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Group meeting

Hergé

I've been feeling particularly isolated of late as my son has been away at university. I visited my GPs social prescriber person and they recommended this group which meets once a month near my home town.

I found out that this group is primarily for ADHD people but all ND people are welcome.

It was a little overwhelming, it seemed everyone was just talking over one and and that there was very little if any structure, so it wasn't really my thing.. 

Anyway, the point of this post is that there was someone else there who had been sent by the same GPs, she was a young lady in her mid teens who was clearly not enjoying the environment.

I was chatting to her about general stuff and I asked her what her hobbies were. At this point she just lit up and started to show me her art that she had in these little sketch books, she is amazingly talented. It was wonderful to see, she almost transformed before me. 

Does anyone else have a "special interest"? I don't, I just outgrew my dinosaur obsession many years ago.

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  • The group sounds really overwhelming, but good for you trying it out and I bet the other young lady appreciated your interaction.

    I don’t have any amazing talents but I do get engrossed and forget the time when I am researching subjects such as archaeology, particularly prehistoric and Iron Age material culture in the Levant. 

    I suspect I have ADHD or AuDHD as some people like to call it. There was an excellent article in the last edition of the NAS magazine, and it could have been describing me. I have an NHS appointment coming up for assessment of my needs following my private autism diagnosis last year, and I have been told they may refer me on for an ADHD assessment. The waiting lists where I live are off the scale.  I have more of the attention deficit than the hyperactive part. 

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  • The group sounds really overwhelming, but good for you trying it out and I bet the other young lady appreciated your interaction.

    I don’t have any amazing talents but I do get engrossed and forget the time when I am researching subjects such as archaeology, particularly prehistoric and Iron Age material culture in the Levant. 

    I suspect I have ADHD or AuDHD as some people like to call it. There was an excellent article in the last edition of the NAS magazine, and it could have been describing me. I have an NHS appointment coming up for assessment of my needs following my private autism diagnosis last year, and I have been told they may refer me on for an ADHD assessment. The waiting lists where I live are off the scale.  I have more of the attention deficit than the hyperactive part. 

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I was diagnosed with autism late last year at the tender age of 53, my assessment report suggested that I should also be assessed for ADHD, I got a text to say that appointment is in late September (I'm going through the right to choose).

    Hopefully that will provide a few more answers.

    I think I may have to find a different group, I've been going to Andys mans club which has been helpful in other ways, it's good to talk.