ADD Life Story: Saskia: "My family wants proof"
www.SADD.nl - Foundation for the predominantly inattentive type - Attention Deficit Disorder

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So that I can hand over my diagnose and stop defending my self. (Translated from Dutch)

Hoihoi
I am Saskia (Netherlands)
and 37 years old, married (with many obstacles)
and mother of 5 children.

All of my life I felt different and missunderstood. They did considder me a sweet, kind and obliging kid. etc. etc. etc. all positive.

From the inside I felt unrestfull, chaotic and in conflict with my self. Later also the feeling of not being understood was added. Arithmetic was always week, just like spelling but I always told people to ignore my errors, read around them.

After years I read about me for the first time on this website.
I laughed and cried as known hahaha

Partially because I know my self so well and the things I read are to my family well known.

Like "Do not give me any kind of paperwork" I panic and cant overlook the things I read.
(I have no idea). Now I just stick them in a ringbinder and don't read them at all.

It is also nice for the kids that I know now what is going on. My doughter realized that I am often distracted but to me it just happens. I understand why now. Just charging my batteries.

Each and every point of the matter was written about. I forgot most of it but I know my self so well that I understand never the less. It is a sure case that I will pay a visit to my doctor of course.

So that I can hand over my diagnose and stop defending my self about the how, why and what. If they are interested they can look it up and see for them selves why I am who i am and react the way I do.

I hope many people will be helped this way.

Groeten Saskia