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I don't think i have hyperactivity but rather attention deficit disorder. I often cannot focus on what people tell me or thoughts float in my mind or i just cannot understand people. I am also interrupted if somebody starts talking with me when i am in a conversation. I cannot listen and do another task at the same time -it is either former or latter. I have also noticed that more often than not, i ...

Hey guys...

Thought I'd make my way over here and say hey. I was diagnosed yesterday with A.D.D and aspergers.

I have an appt. tomorrow to start medications. I don't think I will be able to do stimulant meds though, even when I have caffeine my heart races so fast, it causes me to have panic attacks and I can't have it either for my blood sugar. So ... is anyone on a NON stimulant ...

...bored with "the daily grind"! AAGHGH eff that BS. Feed the kids, do the dishes, go to work, drive a van that sux and breaks own and leaves u effing stranded for two hours!!!!!, feed the kids, do the laundry, where's the fugidding dog?!?! clean the bathroom, flush the toilet, wash the clothes, call work, go to work, organize work, don't let work invade your life, where are the kids, AGHGHG!!
I just want to ...

I wonder that because I am thinking of asking my psychiatrist to prescribe it for me. If it made or made you tired, was it just long over-night sleepiness or was it over tiredness and lack of energy?

-Bill

(I'm trying to be more optimistic about disorders without being more pessimistic about treatment...if that's possible.)

One advantage is that a long childhood allows for more intellectual growth at an adjustable pace. This is thought to be one reason why humans stand out from other mammals in our intelligence and creativity (What? I'm not speciesist—just observant!) and I believe Einstein considered this a possible explanation for his success as a physicist. Didn't he have some ...

I have never been diagnosed with ADHD but when I look back over my life I cannot help but think that all the symptoms were there:

* An inability to listen: ever since I can remember I've been admonished for not listening, in fact I
find listening a chore.

* Falling asleep has always been difficult and it takes me a few hours each night to drop off. I've
put this down to being nocturnal ...

Hello to everybody, I am new and been pinned as an ADD of the Inattentive type. My wife and I are looking into QEEG Brain Mapping, which is said to be able to establish a very comprehensive reading of all the problems going on, as well as potential problems I am susceptible. Supposedly it will confirm the exact type of ADD, and indications of aspergers or anything along the autism spectrum, tendency toward depression, ect. ...

I tried Adderal last year for the first time in my life (34 years old). I was able to stay focused, but I expected everyone else to then too and became violently angry on it. So when I didn't go back to school that semester, I came off of it. Now I'm back in school and feel stuck in a tornado of confusion, between school, family and a few crazy crises (I fell out of ...

Just wondering if anyone could validate this for me. I'm fairly certain I have the predominately inattentive subtype of ADHD - I saw a Councillor recently, but she offered no insights and seemed more interested in my anxiety problems.

I am a bit confused however, because a lot of the symptoms of ADHD-PI could also be attributed to having developed coping methods and therefore having adult ADHD. I was a very hyperactive kid, with a ...

Can anyone direct me to some good sources for info on adult ADHD?
I was just thinking about how I have difficulty with concentrating and I was wondering if this could be the cause of my problems... SO I looked up adult ADHD on google and when I read the list of symptoms on webMD I realized I have almost all of the ones they listed. The only thing is I am not really impulsive ...