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08/21/08
forget-me-not
Category: ADHD

At 38, it appears I have ADD but doc won't prescribe me Add meds...why??

I was just diagnosed with ADD at 38, 3 years after having my only child.  But the doc won't put me ob ADD meds because she's afraid they will make my anxiety worse.  I tell her my anxiety is a direct result of how the ADD wrecks havoc in my day to day life.  She is ridiculously…

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