| Sumario: | Ms. Rumstat is a junior high teacher who has noticed changes in herself, and wonders if she developed some form of ADD or ADHD. Ms. Rumstat believes that her symptoms may come from the increasing prevalence of ADHD among her students with her "picking up on the mood" of her class. She reports that when she is conducting a lesson in front of her class, she often loses her place and describes the sensation of her mind "going blank." She reports those symptoms lead to her breaking out in a sweat with her trying to conceal her difficulties. She reports that other problems include: making mistakes when she is recording grades, becoming lost in conversations without recollection of what other people said, and losing items. Family and friends say that her misplacing items and her becoming distracted is nothing new but she feels these problems have exacerbated. She reports that she has always been: "a squirmer," a trait in her childhood that drove her mother crazy. She denies any personal life stresses, denies being depressed, and reports she is the happiest she's ever been, noting that she recently became engaged. Ms. Rumstat reports she has an older brother who was diagnosed with ADHD and who currently takes ADHD medications.
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