d00mebi
New Daydreamer
Hello. This is my first time on an MA forum.
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Post by d00mebi on Nov 27, 2020 1:42:36 GMT
Hello, my name is Winifred. I’m 18 and a female. I’ve always thought I had ADD but never been diagnosed and realized the cause of my distraction is always daydreaming. I’ve been doing it for as long as I can remember and spend over 3 hours each day doing so. I don’t know how to control it and didn’t even know it was a disorder to daydream so much till I researched it. It really slows me down and I end up taking so much time doing tasks no matter how easy because my daydreams are very easily triggered. Also, I end up not speaking to people because of how many conversations I have in my daydreams. I don’t know if getting officially diagnosed will help but that’s what I’m currently contemplating so I know better about this and how to curb the effects. Any advice about what to do to help will be great because I really feel stuck more so after finding out that this is an official disorder that’s not easily diagnosed.
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Post by alvi on Nov 28, 2020 20:40:18 GMT
Welcome to the forum,
Maladaptive Daydreaming is not an officially recognized condition yet so unfortunately it is not possible to get a diagnosis for it at this present time. There is still a possibility that you have ADD as it does appear that it may be a comorbid condition to MD and there are a few types of ADHD that have daydreaming as a symptom so it may still be worth trying to get an assessment for that or looking at some of our ADHD threads for more information.
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