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Old Oct 23, 2009, 09:30 PM
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I've always wondered if I have ADHD. I have a hard time focusing on one thing at a time, especially when I'm reading.. sometimes it takes me over an hour just to get through 20 pages! I just can't focus my mind and concentrate.. my mind wanders all the time, I get fidgety, and when I was in school, I found it difficult to study.. I'd always have to take lots of breaks (at least every half hour, if not more). I just couldn't stay focused for very long. When I am sitting down (at the computer desk, or watching tv), I am constantly moving my leg up and down and also (I know this sounds weird) but I wiggle my toes ALL the time. I just feel like I can't stay 'still'.

Are those symptoms of ADHD? My mom did tell me I was a very hyperactive toddler when I was little, although as I grew older I became a lot less hyper and really really shy. All my life I just thought I was a little unfocused but today one of my friends was watching an old video clip of me from when I was 16 and the first thing she said was "you look very ADHD in that clip.. you won't stay still" (I was sitting at the computer desk in the clip). I also have always had major insomnia problems.. is that also associated with ADHD?

Do you think I should be getting tested for it, or am I just worrying for nothing?