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Topic: Adult ADHD
tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Tue 06/01/10 03:34 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds?

leevw Joined Thu 05/20/10 Posts: 55	Tue 06/01/10 03:38 PM
laugh

Roco Joined Sat 03/22/08 Posts: 1165	Tue 06/01/10 03:40 PM
nope, but i had a slight form of ocd...sort of grew out of it roko

redhead44613 Joined Fri 01/18/08 Posts: 12976	Tue 06/01/10 03:42 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder

CandieGirl841 Joined Tue 05/18/10 Posts: 340	Tue 06/01/10 03:44 PM
nope, I have autism though. A lot of times people lump the two together even though they're nothing the same.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Tue 06/01/10 03:51 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder Thank you for the link. I am aware of what it is and treatment.... I am just wondering what others actually experience and what has worked for them.

redhead44613 Joined Fri 01/18/08 Posts: 12976	Tue 06/01/10 03:55 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder Thank you for the link. I am aware of what it is and treatment.... I am just wondering what others actually experience and what has worked for them. Oh.. my bad. :) I have no idea then. I know bout bi-polar.

AndyBgood Joined Thu 12/25/08 Posts: 12437	Tue 06/01/10 04:03 PM
Still am but not ADHD. I'm classically Hyperactive. Pot works, Ritalin made me a psychotic mess! I never out grew it. I could care less. I come off like I am in my low 30's to everyone's surprise! No one wants to believe I'm 44! I love not looking my age or feeling like it either!

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Tue 06/01/10 04:20 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds? The possibility has been suggested to me by someone who is definitely qualified to give such a diagnosis. I prefer to think of it as a really, really short attention span.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Wed 06/02/10 04:55 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds? The possibility has been suggested to me by someone who is definitely qualified to give such a diagnosis. I prefer to think of it as a really, really short attention span. I don't think of myself having a really short attention span, but really tired from going around in circles. My son's doctor made a comment about me possibly being ADHD, because of losing my son's script and being treated for depression with no luck. But it costs hundreds of dollars to get tested! UGH!

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Wed 06/02/10 05:06 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds? The possibility has been suggested to me by someone who is definitely qualified to give such a diagnosis. I prefer to think of it as a really, really short attention span. Yeah, pretty much the sam...monkey?! Where?!

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Wed 06/02/10 05:08 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds? The possibility has been suggested to me by someone who is definitely qualified to give such a diagnosis. I prefer to think of it as a really, really short attention span. Yeah, pretty much the sam...monkey?! Where?! Monkey! Nope.

plastic_pancakes Joined Sun 10/18/09 Posts: 7399	Wed 06/02/10 05:48 PM
Do you drink caffeine? Do you meditate?

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Wed 06/02/10 06:05 PM
Do you drink caffeine? Do you meditate? Drink caffeine.... no effect on me. I drink diet pepsi. Occassionally coffee. Caffeine has never affected me. Meditate occassionally... not regularly but I like to.

plastic_pancakes Joined Sun 10/18/09 Posts: 7399	Wed 06/02/10 06:10 PM
Before medicine I would suggest one month without caffeine and 30 minutes of daily meditation. Even if caffeine has no apparent effect it couldn't be harmful to stop for a month if attention or hyperactivity is a noticeable issue.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Wed 06/02/10 06:12 PM
Before medicine I would suggest one month without caffeine and 30 minutes of daily meditation. Even if caffeine has no apparent effect it couldn't be harmful to stop for a month if attention or hyperactivity is a noticeable issue. Hyperactivity isn't the issue. I have gone months without drinking pop... no difference in atttention. As for meditation, I don't really have racing thoughts like some people with ADHD. I could try it... it wouldn't hurt.

plastic_pancakes Joined Sun 10/18/09 Posts: 7399	Wed 06/02/10 06:17 PM
It's one of those annoyingly simple answers but the effects can be overwhelmingly beneficial. Meditation is free and very good for you. Just don't meditate incorrectly or it will cause blinding pain.

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Wed 06/02/10 07:09 PM
Just don't meditate incorrectly or it will cause blinding pain. I laughed.

freeonthree Joined Tue 06/19/07 Posts: 2407	Wed 06/02/10 07:28 PM
What was the question ?

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Wed 06/02/10 07:42 PM Edited by Winx on Wed 06/02/10 07:43 PM
Do you have it? Symptoms? Treatment? Meds? The possibility has been suggested to me by someone who is definitely qualified to give such a diagnosis. I prefer to think of it as a really, really short attention span. I don't think of myself having a really short attention span, but really tired from going around in circles. My son's doctor made a comment about me possibly being ADHD, because of losing my son's script and being treated for depression with no luck. But it costs hundreds of dollars to get tested! UGH! Are you still in school? Being a single mom, having a bf, and being in school is a lot to have on one's plate. Single moms can lose a script once in awhile. We have don't just have one life in our head. We have two lives there - two schedules. My friends say that moms get a disease called CRS - Can't Remember S*it.