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Old Mar 02, 2014, 11:00 AM
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So after reading a book about ADD I wrote up a lot of the things that applied to me. Does this actually sound like ADD, and can anyone relate?

* writes partial or combined letters
* switches order of letters
* super amounts of energy=intensity
* inattention to anything other than what I'm focusing on
* high distractibility at other times.
* cannot pick up after myself
* cannot pay attention to TV for more than 20 min. without having something else to do.
* do not notice exhaustion
* Intense bursts of energy
* blanking out and zoning out
* inability to find words
* having a thought and losing it
* maintaining 5 thoughts simultaneously, inability to form one coherent one.
* inability to turn mind off to sleep
* can't walk straight, end up walking into people/inanimate objects
* forget EVERYTHING
* scattered mind
* completely klutzy, no sense for where I am or where I'm putting things. Pay no attention
* always called a "space cadet"
* "your blond roots are showing"
* "You're the most ****ing annoying person I've ever known"
* Slow, not functioning mind switches to overactive, hyped up=acting like a clown
* lots of daydreaming.
* read a page 3 times before I internalize it
* forget character's names in movies.I can watch an entire movie and at the end realize I have no idea what the character's names are.
* Ridiculously over achieving--fantastic was never "good enough"
* can't calm down without coffee
* completely spazzing out.
* check out of reality at other times. Brain completely shuts off.
* Cannot sit still. Must be moving, even when I am sleeping.
* Think most of the night, even if I am asleep.

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Old Mar 03, 2014, 09:16 PM
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Hi and welcome to Psych Central! Please remember that only a professional can diagnose ADD. But let's see if anyone here can relate to items on your list.

I know some of them could be caused by other things. I have trouble concentrating, and docs think it's due to some meds I take for other diagnoses, for example. (I am not ADD.)
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Old Mar 03, 2014, 09:33 PM
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That sounds a LOT like me! I have been diagnosed with adhd. Have you seen a dr yet?
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