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High Fives for everybody!
I have one too!
Last friday I went to a party and had lots of conversations without zoning out.
Probably because I didn’t know anybody, so all information was new.
But, before diagnosis, it used to freak me out, because I never knew if this would be a good or a fogged up day.
But this time, it didn’t even cross my mind.
Perhaps that is the power of knowledge and a diagnosis can do.
Thanks @quizzical for starting this thread, makes me smile everytime I check it.
REPORT ABUSESpam just activated this thread but I like it!
Not the spam, the topic. LOL for all suggestions.
My favorite is Tiddler with the system to use! I want one.
A month ago I was looking for an ADHD t shirt to buy, so after a couple hours research I did not buy any,
but really liked one that said: Non Linear with a picture of a brain next to it.
REPORT ABUSESeptember 7, 2011 at 12:17 pm in reply to: Just want to sleep and be left alone- part of ADD or something else? #108068I have had similar issues: very tired in the morning, my brain would need a couple of hours to wake up, very tired around 5 pm and then energy at 11 pm, and maybe tired enough for sleep at 1.30 am. A complete burnout happened, and I was on disability which gave me the oportunity to sleep A LOT, and 2 years later I felt rested. Yikes, I know, I think I may have chronic fatique something going on as well. But a real help was getting diagnosed with ADD and taking meds. Very low quantity Methylfenidate, 3 times 5mgr, but my energy during the day is normal now. No more dips, naps or extra’s late in the evening. And I can feel sleep coming on at 11pm.
! Burned something in the kitchen…argh…
And yes, while feeling that tired, I had a lot of trouble being social. No energy to engage in conversation. Not a good thing for a social life~
REPORT ABUSEYes it is horrible!
We don’t have diabetes or unwanted pregnancies!
Well, maybe some of us, but there are other fora for that.
Moderator, do something!
REPORT ABUSEYes! More things I recognize.
Anyone ever take up horseback riding? I did from 10-14 years old, and I was always the one that fell off. I guess that I couldn’t readjust fast enough to keep my balance, when my mind was drifting. Actually broke my arm one time.
And gymnastics? 9-12 years old. That did help with balance, but it never became natural and automatic. I had to keep using my eyes for balance and landing, really thinking about how to do that. Didn’t help that I was wearing glasses at the time and the brain had to adjust to distorted information all the time.
I am constantly amazed that all these little things are linked to ADD. I know it is normal to have these idiosyncracies, but all at the same time I guess is a symptom of ADD.
Every time I visit this site there is relief. And well yes, sadness too for all the problems in the past, but mostly relief.
REPORT ABUSEHigh fives! Amazing stories and indeed motivating.
I have one too! I don’t know what the word is in English, but today I posted my defence letter for a traffic violation ticket. Long story short, in July, because the setting sun was shining in my eyes I started braking too late and ran a red light. I stopped 2 meters over the line on the zebracrossing, backed up and took my place to wait for the green light. So I got a ticket, and it was waiting on my desk for 5 weeks, for me to write a defence/explanation. I finally wrote it today and posted it! 4 days before my chance was up.
A project that I organised new ADD style: every step was a separate to do item, started a week early to avoid last-minute-stress-brain-fog, used my clear moments to look at this.
So: Collect papers and put next to computer. Call police to send me the photo’s they took. Research examples of defence letters online. Find the official sunset-time for that day. And luckily a good narative for the letter started in my head, when I was watching TV one evening, and I had a pen and paper nearby. Those scribbles turned into a nice formal explanation of why I was not blame for braking too late.
Nice feeling, bringing it to the postoffice today, on time and all.
Fingers crossed, it could save me 186 euros!!!
REPORT ABUSEAnother aha moment. Luckily I gave up nail biting when I was 10, but the cuticles, inside of my mouth and popping zits is a regular thing. I think it is a stressreliever, because when I am happy I tend not to do it, but years of picking have left me with blotchy skin on my upper arms and shoulders. But yes, maybe it is a self-grooming thing. Maybe if I ask someone close to give me a massage or something, the urge might get less intense.
REPORT ABUSEYes, clutter. So frustrating!!! In the past I have cancelled so many invitations because I felt I had to clean up my (tiny) house, but then could not get anything done. Just sat there staring at the mess, not knowing where to start. And then turning on the tv or pick up a book, and spending the weekend ignoring my suroundings. Not a good thing for my social life…
Once every while I move stuff to a central place with the intent to actually organize, but it hasn’t happened yet. I find that having to make the decision of where to put it, is completely draining.
I did give every drawer a purpose though, so office supplies, drawing supplies, camera’s and make-up and accessories have a place to return to after use. So when my meds are on and I am at home, I do occasionally get an urge to tidy things up. Non ADHD friends just give stuff a place when first moving in, and maintain that decision. I am waiting for my next wave of inspiration to incorporate that.
REPORT ABUSEI think it is called dyspraxia, or as it is also called Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Some of the symptoms may be: extremely clumsy, bad posture, trouble with learning to skip or hop, trouble learning to write, trouble with short term memory, dislike of hairbrushing, clipping nails or brushing teeth, unable to catch a ball, etc. Wikipedia has a page on it, and yes, it is also in the spectrum that ADD is in, with dyslexia and aspergers. A different wiring in the brain…
And it is possible to get a proper diagnosis, which can be of help in dealing with child care services.
Good luck with all!
REPORT ABUSEEh… tried to move this post to better suited thread but well… only halfway succesfully done
see Organizing & De-cluttering
Sorry!
REPORT ABUSEI really like the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course CD’s by John Kabat Zinn. I only fall asleep by reading to get my mind out of my own life, but the body scan is really helpfull. I need something with a timer though, because it turns out that I listen to all CD’s on the mp3 after I fall asleep, so all the yoga segments as well! And I have a meditation cd from Tich Nhat Hahn with short 20 – 10 mins meditations on it that I use during the day, when I feel stressed. Ofcourse only when I think of it, but when I do it is very relaxing.
Eh… not for free though. But on Youtube are a lot of talks by both of them to watch.
REPORT ABUSEHmmm… examples of inattentiveness?
Leaving the gas on after taking the pan off. Or putting the empty pan back on and burning my fingers when I pick it up 2 hours later when I want to clean it. Or being distracted while making a hot water bottle and pouring boiling water over my own hand (it healed beautifully, but 2 days with a lot of pain).
Jumping onto a train only to realise 20 minutes later that it is going in the wrong direction. Or to the wrong site of the country altogether because I mixed the adresses of 2 people, and adding 2hrs to my travelling time, and lots of annoyed phone calls from the other people I was supposed to meet.
Spending money because I thought I had added and substracted correctly but finding out it was a minus, not a plus.
Bruises after bumping into things while deep in thought. Dropping stuff. Twisting ancles.
I thought I was a bit deaf because I could never understand what people were saying at parties with music. Thankfully, dancing is an option.
Never ever remembering anything asked in person, only when written down on my calender.
Boxes to unpack are ignored for a year, especially when they are in the middle of the room. They just bring more guilt, and increase the ignoring because of that.
I just thought of a good example while making tea 5 min ago, but I can’t remember now…
O, forgot the tea in the kitchen…
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REPORT ABUSE“I don’t understand why you don’t just do it?” and looking at me expecting an answer. Psychiatrist after 2 years twice weekly talking about all the stuff that went wrong, family friends and university study, and how miserable and stressed out I felt. I, ofcourse, had come to him for an anwer for that. That was 10 years ago. This therapy left me more bewildered than before, because I never understood what we actually did there, and why everything I said was approached as if it was a lie, and he kept looking for negative emotions that had supposedly been the source of all these actions (being late, forgetting appointments, feeling left out, anger, sadness). I stayed way too long and it made me miserable.
REPORT ABUSEMay 24, 2011 at 11:38 am in reply to: Methylphenidate > Riatlin (Dutch: Methylfenidaathydrochloride PCH v.s. Ritalin) #95269Yes! Only yesterday I figured out why the Rubio-methylfenidate felt so good and the Concerta still leaves me with general fuzziness – it’s the lactose… Well, that is my hypothesis at the moment. I know I have some problems digesting lactose, but I thought such a small quantity couldn’t make a difference, when that was the only lactose I ate (well, maybe some milk-chocolate…). Until my pharmacy, unbeknownst to me and them, gave me this lactose free version. I had never felt clear and fysically calm at the same time in this last year since being diagnosed, so it was a surprise. I could even drink coffee without having high heart rate all day. For Dutch people, the pharmacy can order this with the following RVG numbers: 5mg RVG 29553 and 10mg RVG 29554. RVG is Dutch register for packaged medications. It’s generic so covered by our basis health care plan.
Love the site and all the information, and the jokes!
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