Re: Could I have ADHD Inattentive?

[Tiddler]

Hiya

Sounds like you’re smart and making connections while you work out who you are and how you learn. You’re right to be talking about it with the adults in your life, like your doctor and mum.

Some thoughts I’ve had:

Staying up for hours playing video games gives you broken sleep and broken sleep causes ADD like symptoms.

Spending too long on the computer is not healthy and your grades will undoubtedly suffer as a result of that and your lack of sleep.

Gifted children display very, very similar symptoms to ADD (and it gets more complicated if you’re both gifted AND have ADD as one can mask the other.)

Here’s a challenge –

Read up on how too much time at the computer, especially playing fast paced games, can cause problems.

Read up on how lack of sleep can seem like ADD.

Read up on how giftedness and ADD can get confused.

Then link what you’ve found out to what you know about ADD and see where you’re at. It might give you more to talk to your doc about.

What you REALLY don’t want is to get misdiagnosed with ADHD if what’s really going on is a computer game addiction or you’re smart and fast thinking.

Good luck. Come back and tell us how you get on!

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