Ok, so I've been reading up more and more about this Disorder and I started getting excited a bit at the end (which means i was squealing, laughing maniacally and squirming, maybe that means something lol). What i was mostly excited about is if I do have ADD/ADHD that would answer why I seem a bit twitchy (uncontrollable), it said there that tics are often associated with the disorder along with anxiety and OCD type things (which I"ve looked into as well because they seem to fit a little).
For the tic-type things, ever since childhood I had this one thing were for a second or two my whole body would just shudder from the top down. Sometimes I can control this now, but not all the time. I've noticed this does happen more when I'm excited or really upset (I at least get the feeling I usually get when it starts at the top of my head). My head slightly jerks too, but not enough to worry about. My hands constantly shake and sometimes they just jerk, which is really annoying when I'm trying to click something with my mouse. And the more common one that most people probably experience is the leg jerking (I worry that that might happen while I'm driving).
For anything vocal, maybe that maniacle laughter is related to that, I also cough a lot (but I assume it's because my mom smokes) and clear my throat (but I don't take these as something, just figured I'd mention). I did see somewhere about the making of noises, sometimes I just make a random noise, like my tongue rolling or something that is just a plain noise. I also click my tongue on the top of my mouth, and i hiss. Please note the vocal things, besides the maniacle laughter and the random noises, rarely happen, but they do happen occassionally (which means they're probably normal).
Now on to the other things mentioned, I do have some anxiety issues, but not a lot because I pretty much don't put myself in situations that they'd arise. When they do come they could result in anxious thoughts and ideas of what could happen if I did something (usually it's irrational what I think and makes no sense to the situation). I have a fear of being in a movie theater to see a movie by myself, even if there's one person with me I still don't like the theater being empty (not 100% sure why I don't like this). I also have the bad habit of coming up with horrible outcomes of situations (darn imagination), so that probably makes me a bit anxious.
Whenever my anxiety, stress, and frustration are at their worst I just breakdown completely, and good luck trying to calm me down because chances are I'll snap at you completely (no thought to what I say sometimes, I just say it). The worst is when I hyperventilate (or whatever the term). I've only done that about 3 or 4 times in my entire life.
I always thought my impulse to do something really fast was odd When I was younger, not so much now, I would get the urge to do something, an example being is I would get the urge to run to the car before my mom closed the door to the house and locked it. I don't know if something like that is relevent to ADD/ADHD.
For relationships, I can easily get along with people, but I don't really talk to people unless they talk to me first (I'm still not sure how I managed to get any of the friends I have lol, must have started talking somewhere along the line). Sometimes I'm a little socially awkward because I'm usually really quiet (except on the occassions I choose to be overly talkative) and I get the feeling that we should be talking about something, just don't know what, so I go into my head or I just stay there quiet.
I'm also very easily distracted, especially by sound and any movement, I'll just pay attention to that. Once I had asked my choir director if she would do one on one lessons with me and the whole time if anyone walked into the room or there was any noise inside or outside the room I would get distracted by it and she would have to tell me not to pay attention to that, that it didn't matter.
I'm also really sensitive to sound, some touch, and a little bit of light. Sound is my biggest issue, and my biggest distractor. Some sounds I'm ok with, some distract me completely to where I can't focus, and others just completely annoy and anger me. My hearing is excellent, I notice sounds others don't tend to notice (it's also selective sometimes to where I won't notice what someone has said to me lol, or I'll have to ask them to repeat a few times).
For touch, my problems with touch mostly have to do with anything with my hands. I don't like my hands feeling dry, so I usually have them clenched (unless I'm distracted and don't notice). I don't like the feeling of some fabrics, and I don't like the "squeaky-clean" feeling (it sends chills up my spine). Other parts of my body it doesn't really matter much, it's mostly just with my hands.
Light is a slightly more recent thing, maybe, and it's pretty much sunlight. It's also a random thing. Sometimes I'm ok with the light, other times my eyes just freak out and it's too bright. My eyes will just start blinking and watering because of the light being so bright. I worry about this happening while i"m driving as well.
So that is what I can put for right now, if more comes then I may put more, so what do you all think?
The only problem I'm having with solving this is anyone I ask, people I know, say I didn't seem spacey or zoned out to them............... so I have no idea (maybe I faked it? who knows). That's what's keeping me saying I'm probably making something out of nothing.
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