Hello, everybody, and welcome to the new ADD/ADHD room here at the New and Improved Depression Forums!

I'm really excited that we now have a room of our own. In my experience, this interesting "way of life" called Attention Deficit [Hyperactivity] Disorder can be a real challenge to live with, and I'm so glad we can come together in here and support one another, talk about how meds do or don't work for us, and compare notes on how we're learning to cope.

So ... pull up a chair, grab a cup of Virtual Coffee (decaf, if the "H" is part of your ADD), and make yourselves at home!

Grace & peace,
Elfie

YAY our own room!!!!  I'm very happy!!!

Oh yeah, and Elfie... don't forget, stimulants for as AD"H"D people, actually calm us. :;):  So... I'll have a fully caffeinated Venti Soy Mocha with a shot of hazelnut please!  :wwww:

and I'll have a tall soy latte with a pump of mocha (to go!).  My cup is now empty! :O

Speaking of coffee.  How much do you actually drink in a day?  And does it mess with your medicine?  I drink at least 2 cups a day.....

I love an nonfat grande iced caramel machiato.  But I am trying to save money so I get vanilla caramel creamer and make my own.

:hearts:hey yaw, well i've got ADD to. it makes since now why i acted the way i have all my life. i'll have some coffee to.  :cry:but i don't want this illness. it's just one more to add to me. i have panic attacks, anxity,depression, PTSD, and now ADD. don't i have enough lol? anyways here i am. oh i use to be an acholic. stomach problems made me finally give it up in my early thirtys. but of course i traded drugs along the way to. but i'm glad we have our own room i guess. so here i am.

Welcome to all our new members here in the ADULT ADD/ADHD forum!

Come in and post all your trials and tribulations and you'll find much caring and support here at DF....and perhaps a few 'tips' for coping. You're not alone.

Happy Holidays to you all!

~Lindsay, FA

I must say that from the answers i gave to the tests here, i appear to be one of the club. I remember being told off several times by teachers who shouted at me saying "I had my head in the clouds". The thing became particularly painful in middle school (i was twelve 12) when i had a terrible breakdown.
I am still a compulsive editor of my own posts, i open letters in which i fear i wrote something wrong i don't remember, go back to my car to see doors are locked etc.)

The devil that haunts me is, i can't pay attention enough to instructions, and i pass for a stupid, even when i have to ask to directions. If the person is standing before me i could write down the whole message without understanding what it means. I must repeat it to myself when i leave the passer-by. If have a map i get it right. But not with people around me. Is this ADHD or is it just panic / low self-esteem because i fear all the time i may pass for a stupid if i do not listen or answer correctly?

If lack of attention is not steady and worsens when i feel down, is this just plain depression?

In any case, all the good work i can do is ONLY (!!!) through the internet or behind my desk. Being alone allows me to do everything, i am even having a discreet success leaning HTML and CSS, but if i had to enroll in a course i would not understand a single instruction and flunk it.

Oh, by the way, what did i just say?

Mauro. :wink:

Don’t want to dread my nights

– Meds are confusing me.

ADHD is something I was diagnosed with as a child. I became skeptical and thought I was zoned out from PTSD. I currently wonder about with my medications that were recently prescribed for insomnia and nightmares, in particular Trazodone a very mild sleep aid. If I really do have ADHD as I was diagnosed as a child with, is it possible that this med adds to my night time restlessness? They used Ritilan and Cylert to settle me down when I was young. I remember flipping out on these in particular Cylert. It seems possible that sleeping aids would have the opposite effect and could be agitating me.
I have always struggled with insomnia but after days of taking this med I was more depressed, angry, restless, lucid dreaming, falling out of bed, I have been crying nightly and very uncomfortable in my skin.
I previously thought I was mistakenly diagnosed with ADHD (coffee does wake me up) and that maybe it was really just PTSD after the death of my mother or maybe the school physiologist after my Dads $ for the drug company. I am confused as to where to get answers. Has anyone with potential ADHD and PTSD successful solved complicated night mare and sleeping problems?

This post has been edited by RKeys: Jun 30 2006, 01:09 AM

i wanted to ask bout daytime sleepiness. i heard that people who are mentally troubled, have lots of things on their mind find it hard to sleep at night and end up having terrible daytime sleepiness. i have read this on another forum,here is the link:

daytime sleepiness

i would like to learn more about this, b/c i seem to find myself facing such a similar situation.

thanks for the help guys

My husband has ADHD but he doesnt take meds. I think I have a mild case of it too. Does anyone have problems dealing with spouses or loved ones with ADHD? He took a test and scored very high for this. He is very impulsive, gets angry and frustrated when things arent exactly right, he talks too loud and too much, but is a wonderful person all around but very hard to live with. I dont know if it is perfectionism or the ADHD but he is picky as H.....!!! And his anger comes out of nowhere about the simplest little thing and then its all over and he doesnt even think he said anything wrong. Others going through this? Gentle

Good article. Thanks... Daytime sleepiness may be ADD without hyperactivity. I have noticed it in people when you have to say someone’s name like 3 times till they snap out of it. This could be passive aggressive behavior or ‘selective listening’ at times but I doubt it. It seems like they are just not there. This disposition also makes it hard to finish things and sometimes goes along with stream of consciousness style speaking.
At night it's the only time I am not busy or distracted with anything so all of the problems can start to swirl around in my head. Thinking about resentments and rejection related issues is an evening ritual when I am having a tough time with work or trusting people. Thinking of all this prevents REM sleep I bet and laying there keeps you from reaching deep sleep that we all need to be replenished. It is tiring the next day.
Another thing to make sure to illuminate as far as not sleeping is sleep apnea. That sounds like people snoring really loud then it seems like they stop breathing. They do and are not getting enough oxygen to the brain. My father sleeps with a contraption on and after testing he was breathing air for only a scary fraction of the night. He can get to sleep but then wakes up and can’t get back to sleep.

I was wondring if anyone knew of any good books that involed add/relationships ,or add/communication been really making a mess of myself in social situation trying to change that.

Hey all, this is my first time posting.
I'm going to keep it short since it is 2 o'clock in the morning and I need to wake up in 3 hours. About a year ago I was diagnosed with depression, recently i came across a website about ADHD and realized that I was reading the story of my life. I remember thinking, "this is ME." I've always been a chronic procrastinator and was always told that I needed to work harder to live up to my potential. Always got A's on tests but couldn't get a homework assignment done or turned in to save my life. I remember being questioned by parents, and teachers, "why didn't you get this done?" When I would say "i forgot" I would always get the same response. "forgetting is not an excuse, it's laziness" those kind of responses drove me to believe that I was a bad person for not being able to succeed even though I tried. And tried. And tried. And finally gave up.
I guess it's not all that short of a post, but oh well.

Hi Danny, My story is similar to yours. Diagnosed with depression years ago, then read about ADD (not the hyperactive type, but the inattentive type), my reaction was the same as yours....this is ME! I got tested, formally, and was told I had "sever ADD".

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure about these diagnoses - after all, there's money in it for the diagnostician. "Yep, looks like you need a new headgasket lady, cost you about a grand". But still, it felt right. But I'm just so sick of fighing the depression, the last think I could think of was to start making more lists, get myself a PDA, etc, tec.

I think the 'best' part (I use the term loosly) of knowing about this ADD thing is that it explains some of my stufff, why I am like I am....and I'm not alone. Oh, I'd prefer to be 'normal'...at least I think I would. To not get overwhelmed with too much detail, to remember things better, to be able to pay attention when I need to.

There are some ADD/ADHD forums you might be interested in. You'll get a lot more of the "hey, that's ME" feeling.

What are the symptoms of ADD?

When i was in school it was difficult for me to pay attention to the teachers for more than 10 minutes before my mind starts to wonder away...unless I am really interested in the subject.

When I drive I my mind also wonders a lot and I'd get in accidents because I am not paying attention to the road.

Do I sound like I have ADD?

Welcome Awu to the Forums. The ADD is difficult ti diagnose since the symptoms are similar to other problems. What you are describing could be ADD or it could something else. Your best bet is to go to someone who specializes in diagnosing this problem. Too many doctors call something ADD when it's not. Click on the link below for any article that we have posted. It will give you more info.


http://www.depressionforums.org/forums/ind...?showtopic=1296
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