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Massachusetts Women with ADD/ADHD

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A place for women from Massachusetts who are living with add/adhd to connect and support each other.

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Comment by Sarah on September 2, 2012 at 8:36pm: Sandra - my neurologist tested me for thyroid issues when he did my initial diagnosis just to make sure, so indeed there seems to be a real overlap in symptoms. In my case, no, it's just ADHD, but it's good to know.

Comment by jennbalaya on September 1, 2012 at 11:56pm: Hey guys, I just moved to Lexington, MA -- from Tacoma, WA. I was very active in the ADD community in the Seattle/Tacoma area, where I co-facilitated a support group and was a member of the Board of ADD Resources... Wondering about local support groups and looking to make some friends :)

Comment by Sandra L. Cardoza on February 15, 2012 at 10:11am: hello all....new member from New Bedford! I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD some years ago, but not 'til after a messy divorce opened my eyes to a few things. I knew that there must be a reason for the way that I acted all of those years and I was thrilled when someone was finally able to put a label on it....even more so when I began taking Concerta and it changed my life. Recently, I went for an MRI on my cervical spine and was shocked when my GP called to say he wanted me to come in and discuss the results (he hadn't been the one to order the MRI so I was confused as to why it had been passed along to him). The imaging showed that I was "missing" one "wing" or lobe of my thyroid gland (if you look at an image of it, it is shaped somewhat like a butterfly). I've gone for a myriad of bloodtests, the results of which I haven't heard back on yet but in reading about the symptoms of Hoshimoto's autoimmune thyroid disease, I'm finding that the symptoms sound a LOT like ADD. Has anyone else out there been diagnosed as having thyroid problems? I'm wondering if my ADD is a co-diagnosis or if what I thought was ADD all of these years was actually Hypothyroidism. When I read through the list of symptoms, I thought that they were writing it with personal knowledge of what I've been going through all my life!

Comment by Alison on January 12, 2011 at 9:37pm: Hey everyone Foxboro here! Glad to see a support group for MA!

Comment by Jan on November 22, 2010 at 8:16pm: I am spending Thanksgiving Day with myself and can finally realize that that is actually good for me. Will be spending some time before or after with my daughter & 3 grandchildren as it is her birthday the day after Thanksgiving.

Learning about ADD & how it has affected my 61years of life/survival/existence/life explains so much. Why get-togethers were always so difficult for me. Too much chaos, expectations, planning, deadlines (along with dealing w/undiagnosed ADD and 2 marriages to abusive husbands).

Now that I’m divorced (good) and living alone (good) I am able to concentrate on learning what I need to learn as an ADDer in this non-ADD world. It’s especially helpful to be able to heal from all of the emotional pain I have had to deal with (& still dealing with some).

I finally have peace in my life, & I have a happy, safe, home. We as women & especially women w/ADD totally underestimate just how important those things are.

All for now. Need to have some supper.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Comment by Jenna on November 22, 2010 at 5:44pm: i did start a support group in central mass, but it is hard to get everyone together due to schedules.. plus i am in the process of starting my own coaching buisness...

Comment by Jenna on November 22, 2010 at 5:41pm: sorry i havent been on.. ive been up to my ankles in life. but i am back. how has everyone been? what is everyone doing for thanksgiving?