Dr. Stephen George Underwood, MD

Dr. Underwood specialty is diagnosing and treating of ADHD In children and Adults. At the age of 44 I FINELY found out what in the heck was wrong with me. As long as I can remember I couldn't complete tasks, had trouble concentration and could spend all day trying to clean one room in the house yet it would be messier then before! I was going to him for my daughter and as we talked I said to him, you know I think this is me, but I am so much worse. He laughed and said that's fairly common. So he sent me some forms for me ,my hubby and different friends and family members to fill out, also asked for my report cards from school if I had them. One week later with all of these in hand. He did some very simple but truly enlighten hand eye coordination type tests as well as number type problems, should be simple to do right? Yea when I was doing it fast but not slow! Then he read the forms and information from my mom and friends, and hubby. Then he looked at my report cards. He said just… based on the tests alone , theres no question you have Adhd, but all of these other things fill in the whole picture. .. in my report card folders my teachers put notes for my mom, and starting from 1st grade on .There were notes that said, I couldn't sit still, talked out of line, would jump on my desk during tests to dance, not noticing that others were around.my desk messy, never did homework, Forgets to eat lunch at school, too busy, running the hallways playing tag with the boys. Brite but doesn't follow through...I couldn't concentrate in class unless it was History or Geographic studies..lol The hyper side is no longer with me, my thyroid went out with the birth of my daughter. But the ever racing thoughts and feeling as if I had to run Willy nilly ,never left. I have never has a nights sleep where I haven't woke up at least once. I have ALWAYS had a hard time waking up in the mornings as it takes hours to go to sleep, even with sleeping pills. But it got MUCH worse around the age of 37, I was tested for Alzheimer's because I had such a hard time remembering things. I still would unthinkingly do things that ended up in a ride to the hospital, such as falling side ways because i was "pretending" I was on a tightrope only to have one foot fall into a sunken tub of water and the other stayed up on dry land, I fell sideways hitting a corner of a sharp table hard and well.van Gogh has a temporary twin sister! Growing up I was always getting stitches Fell down stairs twice 250 stitches once, the next time, only 240. Never broke any bones until I was 24, Broke my fingers twice, and lucky me, age 13 I walked in front of a steam valve at my dads business only to have my open left eye and the side of my face boiled, My eye saw red for a month and my face turned lobster red with piece of flesh falling off along with some mega blisters, at 17 I had to have my first of many operations on that eye due to scar tissue and Cataracts. So finely this genteel soul REALLY took the time to listen and LOOK and he helped me to finely have the piece of the missing puzzle. This is why I am such a weirdo! Yea I have an excuse..lol No I am not cured, I do take meds that help me stay more focused .My house is not as messy, My stacks of stuff at are much smaller. But thanks to him, I now have the gift of giving my time to others while shutting my mouth long enough for them to finish a simple question of " Do You like Tuna"? Now I will not interrupt. I now allow them to finnish and I can even stay focused long eough to say "No thanks." But before it would be ....." Do You lik...," OH WOW LOOK AT THAT BIG BIRD and gosh how did you get your cat to stop scratching your..Oh my lord isn't that Jim Carry. or is that Tim Curry? Oh I like Curryed items on , Vanilla sky was such a lame movie!, " Yep that's me before , he came me BEFORE the little pills that slowed the brain from 375mph to 170 mph.. Still fast but not in the Mach area any more, Just REV up the old engine. Love this doc, he's the best,