I can't sit still!!!?

Ok so for the majority of my life I have never been able to sit still, I'm always tapping my hands or feet or moving my legs or tensing random muscles, always at a steady beat. Even if I make my self stop, I do it subconsciously so in a minute or two I am at it again. Is this normal or a symptom of ADD?? does anyone else do it???

Hi Friend...I know of quite a few people like yourself who cannot seem to sit still. It's just who they are..maybe it means nothing at all? why do we always think something is wrong with us!? LOL
Anyway..thought i would share that I am on medication (adderall) for ADHD and my symptoms were not that I couldn't sit still, quite the opposite, I could not focus on anything or see things through. That compounded by an overwhelming desire to sleep constantly is the reason my dr. prescribed the medicine. It helps, but I've always had depression and I don't care what any medical person says, not much helps that. Did I help you at all??

Hi Friend...I know of quite a few people like yourself who cannot seem to sit still. It's just who they are..maybe it means nothing at all? why do we always think something is wrong with us!? LOL
Anyway..thought i would share that I am on medication (adderall) for ADHD and my symptoms were not that I couldn't sit still, quite the opposite, I could not focus on anything or see things through. That compounded by an overwhelming desire to sleep constantly is the reason my dr. prescribed the medicine. It helps, but I've always had depression and I don't care what any medical person says, not much helps that. Did I help you at all??[/QUOTE]

Some, I guess... It's probably nothing, but I had read that it was a symptom of ADD and was just wondering if it was normal... Thanks

Maybe a dr. appointment would help. When I see my dr. for something specific I write down exactly what I want to say and what I expect from the dr. It helps. Have you had an exam lately?

No but I might be going soon, I have been really depressed lately so I may be going to get a diagnosis and possibly start on therapy and/ or meds. I might ask my doctor then.

Constant motion like that might be "psychomotor agitation" - I have a hard time sitting still when I'm not on my ADHD meds. Fidget a lot when I'm trying to concentrate too. The worst is getting up out of my chair every 10 minutes for no good reason because I can't stay on task. It's frustrating, but meds help.

You might want to look up diagnostic criteria for ADHD and see how well you can relate to them. If it seems worth pursuing with a doctor after that, make note of your symptoms and find out what they have to say.

Good luck!

all the time...

my feet even tap in bed...
a human percussion instrument

my body is always tight....even when I think I am relaxed, I am tense.
it's excess mental energy or something...and it's gotta go somewhere I spose

A lot of times when I'm waking up from sleep, I feel a shift from sleep to tension...like the tension switch was flipped back on.

I'm not sure that this tension is anything other than energy for life. I feel like I'm vibrating with energy and I really feel like I'm so conditioned to repress my true self in the world that I know by habit that another day mean another cycle of repression.

What releases the tension is being able to get deeply intimate with someone, where we are really flowing with insights, totally free of judgment. That's when I really "forget" myself and feel like life is speaking through me.

I often say something that I didn't know I was going to say, that I hear it for the first time, that it didn't come from me but through me.

...That really is awesome Ron...a revolution of thought!

everyone with adhd would benefit from reading that!!. I want to say..I, they 'need'....to read it...but thats a bit demanding?

when a sprinter checks his pulse after a run...he doesn't question or doubt the rapid beats. so likewise should the owner of a sprinting mind question the rapid beats of the body that contains it?

I have much catching up to do Ron (Miagi... hehe)

but thats ok.
James

When this letting go quote speaks for you, you've caught up!! http://www.profound-self-help.com/letting-go.html

I am going on 65 and still can't sit still or stop moving something for even a minute...of course I don't get in trouble for it now, but as a kid I always was getting some kind of punishment for it.

Thoughts upon awakening: as others have said, why regard it as a disease process? Maybe it's an unexpressed talent. Maybe you need to take up a musical instrument, like the drums. You don't have to buy a giaganto set, you can get a single flat drum pad and a pair of sticks, I got my nephew a set. Altho he probably never used it. If anything, I would talk to your doctor about why you do look at your life as going downhill, instead of as opportunities. Is there someone in your life who gets attention for being ill? Is money lacking for positive opportunities such as music classes? You're a smart kid, really in touch with your body, which is a gift - I only found my "outer athlete" later in life, and was I surprised at how good she was! I would encourage you to develop these gifts now. My parents were anti-everything that was pro-me. All their attention was on my brother. So why exactly IS your life depressing?

[quote=hankster;2193117]Thoughts upon awakening: as others have said, why regard it as a disease process? Maybe it's an unexpressed talent. quote]

Yes!!

We aren't "islands". All of these issues have to be seen not as a personal problem but a problem between an individual and a society that can't handle individuals, but needs sheep.

It's a mind game, this social life. To get mental health, you have to see the game and not be used by it.

I understand your inquiry... however, each person is different. Just because your body wants to move does not mean that you have a disorder.

yeh I get this one...It is debilitating!!

even when I sit I have many things around me and so often...

and this is the worst thing..!

I sit down and keep getting up to do stuff I knew I shoulda' done before I sat down.

What foods do you often eat? How much exercise do you get? Have you considered taking up Ballet or Jujitsu? You could be a natural born crime fighting ballerina.