People with ADD, do you go from one addiction to another?!
Question: People with ADD, do you go from one addiction to another!?
I mean does your life seem like a series of 'addictions'!.!.!.like you are trying to balance all those re-occuring addicting distractions all day long!? Does it seem like an endless set of cycles this to that to this back to that again!. And when life causes you to lose one addiction, it ends up you replace it with another!? Does anyone, ADD, or otherwise, experience this type of existence!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I experience this often!. I get hooked on doing things!. Like my Right now addiction is Yahoo answers!. If This is like most of my other addictions, I will grow tired of this and start something else!. And come back to this later!. And when I am addicted its like I don't want to do anything but that thing!.
I have not been diagnosed as ADD (never went to the doctor) But I am certain I have it!. My brother has it and we are just alike with our behaviors!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have not been diagnosed as ADD (never went to the doctor) But I am certain I have it!. My brother has it and we are just alike with our behaviors!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Wat you are describing is more OCD peolpe with ADD & ADHD can not keep focused and have difficulty finishing any thing!.They are easily distracted and very hyperactive!.That is why they need meds to slow their actions down so they can achieve some resemblance of a nomal life!.I have a brother who is ADD and our grandson has HDDA the 12 year old grandson is on meds and doing well,my 46 year old brother has never been treated for it and he reminds me of a mexican jumping bean as he can not sit still and you can not have a converesation with him wih out him getting distracted!.
You can however develope OCD if you were never treated for ADD,I sugest get treated for both and start living a happier existance!.Good luck and God Bless!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You can however develope OCD if you were never treated for ADD,I sugest get treated for both and start living a happier existance!.Good luck and God Bless!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
well, i cant speak for the entire ADD/ADHD community, but i am ADHD and i can tell you what i know
ADD: Attention Deficite Disorder=lack attention, randomly stare off into space
ADHD: Attention Deficite Hyper Disorder=same, except we lack attention because we're hyper, yea!
now, we aren't addicts, we just cant concentrate without our meds!. i know that i find it very frustrating when i dont take my meds because i cant concentrate!. it also seems like randomness is a common trend among us!. the cool thing about ADHD kids is that they dont need to take a substance to get high, it's a lack of a substance that makes them high (if you dont get it--we go super hyper w/o our meds, possibly resembling somebody who is high)
that's what i have experienced in my life, but we are very diverseWww@Answer-Health@Com
ADD: Attention Deficite Disorder=lack attention, randomly stare off into space
ADHD: Attention Deficite Hyper Disorder=same, except we lack attention because we're hyper, yea!
now, we aren't addicts, we just cant concentrate without our meds!. i know that i find it very frustrating when i dont take my meds because i cant concentrate!. it also seems like randomness is a common trend among us!. the cool thing about ADHD kids is that they dont need to take a substance to get high, it's a lack of a substance that makes them high (if you dont get it--we go super hyper w/o our meds, possibly resembling somebody who is high)
that's what i have experienced in my life, but we are very diverseWww@Answer-Health@Com
I think I might be on that path!. From cutting to possibly an ED if I don't freaking eat some food!. No healthy coping skill seems to work as well as cutting, so I'm looking for a new addiction to replace it!. I thought I was going mad!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, ive never actually thought of that but now that I look back ive had alot of strange addictions, well i wouldnt call them addictions, more like habbits!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
since when did they start having addictionsWww@Answer-Health@Com
wow I was thinking that the other day!. lolWww@Answer-Health@Com
Can't talk now!Www@Answer-Health@Com
yesssssssssss holy hellWww@Answer-Health@Com