Is anybody here afflicted (or blessed) with ADD or ADHD?

[JimB]

Is anybody here afflicted (or blessed ) with ADD or ADHD?

I think I have some symptoms (seriously) and am wondering if anybody here has been diagnosed with it and received treatment.

Wanna share?

FYI, Here are symptoms of ADD / ADHD: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/adhd_add_adult_symptoms.htm

~Jim

If the first step in an argument is wrong everything that follows is wrong. ~C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain​

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[Meshavrischika]

Hi! not ADD or ADHD but bipolar (confused with the above as a child)

you might look into cyclothymia or bipolar type I or II. they have lots of similarities.

 

[Tehilla]

I'm blessed with selective hearing. Does that count?

Me: "1000 may fall at my side and 10000 at my right hand but it will not come near me."

Enemy: "I'm near you"

Me: "huh?"

HS: "I'm nearer than your next breath. A fan of mine is taking too much of your time. Time to move on."

Me: "I didn't know you were a fan of God's?! Kewl! He is after all nearer than my next breath! Well gotta go, people to see and things to do! Ciao!"

Enemy: *Hiss* *Grumble* *Growl*

 

[NewSong]

I have ADD!!!

Something that has really helped me is Magnesium. I was Magnesium deficient and that also causes symptoms of ADD! Unfortunately, I have had it since I was a kid and couldn't sit still but they didn't call it ADD! Instead they said "apply the rod, she just don't want to listen."

I chose not to take medication for it because I wanted to self-discipline. I was not officially diagnosed until about 3 years ago. It was like there were gaps and spaces. I went through a series of diagnostic tests with a neurologists and they also done some other tests testing my ability to follow directions. I would lose interest very quickly in what they were saying or doing....

The best thing that I have found that helps me truly is a good cup of coffee, staying away from sugar, going to bed at the same time every night, eating right and taking magnesium. It is much better. Occasionally I just space out and I am in my own little world.

Last fall I went to a seminar to listen to Dr. Hallowell who is an expert on the subject and was also diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. http://www.drhallowell.com/ He told us to pray and pray more that prayer is very helpful. I have many of his books and he autographed them for me. I think he really understood the ADD/ADHD.

He says we are a gift waiting to be unwrapped. This is good information because he helped me work with the public a little bit better by his seminar.

 

[he4rty]

My son has been diagnosed as ADHD and I see a lot of similarities in him and me.

 

[NewSong]

My son has been diagnosed as ADHD and I see a lot of similarities in him and me.

I have to live a structured life in order to stay on course.
Like I always loose my car keys, forget appointments, or forget I have dates with folks, lose intersts with the appointments, zone out...etc...
Do you have problems with any of those?

I try to use certain foods that will not affect this as much.

Do you do any of this he4rty?

 

[Meshavrischika]

structure is wonderful for anyone but essential for those with chemical imbalances

I'd be careful with the diet thing though... there are alot of variables that you should discuss with a dietician first

 

[NewSong]

Another thought here too! Because I have sleep apnea and that has a lot of the same symptoms that ADD does....I have often wondered which one is which....Have you check out the symptoms of sleep apnea? You would be amazed at the similarities.



Some common symptoms of sleep apnea include:

• Restless sleep
• Loud, heavy snoring often interrupted by silence and gasps
• Drowsiness or lack of energy, caused by the lack of sleep
• Headaches in the morning
• Irritability, forgetfulness, mood or behavior changes
• Anxiety or depression

sleep apnea is not treated, it can lead to other serious health problems, including:

• Hypertension or high blood pressure
• Heart related conditions such as coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and stroke
• Psychiatric problems such as depression
• Impotence and lack of interest in sex
• Cognitive dysfunction or memory loss

 

[he4rty]

I have to live a structured life in order to stay on course.
Like I always loose my car keys, forget appointments, or forget I have dates with folks, lose intersts with the appointments, zone out...etc...
Do you have problems with any of those?

I try to use certain foods that will not affect this as much.

Do you do any of this he4rty?

I try to live a structured Life, Got me white boards with everything written on them.

Don't tend to lose things very often but then car keys are always hung up in the same place everyday.

My biggest problem seems to be motivation to get started on something and then having the staying power to see it through, especially a mundane task.

 

[NewSong]

I try to live a structured Life, Got me white boards with everything written on them.

Don't tend to lose things very often but then car keys are always hung up in the same place everyday.

My biggest problem seems to be motivation to get started on something and then having the staying power to see it through, especially a mundane task.

I sure can relate to that!!!!

 

[JimB]

All these were “afflicted" with ADD / ADHD

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) — Photographer
Ann Bancroft — (1931-present) — Actress
Alexander Graham Bell — (1862-1939) — Telephone Inventor
Hans Christian Anderson — (1805-1875) — Author
Beethoven — (1770-1827) — Composer
Harry Belafonte — (1927-present) — Actor, Vocalist
Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington — (1912-1988) WWII Flying Ace
Terry Bradshaw — (1948-Present) — Football Quarterback
George Burns — (1896-1996) — Actor
Sir Richard Francis Burton— (1821-1890)
Admiral Richard Byrd— (1888-1957) — Aviator (retired from the navy as, "Unfit for service")
Andrew Carnegie - (1835-1919) Industialist
Jim Carrey — (1962-present) — Comedian
Lewis Carroll — (1832-1898) — Author (Alice in Wonderland)
Prince Charles — (1948-present) — Future King of England
Agatha Christie — (1890-1976) — Author
Winston Churchill — (1874-1965) — Statesman (Failed the sixth grade)
Bill Cosby — (1937-present) — Actor
Tom Cruise — (1962-present) — Actor
Harvey Cushing M.D.— (1869-1939) Greatest Neurosurgeon of the 20th Century
Salvador Dali— (1904-1989) —Artist
Leonardo da Vinci — (1452-1519) — Inventor, Artist
John Denver — (1943-1997) — Musician
Walt Disney — (1901-1971) (fired bya newspaper editor because he had "No good ideas".)
Thomas Edison — (1847-1931) — Inventor. (His teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything)
Albert Einstein — (1879-1955) — Physicist (Einstein was four years old before he could speak,
and seven before he could read)
Dwight D. Eisenhower — (1890-1969) — U. S. President, Military General
Michael Faraday— (1791-1867) — British Physicist, Chemist
F. Scott Fitzgerald — (1896-1940) — Author
Malcolm Forbes — (1919-1990) — Forbes Magazine Founder & Publisher
Henry Ford — (1863-1947) — Automobile Innovator
Benjamin Franklin — (1706 - 1790) — Politician, Elder Statesman
Galileo(Galilei) — (1564-1642) — Mathematician, Astronomer
Danny Glover — (1947-present) — Actor
Tracey Gold — (1969-present) — Actress
Whoopi Goldberg — (1955-present) — Actress
Georg Frideric Handel — (1685-1759) — Composer
Valerie Hardin — Gothic Poet, Artist, Children's Author
Mariette Hartley — (1940-present)
Actress (Tells of her and daughter's ADD)
William Randolph Hearst — (1863-1951) — Newspaper Magnate
Ernest Hemingway — (1899-1961) — Author
Milton Hershey — "The Chocolate King" — (1857-1945)
Dustin Hoffman — (1937-present) — Actor
Bruce Jenner — (1949-present) — Athlete
Luci Baines Johnson (1947-present) — LBJ's Daughter
"Magic" Johnson — (1959-present) — Basketball Player
Samuel Johnson — Author
Michael Jordan — (1963-present) — Basketball Player
John F. Kennedy — (1917-1963) — U. S. President
Robert F. Kennedy — (1925-1968) — U.S. Attorney General
Jason Kidd — (1973-present) — Professional Basketball Player
John Lennon — (1940-1980) — Musician
Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) — (1774 -1809)— Explorer
Abraham Lincoln — (1809-1865) — U.S. President (Entered The Black Hawk War as a Captain and came out a Private)
Greg Louganis — (1960-present) — Olympic Gold Medalist (Diving)
James Clerk Maxwell — (1831-1879) — British Physicist
Steve McQueen — (1930-1980) — Actor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — (1756-1791) — Composer
Napoleon Bonaparte — (1769-1873) — Emperor
Nasser(Gamal Abdel-nasser) — (1918-1970) — Egyptian Leader
Sir Issac Newton—(1642-1727) — Scientist, Mathematician (Did poorly in grade school)
Louis Pasteur — (1822-1895) — Scientist (Rated as mediocre in chemistry when he attended the Royal College)
General George Patton — (1885-1945) — Military
Pablo Picasso — (1882-1973) — Artist
Edgar Allan Poe — (1809-1849) — Author, Poet
Rachmaninov — (1873-1943) — Composer
Eddie Rickenbacker — (1890-1973) — WWI Flying Ace
John D. Rockefeller— (1839-1937)
Nelson Rockefeller — (1908-1979) — U.S. Vice President
August Rodin — (1840-1917) — Artist, Sculptor
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt — (1844-1962) — First Lady
Pete Rose — (1941-present) — Baseball Player
Babe Ruth — (1895-1948) — Baseball Legend
Nolan Ryan— (1947-present) — Baseball Player
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat — (1918-1981) — Egyptian President Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1976
George C. Scott — (1927-present) — Actor
George Bernard Shaw— (1856-1950)—Author
Will Smith — Actor, Rapper, Entertainer
Tom Smothers — (1937-present) — Actor, Singer, Entertainer
Socrates— (469-399 B.C.) — Philosopher
Suzanne Somers — (1946-present) — Actress
Steven Spielberg — (1946-present) — Filmmaker
James Stewart — (1908-1997) — Actor
Henry David Thoreau — (1817-1862) — Author
Leo Tolstoy — (1828-1910) — Russian Author (Flunked out of college)
Vincent van Gogh — (1853-1890) — Artist
Russell Varian— (1899-1959) — Inventor
Jules Verne — (1828-1905) — Author
Werner von Braun — (1912-1977) — Rocket Scientist Flunked 9th grade algebra.
Gen. William C. Westmoreland — (1914-present) — Military (Vietnam Era)
Robin Williams — (1952-present) — Comedian
Woodrow Wilson — (1856-1924) — U. S. President
Henry Winkler — (1945-present) — Actor (Fonzie)
Stevie Wonder — (1950-present ) — Musician
F. W. Woolworth— (1852-1919) — Department Store Innovator (While working in a dry goods store at 21, his employers wouldn't let him wait on a customer because he "Didn't have enough sense.")
Frank Lloyd Wright — (1867-1959) — Architect
Orville Wright — (1871-1948) — Airplane Developer
Wilber Wright — (1867-1912) — Airplane Developer
William Wrigley, Jr.— (1933-1999) — Chewing Gum Maker
William Butler Yeats — (1865-1939) Irish Author
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If the first step in an argument is wrong everything that follows is wrong. ~C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain​

 

[~RENEE~]

I was diagnosed when I was in grade school. No I've not received medical treatment.

 

[knownbeforetime]

My twin nieces have been diagnosed with ADD. You get right in their face, scream their name for five minutes until they finally look around and say, "Did somebody say something?" It's like they're in their own little world and sometimes you have to literally shake them out of it....

 

[he4rty]

My twin nieces have been diagnosed with ADD. You get right in their face, scream their name for five minutes until they finally look around and say, "Did somebody say something?" It's like they're in their own little world and sometimes you have to literally shake them out of it....

My son is the opposite, he has to be in your face 24hr a day and know everything your doing.

 

[NewSong]

YAY Tommy Smothers had ADD/ADHD how kewl is that?

 

[GrapeGirl]

When I was in grade school, the school psychologist told me I had ADD. My little brother is ADHD. Never cared though. I like my own little world. They all know me here.

 

[youthwalk]

Van Gogh and Poe were also bipolar
Quite a few movers and shakers and great people share my "disorder".
Florence Nightingale was also among those.

 

[NewSong]

Yeah sure everyone is going to lay claim to ADD/ADHD now that Jimbeaux has gave us the goodies. LOL jk BUT I did it before the fact. What a good girl am I!!! Now I know I really am a gift. Someone hurry up and unwrap me, it is time to see the gifts! LOL

 

[GrapeGirl]

uhh are you dressed under the wrapping paper?????

 

[Tehilla]

Uh oh careful "Beamers" and "Moons over My Hammy"
*Grabs shades* Must...protect...retinas