Hyperactivity

[wawabyjohnah]

Hi fellow ADDers

Question I have been pondering. I know symptoms can change as we move from childhood to becoming an adult. Can you go from being the shy, quiet kid to a hyperactive adult?

Cheers

Johnah

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[Robbo]

Hi wawa!

Yep! no doubt about it. I’m still very quiet and shy in certain social situations. Very. But once I get comfortable with people, they get to see me turn into a total clowning chatterbox!. I especially like to make the lil old ladies in my apartment complex pee a little bit cuz I make em laugh ***snickers*** I bet they don’t really mind much. What’s a lil pee among friends right? ***grin***. That can also make me seem moody or even look bi-polar enough to give em some juicy gossip to trade when they get bored. They know about my ADHD diagnosis too. So that’s even more fuel for the gossip.

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[Scattybird]

Hi Johnah – I think so – at least I don’t see why not.

In my case I was a quiet and reserved person until I hit my 40s. Then I became more hyper. Whether that’s an ADD thing or whether reaching a certain age is just liberating I don’t know. I suspect the latter.

I don’t care what others think of me now as much as I did when I was a kid, teenager or in my 20s. I don’t mean that in a negative way. I like it! I think it’s a natural progression for most people.

Maybe you are more confident with yourself now than when you were younger and so the ‘real you’ is showing? Speculation of course……

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[Scattybird]

Robbo – “I especially like to make the lil old ladies in my apartment complex pee a little …” – well really, what is the world coming to! I need to set up a campaign against ADDers who make lil old ladies pee… !

Just kidding Robbo – I hope that (a) I get to become a ‘lil old lady’ – eventually… and (b) that I always have a good enough sense of humour to be able to .. well….yes…

😆

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[wawabyjohnah]

eeeww, who would have thought a post on hyperactivity would lead to pee? lol Poor old ladies!

I think you might have a point scattybird re more confidence and the ‘real me’ showing now. I’m not so afraid of making a fool out of myself in front of people- in fact I rather enjoy being the centre of attention! lol

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