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Originally Posted by SorryShaped
It's it like knowing there are things you meant to do or need to do but have no idea what until it's too late? Do you walk away in the middle of tasks or conversations for any reason? Is it worse or better within an hour after meds?
I'd like you to get this figured out. Two of those are ADD symptoms, by the way.
Please keep us informed of any changes
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I never walk away in the middle of tasks or conversations, though my mind can wander during the course, but not usually unless I'm hypomanic or manic. I don't know if the time I take my meds affects this issue I mentioned. Actually, I tend to forget a lot of things mostly in the afternoon, hours after having taken meds at 7 am.
I know that a few of the characteristics of ADHD can be similar to bipolar hypomanic/manic or anxiety symptoms, but many ADHD symptoms I don't have, or at least I never had up until about 8 years ago (I'm in my mid 40s). No doctor has ever suggested I have ADHD, and my husband, who does have the inattentive type, thinks I'm often the opposite of ADHD. Even if I did have ADHD I wouldn't be able to take any of the medications for it. All antidepressants I've ever taken have destabilized, as have stimulants like Provigil. If I ever did have ADHD, it would have to be the hyperactive type and I'd have to have bipolar type 1 (with a history of psychotic features), as well.