I think I might have seen that post and not read all of it, only skimmed it. Which is telling in itself. As is the fact that I lost ocunt aroudn 45 the first time. Going through the list again just made me go... holy shit, that's ADD-related.
(Bed wetting? Seriously? I mean, it was infrequent and at least one instance was Depo-provera related, but OMG.)
I'm glad to have been of... help? comfort? something?
Yeah, I'm totally ADD (and OCD -- sometimes they even each other out, usually they don't) and I self-regulate and stuff like that. I self-diagnosed a few years ago and since then have taken steps to prevent myself from falling into the traps I know I set. Like... I know that I'll do things when they're presented to me, so I set my outlook to send me reminder e-mails in the future. Things like that.
Huh, yeah. I've probably been self-regulating unconsciously for ages, to be honest. I aim for an empty inbox and listen to music and stuff. But I still think that CAT should help further. And if my temper and getting upset over the slightest thing are linked, then anything I can do not fix that would, y'know, make it easier to live with me.
That's true, and a lot of people (rightly) argue that ADD is being overdiagnosed nowadays because people actually ARE so busy and actually DO overschedule and overstimulate themselves.
Debi, if it helps, I do everything on that list too... and so do many, if not most, of my friends. Even if it's not a checklist for life, it may just be a checklist for grad school.
I think much of this is a function of societal change, in which multitasking has become not only desirable, but in many ways necessary.
Add expected to desirable and necessary, there. We're expected to be able to keep on top of our schedules, but I think it's a lot more difficult to do so even in the last two or three years than it ever has been in the past. If you have a difficult time doing so for whatever reason, then those expectations make it all the more likely that you'll berate yourself for being scatterbrained or ADD because you're likely to believe that that's what OTHER people think about you.
We're at the stage of our lives where we have to constantly prove ourselves to other people. We're expected to sail through life without having a hair out of place -- because if we don't, then we 'can't cope' or 'aren't organised' or 'aren't capable of dealing with things'. I think we're our own harshest critics maybe 90 percent of the time. So I'm agreeing with what has been said above, most definitely.
First of all, I think you should definitely get a chance with a therapist because I think, if nothing else, they make you feel worlds saner when you're finished.
On the other hand... all of those things they said that mean you have ADD? Those are quite a few symptoms that have been used to diagnose me with Depression.
Don't freak out yet, darling! Just get it checked out when you have a chance and know we love you. :)
This is madness!jawalterMarch 13 2007, 19:08:38 UTC
I was trying to picture the person for whom your list would have no relevance when it suddenly occurred to me that I just saw an entire movie about this person. With that in mind, I give you "Does King Leonidas have ADD
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b) I don't know if this post would help at all, but you're not alone.
c) *more hugs*
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I think I might have seen that post and not read all of it, only skimmed it. Which is telling in itself. As is the fact that I lost ocunt aroudn 45 the first time. Going through the list again just made me go... holy shit, that's ADD-related.
(Bed wetting? Seriously? I mean, it was infrequent and at least one instance was Depo-provera related, but OMG.)
I love you, Rami. Thank you.
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I'm glad to have been of... help? comfort? something?
Yeah, I'm totally ADD (and OCD -- sometimes they even each other out, usually they don't) and I self-regulate and stuff like that. I self-diagnosed a few years ago and since then have taken steps to prevent myself from falling into the traps I know I set. Like... I know that I'll do things when they're presented to me, so I set my outlook to send me reminder e-mails in the future. Things like that.
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I've probably been self-regulating unconsciously for ages, to be honest. I aim for an empty inbox and listen to music and stuff. But I still think that CAT should help further. And if my temper and getting upset over the slightest thing are linked, then anything I can do not fix that would, y'know, make it easier to live
with me.
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Add expected to desirable and necessary, there. We're expected to be able to keep on top of our schedules, but I think it's a lot more difficult to do so even in the last two or three years than it ever has been in the past. If you have a difficult time doing so for whatever reason, then those expectations make it all the more likely that you'll berate yourself for being scatterbrained or ADD because you're likely to believe that that's what OTHER people think about you.
We're at the stage of our lives where we have to constantly prove ourselves to other people. We're expected to sail through life without having a hair out of place -- because if we don't, then we 'can't cope' or 'aren't organised' or 'aren't capable of dealing with things'. I think we're our own harshest critics maybe 90 percent of the time. So I'm agreeing with what has been said above, most definitely.
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On the other hand... all of those things they said that mean you have ADD? Those are quite a few symptoms that have been used to diagnose me with Depression.
Don't freak out yet, darling! Just get it checked out when you have a chance and know we love you. :)
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This is a "her", right? One can never be sure on the internets.
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