Who would you go to for a concentration issue?

[m 'n c]

I'm not familar with concentration issues when trying to study but apparently Mike has had them for years and hasn't seen a doctor of any sort. Basically he will sit at a table for hours and not make it very far in his studying because his mind will wander to a million other things.

So what kind of doctor would you go to see to discuss these things? I don't know if he needs to be medicated but he definetly needs to talk about what is going on with some sort of professional.

Thanks!!

[jnorth1007]

Perhaps he needs to speak to his General Practitioner about ADD. I didn't realize that adults develop this too but my BIL was diagnosed 3 years ago because he would sit down to work on things like his hobbies and he couldn't get anything done. It wouldn't hurt to be tested.

[m 'n c]

Thanks Janet. I think its been a problem all his life but now when it hurts him the most is when he feels he needs to have something done about it. I was thinking of seeing a GP but we don't exactly have one. I guess we will be working on that this week.

[jnorth1007]

Im sure that my BIL got his tests and prescription from his Internest/GP. It has made all the difference in the world according to my Sister. It is also a genetic thing so kids inherit from parents LOL so be prepared to keep an eye out for it one day. My niece also has it and was diagnosed first and that was how they realized that my BIL also had it. It is shocking how many above average intelligence people actually have it. Interesting to learn what all this problem can show up as in adults.

[Hedy]

I'd suggest a GP/internist, although they may refer Mike to a cognitive therapist/psychologist or something similar depending on what it looks like.

[m 'n c]

Thanks Hedy I was wondering about that side of it but we'd be even more out of touch with doctors if we tried to start there. Luckily I have my 3rd (and last!!!) HPV vaccine shot this week with my ob/gyn so I'm going to print the list of doctors in her clinic and see if a nurse or her could recommend any on the list. I need to find a GP for my allergies and general care anyways and so does Mike so its sort of a good thing he brought this issue up now.

[mollyeilis]

Going the non-medical route...

Try Rescue Remedy, a homeopathic from flowers. It can calm a person (or animal...PetSmart recommended it for our cat over 4th of July) and help them get centered. Also reduces bickering. :)

My brain acts up when I haven't gotten bodywork recently. A session with my gentle, low-force chiropractor, or a good acupuncturist, will calm my mind and I will be more productive and less scattered for quite awhile afterwards!

Look up something called Brain Gym. It's a really fascinating, completely bonkers-looking, thing, but it WORKS. When I was in practice I covered a chiropractic practice for a woman who was focusing on her Brain Gym work. She was still working out of the office, and I saw her clients as they arrived for and left from visits. It was AMAZING work. It worked great for kids (she was working with a girl adopted from Yugoslavia?Hungary? one of the countries with BAD orphanages, and she had severe attachment disorders when she started, but within a month or so she changed almost 180 degrees), but it was also astonishing for adults who had had focus problems for years. It goes to the most basic things; she had some clients simply focus on "cross-crawling", meaning that she had them on the floor, crawling in a way that is important developmentally (but with the walkers and bouncers and such that have become so popular in the last few decades, more kids are missing that important step), so that the brain would get those connections that it might have missed from not crawling properly...the difference in attention that I would witness (remember, they were NOT my clients and I made no money from them!) was wild.

Even a massage can still a person's mind and help them to concentrate.


Since there are bleah side-effects with ADHD drugs (my friend's now-ex-husband developed HIDEOUS body odor from the drug he was put on, and it barely even touched his symptoms), I'd really start with the ones I've listed first. They can't hurt, and very well might help!!!

Good luck to him!

[spring]

Perhaps he needs to speak to his General Practitioner about ADD. I didn't realize that adults develop this too but my BIL was diagnosed 3 years ago because he would sit down to work on things like his hobbies and he couldn't get anything done. It wouldn't hurt to be tested.

I agree with Janet on this issue. Your DH should start out getting a good physical from his primary practitioner to see if the problem possibly has a medical cause. Medications, sleep deprivation and stress are real possiblities for this problem. ADD also needs to be ruled out. If this is a relatively new issue, my vote would be the former. ADD probably would have been present longer, or just now manifesting itself in a more pronounced way.

Good luck to both of you!:hugs: