|
19 Jan 10 - 05:54 AM (#2815673) Subject: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome I have been thinking for a while that I have either Addictive Personality disorder or Attention Deficit Disorder so I looked them both up and found the former could be a symptem of the latter anyway! Just look at the following and see how many of you may be suffering the same - Adult ADD Symptom Test: If you experience more than 10 points on this adult ADD self symptom test, Attention Deficit Disorder is likely present. An internal sense of anxiety Impulsive spending habits Frequent distractions during sex Frequently misplace the car keys, your purse or wallet or other day-to-day items Lack of attention to detail Family history of ADD, learning problems, mood disorders or substance abuse problems Trouble following the proper channels or chain of commands An attitude of "read the directions when all else fails" Frequent traffic violations Impulsive job changes Trouble maintaining an organized work and/or home environment Chronically late or always in a hurry Frequently overwhelmed by tasks of daily living Poor financial management and frequent late bills Procrastination Spending excessive time at work due to inefficiencies Inconsistent work performance Sense of underachievement Frequent mood swings Trouble sustaining friendships or intimate relationships A need to seek high stimulation activities Tendency toward exaggerated outbursts Transposing numbers, letters, words Tendency toward being argumentative Addictive personality toward food, alcohol, drugs, work and/or gambling Tendency to worry needlessly and endlessly "Thin-skinned" - having quick or exaggerated responses to real or imagined slights I had 17! Go on - be honest. How many do you have? Cheers DeG |
|
19 Jan 10 - 05:55 AM (#2815675) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome Sorry, should be in the BS section. See - lack of attention to detail:-) Can a Mudelf please correct. Ta. |
|
19 Jan 10 - 07:10 AM (#2815719) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: MGM·Lion 'M I bovvered!!! |
|
19 Jan 10 - 07:23 AM (#2815725) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Smedley I think a lot of people suffer from MUD syndrome - Made-Up Disorder. I think they call themselves, erm, Mudcats ? Would that be right ? |
|
19 Jan 10 - 07:30 AM (#2815731) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: GUEST,Ed It's a list of being human. The Barnum Effect in other words. Me? All of them. Ed |
|
19 Jan 10 - 07:45 AM (#2815743) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome Mudcat disorder? Being Human? Barnum effect? My god! It is worse than I thought:-( :D (eG) |
|
19 Jan 10 - 07:54 AM (#2815745) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: GUEST,Ed My god! It is worse than I thought:-( Don't worry Dave, we're all in the same boat, and we still have the hills! Kinder and Bleaklow are still out there. |
|
19 Jan 10 - 08:02 AM (#2815757) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome Oooooh - Well said, Ed. Ingleborough in about 5 weeks if I am fit enough. That'll sort me out if anything:-) |
|
19 Jan 10 - 09:47 AM (#2815843) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Cuilionn Aye, David... I have ADD (moderate, but highly annoying) and only got diagnosed after I'd (barely) finished college. I've read a fair amount on the subject-- Drs Hallowell and Ratey, I believe, are some of the best writers on Adult (and child) ADD-- and I have come to see that this difference in brain wiring can, if well-managed, become just as much a gift as a liability. My mind tends to do a lot of leaping--I suspect that messages try to make their way through the "usual" channels but can't do so efficiently, so the nervous impulses do a hop, skip & jump to get around by alternate routes. This means I can be tremendously creative, though not always on anyone's preferred schedule! Finding a blend of medical and non-medical approaches and coping mechanisms can make a huge difference. I take some medication on an as-needed basis and employ a lot of non-medical tactics like "The Ohio Method." (OHIO is an acronymn for "Only Handle It Once," meaning that you should try to not put a project down until you've accomplished what needs to be done with it. An example: when you bring in the mail and see a bill, carry that bill right over to the desk, write out the payment slip and the check, get out the stamp and envelope, put them in the payment envelope, and put the payment into the mailbox instead of setting the bill in that gargantuan stack of things "to be dealt with later.") |
|
19 Jan 10 - 10:25 AM (#2815880) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome It's that 'hopping about' that set me off thinking in the first place so thanks for the input, Cuilionn. It was in particular reference to playing music oddly enough. I can get tunes out of all sorts of instruments - Guitar, Anglo Concertina, tin whistle, mouth organ, accordian, mandolin - basicaly most types but I have never mastered a single one well enough to consider my self a player:-( I am pretty sure it is because I cannot seem to focus on the practice long enough to master it:-( I cannot, for the life of me, meditate and I have an extemely low boredom threshold when faced with a single task. Oddly enough I can read for hours on end and I can happily multi-task or multi-thread at work and home. Just wondering if it is a condition or just me! Cheers DeG |
|
20 Jan 10 - 03:59 AM (#2816539) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome Now we are in our proper below the line place does anyone else have any experience of this? |
|
20 Jan 10 - 12:57 PM (#2816810) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Ebbie I've noticed that in times of extreme stress it is difficult to concentrate on anything else. Does that qualify? |
|
21 Jan 10 - 04:07 AM (#2817349) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dave the Gnome Any advice on how to concentrate on the task in hand? Or how to focus on a single thread? D. |
|
21 Jan 10 - 11:17 AM (#2817595) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Ebbie You know, I felt bad about the flippancy of my response so here is a resurrection. I don't have Attention Deficit Disorder but I do have an Obsessive/Compulsive bent. It is almost like I am trying to create one for myself. For instance, especially when I am out walking if a syllable occurs to me, I have to see how many words can be made by adding a single letter in front. If I happen to think of 'ard', I go down the list: bard, card, hard, lard, pard, ward... Or 'ere': here, mere, sere, were... And then I remind myself that 'w' usually changes the vowel sound from that of the others. When I get tired of it, I am able to stop. However, I don't know why I do it in the first place. |
|
21 Jan 10 - 05:08 PM (#2817999) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Dorothy Parshall Consider that some of the greatest people in history are thought to have had ADHD - J.F. Kennedy to da Vinci. You can google for a list and feel in very good company! |
|
21 Jan 10 - 05:28 PM (#2818021) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Ruth Archer Yeah...googling for those lists is kind of like googling for people who had learning difficulties, or dyslexia...Fact is, they were never tested in their lifetimes, and the application of certain labels to their "symptoms", sometimes decades or centuries after their deaths, is speculative at best and misleading at worst. The Barnum syndrome is a particular symptom of the internet - people stumble across lists of symptoms and self-diagnose all the time. Suddenly they self-identify as dyslexic or whatever without ever having been properly tested. It's actually quite insidious - you wouldn't dream of diagnosing yourself with a medical condition based on a description on the internet. You'd go to the doctor and get them to check it out. If you have serious concerns, D el G, that's what I'd do. |
|
21 Jan 10 - 05:33 PM (#2818025) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Bert 14 or 15, isn't that kinda normal though? |
|
21 Jan 10 - 05:57 PM (#2818048) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Ed T Could it be "the Halo effect" or "Herd mentality"....just wondering? |
|
21 Jan 10 - 06:01 PM (#2818051) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Folkiedave You should also take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppositional_defiant_disorder I think I know of a case which is not a child - normally they are the only people recognisable with this. Any thoughts Dave? |
|
21 Jan 10 - 09:24 PM (#2818156) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: ragdall All but three. How many are there? What was the question? |
|
22 Jan 10 - 04:47 PM (#2818852) Subject: RE: APD or ADD in adults From: Donuel I have 43, just kidding. I may have had a fair number of those symptoms but they have all but disappeared. Recently I am a lot better. Perhaps I have passed a healing threshold after being struck by lighting 4 years ago or I am coming out of a pesticide exposure poisoning incident. Whatever the reason I enjoy the wakefullness while it lasts. |