I'm 35 and was diagnosed just a few months ago. Well, I was given an informal diagnosis of CAPD by my ENT dr, mainly because we decided that the formal testing would be wasteful if the dr and I were pretty sure of CAPD anyway.......there is formal testing available near by. The interesting thing is that they sent me away telling me that there really wasn't much anyone could do.....and now I find this tribe......I may be asking a lot of questions.

I have found that lowering my stress levels (getting some toxic people out of my life) has helped immensely. I make sure that people who talk to me are looking at me.

The most difficult problem I have is that I work in a huge warehouse of a building --and I'm an IT person on the computer all day. ONe thing I have found (quite by accident) was that it is extremely helpful to wear headphones. I don't necessarily play music or anything, but there are SEVERAL interesting benefits. 1. It is a reminder to me that I need to accommodate for the CAPD. I tend to forget about it and get frustrated. 2. The headphones help to filter out some noise. 3. This was the interesting one---wearing my headphones makes other people come around and get my attention visibly and they make sure I can hear them. That part was great. (Right now, I am wearing them and they aren't plugged into anything!!!)

I find that now that I know what the problem can be attributed to, I don't get as upset or frustrated. The additional stress makes it worse. Many times, I find that I just nod and don't worry about getting all the details. If it's important, I ask for a repeat.

I'm really happy to know there is a tribe on CAPD.