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Old 12-19-2005, 03:06 PM   #1
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Could i have ADD/ADHD?

I am a 21 year old guy, and as a child I would be what can only be described as extremely hyperactive. Now at times I still am, I become extremely erratic and often find myself doing silly things, but I can accept that as part of who I am, the problem I have is the extreme boredom I face, and being constantly aware of it, for example, if I am eating a meal not in front of the TV I very quickly become agitated and start fidgeting and sometimes even get up and just walk around before sitting back down to eat.
I also seem to no longer be able to hold interest in anything, in the past I have played a lot of computer games, listened to music, watched TV, read or sang to occupies myself, but now I rarely am able to watch programs or films because unless its something I really like I’ll quickly become bored of it, turn it off, and start listening to music, but then the music alone isn’t enough so ill sing along and start surfing the web to, then ill turn the TV back on, and maybe start playing a game, and only with all 4 things going on at once do I start to feel contempt for a while. In the car unless I have music on my driven is atrosus as I cant concentrate as I find myself thinking up pointless scenarios instead of looking at the road. Sometimes I wish I could just stop thinking about random things over and over and just be contempt sitting down and relaxing.

I live in the U.K and hadn’t really heard about ADD until I starting searching the web for how I feel, i am worried if I go to my GP he will assume I am just depressed and prescribe me Prozac which is not something I want.

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Old 12-19-2005, 05:24 PM   #2
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Re: Could i have ADD/ADHD?

You have symptoms similiar to mine. I also could never sit still at home or watch TV. There was just always a million other thoughts running through my head.

Anyways...go to your doc and request to be tested.

As for drugs...I was on anti-psycotics at first. At times, they seem to be first approach to curring ADHD. The reason is add/adhd is thought be a chemical imbalance of serotonin in the brain. Anti-depressents and anti-psycotics inhibit the reuptake of serotonin...those would be prozac, wellbutrin, lexapro, celexa...but they work slow. It takes atleast a month to notice a change with them. The difference with stimulants is thier immediate effect and they increase the brains production of serotonin rather than inbiting its reuptake.

Either way, both can lead to similiar results....more serotonin. I did try anti-psychotics at first. For a few months...things improved, but not enough. Thats when we went to adderall, and that's where I've stayed. Just be honest with your doc. Tell him what you think you have, and tell him what treatment sounds best to you.

Also...you must exhibit hyperactive symptoms in more than just sitting at home watching tv. Problems with school? Work? Socially? For me, I had problems all across the board. Never focused in school. Couldn't stay on task at work. Never could sit still, and I always zoned out during social converstations. I was the guy that always asked... what??

Hope this helps...

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