I was diagnosed with adult ADD but after being on Adderall, Adderall XR, and Ritalin, they didn't do anything to help my confusion and problems with focus.
So I sought a 2nd and 3rd opinion and was told adult ADD is a diagnosis that the medical community is split on. Some think it's possible and others insist you either had is as a child and still have it or don't have it all.
I'm not young so my dad can't recall if I had 6 of the 10 symptoms the docs asked about. I know I was a high energy kid but one pdoc said "since you had above average grades in grade school, high school, college, and law school, I doubt you had ADD as a kid. They didn't give you meds for being hyper back then (except some downer that probably isn't safe for kids nowadays-lol).
But I have to take Adderall every morning to be able to get out of bed. Whether or not that's chronic fatique or something else, I don't know-yet.
They started me on 60mg in the morning and 30mg no later than 2pm. The 2pm dose did nothing, I could go right back to sleep after taking it so I stopped that dose. Then I decided to stop takig 60mg in the am and dropped it to 30mg because I have Essential Tremor and an internal sense of shaking they can't figure out what it is. I know what it is-ANNOYING!
I think it's all about the doc you see and if your symptoms fit ADD. There is always something that can mimmic any disease but in my case unless I've had a stroke, I don't know what else could cause so many of the ADD symptoms. The only symptom I don't have is energy-lol. Even with Adderall, I only get about 5 hours of semi-energy and most people on 60mg would bounce off the walls. Even 30mg makes me very shaky and uncomfortable.
Has anyone ever been told they have adult ADD only to learn later that they have something else?? I've always wondered if it's just me?? That wouldn't surprise me