Originally Posted by
biminiblue 
Two weeks sober really isn't long enough to get a valid diagnoses on ADD/ADHD, if that's what you're talking about. It really took me several months - actually almost an entire year to be consistently calm and focused.
Medication may or may not be the answer long-term, but I know that you really need to give yourself time to heal. If it's possible to wait, I'd say try to. The medication comes with its own set of problems.
No, the original intent of the counselor to send me for testing was about 10 years ago. I was formally diagnosed after about a month of testing and counseling about 6 years ago. This isn't new. I was just making the connection between the original intent to have me seek testing was before I began drinking. So the behaviors were always there, even before alcohol. Over the years, though, drinking has made some of the symptoms worse which is why I now have a desire to go without medicine for a while to see how much was alcohol (presently) and how much is still the ADHD.