Hi Divded By zero,
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Originally Posted by DivideByZero
Thanks for this article, this is probably why my pdoc is reluctant to diagnose ADHD for me.
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And from your other thread
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I am trying to get help at the moment, I cant concentrate at all. I get distracted all of the time and my thoughts are constantly racing and unorganized. I don't know what to do, my performance at work is starting to suffer, I cant do what I most enjoy any more (reading) because I will read part of a page go into a dream or though, have to go back, start again, have to go back. I am like that until I am exhausted, and when I am exhausted I cant read because I fall asleep as soon as I go to bed. I am at my wits end.
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one thimg to ask your self Zero is how long has this been a problem /
And if you could read befor what was it about your reading that allowed you to stay focused as you read . Was the material exciting and grabed your attention and challenged you . Did you need anything to help you focus while reading . fidgeting ,drinking, eating ,smoking,
Are you surrounded by lots of things i your living space. some would call it clutter
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do you start and stop projects . Are you always late miss judging the time it takes to do things . Do you have to have a tv on or listen to music or do two or more things at once ? do you frequently walk into a room and end up doing something thats not wah you walked into the room to do.
are you always hunting for things . Do you fling instead of file . Do you procrastinate as in pick up a letter and say ill read the rest later and put it in a book or some pile and then you have to spend hours trying to find it when you do need it.
Does your mind shift so fast you can't remember peoples names . and have to ask the five times . When you are listening to another person talk to you does your mind wander off even when you don't want it to .
racing thoughts may mean the same as 'shifting thoughts. there are two maybe 6 types of ADHD .
Two are innatentive and hyperactive. The inattentive tend to come from internal distractions .
The internal needs drama inorder to focus .
and the hyperactive I belive is from the external ? visual sound touch.
and i think the hyperactive also has the fidgetting and can't sit stil have to be in cmotion in oreder to focus .
you can have both.
Im just learnig about all of this. so I may not have it right yet.
I noticed you posted you have suicial ideation maybe some hopelessness?
Well its not to uncommon for those with ADHD to turn to drugs food and sex to help focus and compensate . it doesn't take much to become addicted and its a short hop from that to hopelessness.
I would encorage you to try to read some of driven to distraction . it won't be easy .
Ha ha.
It took me quite a while to read five pages . I get side tracked so easily . words take me in different directions .
try stopping into Barnes and Nobel and try reading page 221 through 226
its about structure .
another good book is a work book titled
Living with ADD
Its both educational and has exersiszes that get you to look at yourself past and present .
ADHD Its worth looking into . It could be an integral part of your dispare .
Lots of hugs .
Patricia