[AniveCsebure]

I've been wondering for a while if I may have a problem or if I'm just trying to make something out of nothing. Numerous times I"ve come back to looking at ADD/ADHD, so I wonder what this all sounds to you all, please keep in mind that these are just some things that I think may relate to ADD/ADHD.

When I asked my mom how I was as a child one things stood out, she told me I tended to zone out and was pretty shy and reserved around people. (granted I don't remember that because I was pretty content being myself).

I never really had many friends, and I really didn't care too much about that.

I was highly imaginative (and still am) and love staying in my mind. This in particular got me into trouble in school, as I was tune out to whatever the teacher was talking about and just focus on whatever I wanted to think about.

I would get in trouble for things that didn't seem so bad to me, numerous times I've had to be taken out of the classroom and talked to about something behaviour related (don't really remember what they were anymore, I guess saying ot doing something they didn't like, who knows lol).

Numerous times I've caught myself completely zoning out (pretty much beginning to be more apparent from middle school and on)

I'm extremely easily distracted, sounds, movement, anything basically I can easily lose my focus on something (but I do usually go back to it afterwards).

I don't necessarily sit still, but I do stay in my sit. Usually I'll tap or shake my foot.

Most of the time I'm quiet and in my own mind, or doing something away from other people, and get frustrated if I want to leave or go somewhere when at another persons place and the person I'm with won't leave (I sort of get impatient).

Even though I'm like that most of the time, sometimes I can get very hyper (you can tell I'm extra hyper if I start laughing maniacally under my breath, it's creepy). If I'm hyper I'll just start randomly poking you, I might jump up and down, chase the cat or dog (for fun), make random noises (sometimes it's buzzing, or sqealing, or even bird noises, it varies).

I"ve discovered long long ago, when I was younger, that caffeine and sugar does nothing to me, I even used to drink soda in the middle of the night to put myself to sleep (it sort of makes me drowzy, but now it's gotten to the point that there really isn't much of an effect either way). I was told by someone or something that things like that can have an opposite effect on someone with ADD/ADHD, making them sleepier or something (I could be wrong).

What doesn't really fit with it, though, is I am a good student, I just zone out a lot, or don't feel like being in the classroom, but I'm stubborn and stay anyways.

I know i"m missing some things, and it would probably take others to jog my memory, so if you have questions, or something I could think about that may or may not be related to this I would greatly appreciate it.

I wonder what you all think, am I trying to make something out of nothing or is there possibly something there?

[Night*Blossum]

I have ADHD and I find it so uncanny about how much stuff we have in common. I don't think anything else is there besides the ADHD because I have ALL of your symptoms. lol Maybe I have something you might also have too. xD lol Because I'm shy people often question if I do have ADHD. In class I keep to myself and don't really interact with anyone unless they interact with me first. They think you have to be a really open and talkative person to have ADHD but in reality, you don't. I don't have many friends and don't mind if I don't. I'm more of a distraction of myself than I am to others. Sometimes when I'm daydreaming I go to my own little world. It's weird...
Anyway, I have never gotten in trouble for my day dreaming. I don't even think people notice it. However i don't think I get hyper. I think I get more nervous than anything else. I also don't get hyper with sugar or caffeine either. Also I do tend to excel in class and teachers love me as there student because I don't cause a distraction in class.
I really don't think that you may have anything else. These are all symptoms ADHD. Hope that helped :]

[BatsAndButterflies]

A lot of times certain symptoms may not show because you are intelligent, polite, or have learned to cope.

There is a quiz you can take on this site:
http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/

Also if you aren't seeing a pdoc, your regular doctor can prescribe you with medication if that is a route you want to look into.

[AniveCsebure]

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.

[BatsAndButterflies]

I don't think you are faking or whatever, but you may be worrying too much. I could never hold my attention long enough to write a post as long as yours^^^

[TiNa96]

We are so much similar! I find myself in almost all of your story.
I was questioning myself am I ADHD/ADD positive, but never was sure, because
my mom told me that's all puberty, but if it is then, everybody would act like you and me.
I see you're a good student, but I'm not..I can't study too much, I get bored or I just zone out and daydream or something. To short up, I'm similar to all of this.
Still can't be sure, it needs to pass some time to figure all this out. If it continues, I will be sure to test myself. I just wanna be sure that all this is not in my head.

I can relate to panic attacks, anxiety and some OCD and bipolar and depression..But like I said, I'm not sure. But we found ourselves in the same situation, so I feel little better when I see you have the same symptoms. I'm just completely messed up lol

[bamboozled]

I do understand all this too, i think something that i found was thatwhen my husband was chilled out finally, i still got nervous and over the top/overactive? when i once thought he was my trigger, which among things like you mention, has made me look into it further...

[luna22]

I also got in trouble at school for not paying attention. I remember never knowing why I was in trouble. Finally they pulled me out of elementary school and put me in an alternative school for two years. I did much better there and they thought I was "cured" so I was put back into public school to flounder once again.