Hi,
found out last night i may have dypraxia. Just wanted to ask you all a few questions?
When did you find out? How did you find out?
What was your first reaction?
Who did you tell?
Has it changed your life knowing you have dyspraxia?
I think i feel relieved. I'm glad i found this forum it's nice to know your not on your own!
How has it affected you?
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Hi Laura
I found out I was dyspraxic about 3 and a half years ago. My mom is a childminder and one of the lads she looks after was diagnosed with dyspraxia, which I had read about as a kid and wondered if I'd got. Thru talking to my mom, we realised that I shared many of this lad's symptoms. I did a lot of research, spoke to some people, and decided that like it or not, I have dyspraxia.
It was a mixture of shock and relief at first. I hated the fact that it seemed to have changed my views of my past. I got depressed for a few months, cause even tho I knew I was dyspraxic, I fought it all the way and would not let myself accept it. After depression came anger....it honestly felt like I was going through the stages of grief, which I think is pretty typical of this kind of thing. I'm fine now, still get really annoyed with myself if I have other things stressing me out, but we all have good n bad days.
At first I hardley told anyone. Now, I dont care who knows. I feel better to tell people than have them think I'm moody cause I slam things down, snatch off people, or accidently kick things.
Overall, I am loads happier now than I ever have been.....I grew up having a feeling that I was different, but didn't know how or why I felt that way, I just somehow knew. Now I find I can forgive myself for breaking things, and just being dyspraxic! Sometimes I do almost feel ashamed of myself for having this, but that is a really stupid and useless way to feel, and I'm workin on it!
I found out I was dyspraxic about 3 and a half years ago. My mom is a childminder and one of the lads she looks after was diagnosed with dyspraxia, which I had read about as a kid and wondered if I'd got. Thru talking to my mom, we realised that I shared many of this lad's symptoms. I did a lot of research, spoke to some people, and decided that like it or not, I have dyspraxia.
It was a mixture of shock and relief at first. I hated the fact that it seemed to have changed my views of my past. I got depressed for a few months, cause even tho I knew I was dyspraxic, I fought it all the way and would not let myself accept it. After depression came anger....it honestly felt like I was going through the stages of grief, which I think is pretty typical of this kind of thing. I'm fine now, still get really annoyed with myself if I have other things stressing me out, but we all have good n bad days.
At first I hardley told anyone. Now, I dont care who knows. I feel better to tell people than have them think I'm moody cause I slam things down, snatch off people, or accidently kick things.
Overall, I am loads happier now than I ever have been.....I grew up having a feeling that I was different, but didn't know how or why I felt that way, I just somehow knew. Now I find I can forgive myself for breaking things, and just being dyspraxic! Sometimes I do almost feel ashamed of myself for having this, but that is a really stupid and useless way to feel, and I'm workin on it!
I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never ever gonna keep me down 
For me, i found out that i had dyspraxia when i was about 14/15. (i'm now 19). It came about because when i was younger, my dad got diagnosed with dyslexia, ocd, and tourettes syndrome when he became a mature student. This made my family aware of these kind of problems, and after that 3 of my siblings and my mom got diagnosed with dyspraxia, and 1 with dyslexia.
It then came as no surprise when a teacher at school suggested i may have a problem, and referred me to someone who said i probably had dyspraxia, but as we were shortly due to be moving out of the area i never had a proper full assesment.
It was mostly just assumed by me and my family that i have dyspraxia, because of the problems i had, and being aware of the kind of things dyspraxia is.
I never really told anyone about it - the teacher at school that suggested it knew, and i guess a few other teachers probably did. My friends then didn't know either - i didn't tell them cos it didn't really seem of great importance. At uni now, my best friend i think knows about it, and i have 1 friend who also has it who knows. The people i live with know i get extra time and stuff but i've never actually told them why i don't think, and the rest of my friends - well they just think i'm just a very unorganised/forgetful/generally clumsy person i guess. It's never really come up in conversation. Also i don't think my lecturers know about it - i've never mentioned it to any of them, i've never really had the need/want to go up to them and mention it or anything, and i hate trying to explainthings to people wo've never heard of it, cos i honestly have no idea how to explain it.
Has knowing changed my life? I don't know - knowing why i do/don't do certain things doesnt change who i am, but it's nice to know that i'm not jut a little strange/slow/generally rubbish at some things.
It then came as no surprise when a teacher at school suggested i may have a problem, and referred me to someone who said i probably had dyspraxia, but as we were shortly due to be moving out of the area i never had a proper full assesment.
It was mostly just assumed by me and my family that i have dyspraxia, because of the problems i had, and being aware of the kind of things dyspraxia is.
I never really told anyone about it - the teacher at school that suggested it knew, and i guess a few other teachers probably did. My friends then didn't know either - i didn't tell them cos it didn't really seem of great importance. At uni now, my best friend i think knows about it, and i have 1 friend who also has it who knows. The people i live with know i get extra time and stuff but i've never actually told them why i don't think, and the rest of my friends - well they just think i'm just a very unorganised/forgetful/generally clumsy person i guess. It's never really come up in conversation. Also i don't think my lecturers know about it - i've never mentioned it to any of them, i've never really had the need/want to go up to them and mention it or anything, and i hate trying to explainthings to people wo've never heard of it, cos i honestly have no idea how to explain it.
Has knowing changed my life? I don't know - knowing why i do/don't do certain things doesnt change who i am, but it's nice to know that i'm not jut a little strange/slow/generally rubbish at some things.
like I said in (help...), I was 28, when I seen the segment on "This Morning", and then spoken to my mother, and then went onto the internet to find out more about it.
then 3 or so months later went to look at my medical records, as I remembered I went to loads of medical assessments, but when it come to seeing the gp, he wouldn't tell us the outcome, but changed gp's in 1994, as I was fed up with that gp.
well then found a medical report 19 years old in there saying that I was Dyspraxic.
as it felt like I was](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
, when trying to explain to specialists how I felt and stuff, especially not knowing the outcome of the reports
as for changing my life, then yes it has in a way, as it put an end to the wondering, and also the not knowing.
the worst part was going through school with all the pressure, and getting frustrated with the teachers, and putting up with the virbal abuse off them, and not knowing why I was like I was.
when I could have said that I was dyspraxic instead of putting up with it. so that made me angry, in a very bad way.
as for how it has changed my life, then not an awful lot, but at least I now know why. and 2 years after finding out the truth at last, then I do feel more relaxed, and ready to talk about it, rather than block it away with mixed emotion
as for this web-site, then yes it is a good place, and you know your not alone anymore!
and may we get a lot more people here
then 3 or so months later went to look at my medical records, as I remembered I went to loads of medical assessments, but when it come to seeing the gp, he wouldn't tell us the outcome, but changed gp's in 1994, as I was fed up with that gp.
well then found a medical report 19 years old in there saying that I was Dyspraxic.
as it felt like I was
, when trying to explain to specialists how I felt and stuff, especially not knowing the outcome of the reportsas for changing my life, then yes it has in a way, as it put an end to the wondering, and also the not knowing.
the worst part was going through school with all the pressure, and getting frustrated with the teachers, and putting up with the virbal abuse off them, and not knowing why I was like I was.
when I could have said that I was dyspraxic instead of putting up with it. so that made me angry, in a very bad way.
as for how it has changed my life, then not an awful lot, but at least I now know why. and 2 years after finding out the truth at last, then I do feel more relaxed, and ready to talk about it, rather than block it away with mixed emotion
as for this web-site, then yes it is a good place, and you know your not alone anymore!
and may we get a lot more people here
Mike
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Hey,
I was diagnosed just under a year ago. I actually did not go in to get tested for dyspraxia exactly. My mom and my old teacher, who work at the same school, went to this workshop put on by a group called Myndworks. They were given a brief description of what some one with sensory problems has. They both looked at each other and said "Thats Andrew".
So I went in to Mynd works to get tested for, well, everything. They came back and said I had dyspraxia and sensory modulation disorder.
So far the only real effect those have had on me is that I do not drive. Which makes it kinda hard to meet people. The public tramsportation in America blows. Other then that nothing much has changed. I go to occupational therapy which is new but I will be ending that soon. My friends reaction was to lampoon and mock me for several weeks. Which was expected so do not get angry at them I would have been worried if they reacted any differently. I am making my college aware just in case and they have not freaked or anything. SO life goes on...
I was diagnosed just under a year ago. I actually did not go in to get tested for dyspraxia exactly. My mom and my old teacher, who work at the same school, went to this workshop put on by a group called Myndworks. They were given a brief description of what some one with sensory problems has. They both looked at each other and said "Thats Andrew".
So I went in to Mynd works to get tested for, well, everything. They came back and said I had dyspraxia and sensory modulation disorder.
So far the only real effect those have had on me is that I do not drive. Which makes it kinda hard to meet people. The public tramsportation in America blows. Other then that nothing much has changed. I go to occupational therapy which is new but I will be ending that soon. My friends reaction was to lampoon and mock me for several weeks. Which was expected so do not get angry at them I would have been worried if they reacted any differently. I am making my college aware just in case and they have not freaked or anything. SO life goes on...
How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensation and my state of mind?
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