I just realized last night that I have every one of the classic symptoms of ADD:

A sense of underachievement
Difficulty getting organized
Chronic procrastination or trouble getting started
Many projects going simultaneously; trouble with follow-through
Tendency to say what comes to mind without necessarily considering the timing or appropriateness of the remark
A frequent search for high stimulation
An intolerance of boredom
Easy distractibility, trouble focusing attention, tendency to tune out or drift away
Often creative, intuitive, highly intelligent
Trouble in going through established channels, following "proper" procedure.
Impatient; low tolerance for frustration
Impulsive, either verbally or in actions
Tendency to worry needlessly, endlessly
Sense of impending doom or insecurity
Mood swings, mood liability
Restlessness
Tendency toward addictive behavior
Chronic problems with self-esteem
Inaccurate self-observation

and I'd like to hear from some of you who have it and take medication.

Which med(s) do you take?
What are the side effects that you experience?
In what ways is your ADD lessened by the med?

And can anyone tell me whether you can even have ADD as an adult if you didn't have it as a child? Is there such a thing as Adult Onset ADD? Because I never had acute bursts of energy in the classroom or when I was a toddler, etc. My mother said I always had a consistent amount of high energy and was a very active, but not overactive child.

Looking forward to your feedback. I'm calling a doc tomorrow to get back on meds for my OCD and I am thinking I should get diagnosed for ADD and see how I should treat that. My mind is in high gear with these two disorders and I want it to slow the heck down before it crashes!

-k.