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Anyone here have Attention Deficit Disorder?? I'll raise my hands and say I do. I've learned to control and chanel it quite well over the years, but I still have issues concentrating and staying on the subject as my mind is so blasted active and busy doing so many different things. Which isn't bad. It makes multi-tasking a breeze and I can work out up to 10 different things in my head at the same time. Problem is, it gets terribly distracting at times when you need to be concentrating 100% which sucks. *shrug* But oh well. Take the good with the bad. I definately wouldn't ever give it up. I just wish for better control of it. So, does anyone here have ADD? Or the more interesting version ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) where you seem wired all the time? 🙂
 
i can keep a lot of thoughts in my head at once, does that make me add? i guess it does, although this one time i was walking down the street, and i someone who looked really occupied, but then i noticed the mcdonalds. they have pretty good food, i dont know what the deal is that everyone hates it. but then those people go and eat at burger king. they always seem to have a lot of crazy promotion type things, i remember way back when they had a promotional thing for last action hero, what a crap movie that was, although predator was sweet. predator 2 was also pretty good, especially with gary busey. speaking of which, why doesn't good 'ol jake busey make films anymore? aside from the fact that he's a terrible actor. just like keanu reeves, mr. lack of emotion, but they keep churning out the matrix movies, which i guess is okay, since the movies rock a lot.
 
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
i can keep a lot of thoughts in my head at once, does that make me add? i guess it does, although this one time i was walking down the street, and i someone who looked really occupied, but then i noticed the mcdonalds. they have pretty good food, i dont know what the deal is that everyone hates it. but then those people go and eat at burger king. they always seem to have a lot of crazy promotion type things, i remember way back when they had a promotional thing for last action hero, what a crap movie that was, although predator was sweet. predator 2 was also pretty good, especially with gary busey. speaking of which, why doesn't good 'ol jake busey make films anymore? aside from the fact that he's a terrible actor. just like keanu reeves, mr. lack of emotion, but they keep churning out the matrix movies, which i guess is okay, since the movies rock a lot.
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That is so how my mind works...
 
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
i can keep a lot of thoughts in my head at once, does that make me add? i guess it does, although this one time i was walking down the street, and i someone who looked really occupied, but then i noticed the mcdonalds. they have pretty good food, i dont know what the deal is that everyone hates it. but then those people go and eat at burger king. they always seem to have a lot of crazy promotion type things, i remember way back when they had a promotional thing for last action hero, what a crap movie that was, although predator was sweet. predator 2 was also pretty good, especially with gary busey. speaking of which, why doesn't good 'ol jake busey make films anymore? aside from the fact that he's a terrible actor. just like keanu reeves, mr. lack of emotion, but they keep churning out the matrix movies, which i guess is okay, since the movies rock a lot.
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hehehe. Sounds like me on a typical day. I get a lot of "Get to the F'ing point!!" 😀
 
its actually kinda scary if i let my mind wander. sometimes ill be sittting thinking about something, and think "how the fvck did i get thinking about this??"
 
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
i can keep a lot of thoughts in my head at once, does that make me add? i guess it does, although this one time i was walking down the street, and i someone who looked really occupied, but then i noticed the mcdonalds. they have pretty good food, i dont know what the deal is that everyone hates it. but then those people go and eat at burger king. they always seem to have a lot of crazy promotion type things, i remember way back when they had a promotional thing for last action hero, what a crap movie that was, although predator was sweet. predator 2 was also pretty good, especially with gary busey. speaking of which, why doesn't good 'ol jake busey make films anymore? aside from the fact that he's a terrible actor. just like keanu reeves, mr. lack of emotion, but they keep churning out the matrix movies, which i guess is okay, since the movies rock a lot.
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I prefer to think of it as having a rich internal life 😛
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
I prefer to think of it as having a rich internal life 😛
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😀 I couldn't agree more... I usually have a good conversation going on with myself inside my head, sometimes it does distract me from the real world, but at least I can entertain myself...

: ) Hopper
 
I have a super-rich internal life. 😀

I used to be on ritalin, but I hate the stuff. It helps some, but the medical side effects are just too funky. It totally wrecks my sleep cycle, no matter what the dosage is, and physically, well, have you ever drank two pots of coffee on 3 hours of sleep, run a mile, and felt a little fatigued, yet fully wired? That's how ritalin affects me, and it's not always pleasant.

I haven?t tried any alternatives, but I?m getting close. Don?t get me wrong, I literally enjoy myself on no drugs at all, but sometimes, I need a little kick in the ass to get something done.
 
Well, I never got tested for it, but I think I have ADHD. I can't ever stay still, well on the computer, but I have to be moving somehow. During class, I am always doing something. I have trouble staying still, and if I'm not on the computer, I just wander around aimlessly in circles. O, well.

It makes studying and concentrating hard, but I don't really want to take any medicine for it.
 
Originally posted by: Garfang
I have a super-rich internal life. 😀

I used to be on ritalin, but I hate the stuff. It helps some, but the medical side effects are just too funky. It totally wrecks my sleep cycle, no matter what the dosage is, and physically, well, have you ever drank two pots of coffee on 3 hours of sleep, run a mile, and felt a little fatigued, yet fully wired? That's how ritalin affects me, and it's not always pleasant.

I haven?t tried any alternatives, but I?m getting close. Don?t get me wrong, I literally enjoy myself on no drugs at all, but sometimes, I need a little kick in the ass to get something done.
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Ritalin scews up my appetite really badly,I can concentrate and focus better on it but I get really skinny while taking it.
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Ritalin scews up my appetite really badly,I can concentrate and focus better on it but I get really skinny while taking it.
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LOL! 😀

I remember that, forgot about that side effect...

Took it for 3 or 4 years way back when... Didn't do anything but screw me up... Lithium is what did the trick, got me back into a sense of normacly...

That is actually the one thing I have not yet told Thumper about, I suppose I should probably menition it at some point...

: ) Hopper
 
Originally posted by: Grasshopper27
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Ritalin scews up my appetite really badly,I can concentrate and focus better on it but I get really skinny while taking it.
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LOL! 😀

I remember that, forgot about that side effect...

Took it for 3 or 4 years way back when... Didn't do anything but screw me up... Lithium is what did the trick, got me back into a sense of normacly...

That is actually the one thing I have not yet told Thumper about, I suppose I should probably menition it at some point...

: ) Hopper
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If you're taking lithiium you better damn well "mention it" to her and soon
 
Ritalin is about a molecule away from being speed. Indeed, it's highly controlled because people that aren't ADD use it as such.

Weeee...
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
If you're taking lithiium you better damn well "mention it" to her and soon
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Err... You say that like it is something that should have been menitioned already... ???

That was in the past, I haven't taken it for years now... I took it from about the age of 12 or 13, until I was 18... So I guess it has been about 9 years since I've taken it...

I wasn't even sure it was worth bringing up, but I figure that the background is worth telling her at some point...

: ) Hopper
 
Originally posted by: Grasshopper27
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
If you're taking lithiium you better damn well "mention it" to her and soon
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Err... You say that like it is something that should have been menitioned already... ???

That was in the past, I haven't taken it for years now... I took it from about the age of 12 or 13, until I was 18... So I guess it has been about 9 years since I've taken it...

I wasn't even sure it was worth bringing up, but I figure that the background is worth telling her at some point...

: ) Hopper
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Lithium is usually used to treat another disorder
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Lithium is usually used to treat another disorder
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Yes it is, and it worked, which is probably why I'm still alive... lets not go there on the forum, ok? 😀

(edit: it is also why the Ritalin didn't work, that wasn't the root problem, but this was back in the 80s when they knew far less about it than they do today)

: ) Hopper
 
Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK
Well, I never got tested for it, but I think I have ADHD. I can't ever stay still, well on the computer, but I have to be moving somehow. During class, I am always doing something. I have trouble staying still, and if I'm not on the computer, I just wander around aimlessly in circles. O, well.

It makes studying and concentrating hard, but I don't really want to take any medicine for it.
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I think I have it for these reasons also... I probably will never get tested or anything for it though.
 
trying something new here called stratera, but it makes me feel like sh!t. works somewhat but takes two weeks to work. i try to self medicate and didn't use medicine but couldn't do it.

my friends say that my mouth is always two steps ahead of my head and what i say doesn't make sense to anyone but me.....go figure...........
 
Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Anyone here have Attention Deficit Disorder?? I'll raise my hands and say I do. I've learned to control and chanel it quite well over the years, but I still have issues concentrating and staying on the subject as my mind is so blasted active and busy doing so many different things. Which isn't bad. It makes multi-tasking a breeze and I can work out up to 10 different things in my head at the same time. Problem is, it gets terribly distracting at times when you need to be concentrating 100% which sucks. *shrug* But oh well. Take the good with the bad. I definately wouldn't ever give it up. I just wish for better control of it. So, does anyone here have ADD? Or the more interesting version ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) where you seem wired all the time? 🙂
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That's interesting. I can't really multitask but I'm able to hyperconcentrate on something...At least something interesting. I have a really hard time reading textbooks for school, my mind will wander and I find I've been reading on autopilot (scanning the words but not absorbing it) and I have to go back and reread it. On the other hand I can read a fiction book without any problems.

One question I have is Ritalin really all that useful or would I just be asking for trouble by taking it?
 
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