nwstudent

It was amazing to read all the posts about nurses with ADD! I also was diagnosed as an adult - I took my teenage son in and he was tested and in the process as I read the test questions I nearly freeked! It was me! I was then diagnosed as inattentive ADD. I saw my doctor a few days ago and he put me on Wellbutrin XL - I was taking the SR but that required 2 pills a day and I would always forget the second one! I kind of went into a tail spin the first 3 weeks of the term and couldn't finish a clinical rotation - I was skipping medication and being undermedicated and lots of stress just buried me - I couldn't remember things I knew - got mixed up about where things were. I already feel like a different person since taking the new form of wellbutrin. I have discovered I have a husband and that I enjoy being with him - the shell that encapsulated me and kept me from feeling anything but dread, panic and confusion, broke away. Depression and ADD do go together - it is so treatable! I hope and pray with all my heart I can get back into the nursing program.

thanks for the reply - yes it's a BSN program - I went through the "crash courrse" entry last summer and am 2 terms into the program (6 terms total). I don't have a dramatic medical reason for my weakness - but I was under a huge amount of stress and it really took a toll on me - I would forget things that I knew - or just couldn't say the right thing - -there was no discussion or help - just "you can't finish the rotation". I have taken steps to improve my skills and lighten the stress in my life - it has taken too long and too much work to give up! I want to apply to several programs that offer "advanced placement" for students who have some nursing school - but they require letters of reference from my school and I don't think they will give me one at this point, in spite of my excellent academic record. I have no guaranatee that my school will find a spot for me when I can convince them I have improved so I am looking for alternatives.

I loved clackamas - took the chemistry sequence there and nutrition - much more supportive than some of the classes I took at PCC - friendlier atmosphere -

I am not being allowed to continue a clinical rotation due to weaknesses in basic skills - so until I can improve I can't petition to continue - no guarantee there will be room at at that point. My first instinct is to do whatever I can to improve and try to get back in the same school - academically I do very well but my hands on skills are weak (just starting 3rd term of nursing school). should I apply to other schools/programs or just work on improving and hope to get back in?