something is going on in my head and I'm keeping her out and I'm just gonna drop it in her suddenly.  She is unfortunately correct.  She knows I have transgender feelings, but I've basically decided to go on hormones in a year or so, after getting a few other things in order.  I may have to go full disclosure.

Some of my friends have been ignoring me and I get the impression at least a couple of them are mad at me for some reason. However, they have said nothing to me, I can't read minds, and I have no idea what I could have done to make them mad. (No, they have never seen or heard me lose my temper.) Their loss.

Quote from: Edge on March 05, 2014, 05:55:21 AM
Some of my friends have been ignoring me and I get the impression at least a couple of them are mad at me for some reason. However, they have said nothing to me, I can't read minds, and I have no idea what I could have done to make them mad. (No, they have never seen or heard me lose my temper.) Their loss.

Dealing with a similar situation

Hugs

Quote from: Jill F on March 04, 2014, 09:06:58 PMAaaand that's the degree I ended up with...

I went from undecided to chem engineering to GIS to pre-pharmacy (while thinking about actuarial science) to computer science to psychology, and is not working out for me.

Quote from: Colleen♡Callie on March 04, 2014, 09:08:34 PMI definitely would, medication helps a bunch. 

I have a mix of two variations of executive dysfunction unfortunately.  The ADD variety is caused by neurotransmitter issues.  Medication fixes by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitter, allowing more of it getting to the receiving neurons.

The Autism variety is a issue of neural connectivity.  There are just weak connections.  Medication doesn't help this.

But I'd be utterly useless without medication. 

There are ways of dealing with it without meds, but I'm still trying to figure those out, so can't help you at all there.

I've been very leery of trusting psychopharmecuticals; the four medications I've been given over time have done either nothing, or only the side effects happened. Same with the medication they gave me for OCD. All it did was raise my blood pressure (therefore giving me more spontaneous erections. Eew) increase my libido (eew) and make me sleep for 15 hours a day. ADHD is more concrete a treatment than depression than OCD, so I'd be willing to give out a try.

I feel invisible

Quote from: NathanielM on March 05, 2014, 06:33:14 AM
I feel invisible

Me too.

Quote from: Edge on March 05, 2014, 08:52:36 AMMe too.

Same. Almost like people are trying to avoid me because they fear something bad will happen in my presence.

Quote from: NathanielM on March 05, 2014, 06:33:14 AM
I feel invisible

Quote from: Edge on March 05, 2014, 08:52:36 AM
Me too.

Quote from: Willow on March 05, 2014, 09:01:29 AM
Same. Almost like people are trying to avoid me because they fear something bad will happen in my presence.

I have felt this so much in my life.  And almost always have ended up being wrong and causing more damage if I acted on it.

While I honestly can't say either way, as I don't know your situations or lives, from personal experience, I would suggest trying to ignore the thoughts, brush them away, and tell yourself you're not invisible or being avoided.  Because often times you really aren't, other people just got busy and such, and things will be back to the way they were in no time.

Took me a long time to figure that out, and have been happier for it.

Again, I really don't know your situations and lives so I can't say, and this is by no means me preaching or trying to tell you your problems are all in your head and blah blah blah... I'm merely giving some possibly helpful advice based on my own experience with said issue.

I hope it works out for you three.

I think almost everyone has felt 'invisible' at various times, I know I have

Sometimes it kinda hurt my feelings and I felt depressed about it    Then other times I was kinda of glad and thought it was a good thing because I didn't like the attention I was getting from some individuals

Like most everything, it can go either way - Just try not to let it bring you down

Hugs