Posted: 04 November 2009 at 6:33am | IP Logged

not less emoitional not more.

our emotion feelings are very strong

the cognitive interpretation of external stimulus is the weaker brain function .

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so as cognition occures its is weaker than primal emotion

as the frontal lobe matures we can rely more on what we have learned  than just how we feel about it.

so when the frontal lobe is not connecting  cognitve interpretations fast enough

ADDers react more closely with primal emotion.

i'm not saying we dont have cognitive emotion.  just it takes longer to react to cognitive thoughts.

1.  one way is use stimulants to boost the activity of the frontal lobe- meds
2. another way is to relearn how to react to stimulus- therapy

so the warning is

if youre not adhd and you use stimulants and depressants like nictotine,alcohol ect.  you can become adhd

like i said there are many things that cause adhd

let me say  that smoking during pregnatcy  . those chemicals get to the newly forming brain.

waiting a month to become a healthy  expectant  mother

may cause a life time stuggle with adhd

IMHO of course

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on a personal note

when i was young i was trying to tell my school that something was different about me that could sense i was different than the achievers.

though i wasnt hyper physically.

my mind was  i would get bored in class  and if a teacher started a lecture with something i thought i already know. pbshh i would tune out.

what i should of been doinging is getting poised to hear the part where the lecturer goes into more detail revelaing more nuance.

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so after highschool i was wild  i mean nothing was out of bounds. my parents dumped me and i did what ever i pleased   even went hungry .

now though at age 40 everything is off limits . no self meds or addictive behaviors.

i realized my life is more productive  with stucture  both mental and physical.

I still have trouble not reacting impulsivly when someone is yelling at me.

cause as soon is give in to me strong feelings   i say things without thinking and cant take them back.

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over and over i have had to  shun the people around me and re emerge in a new group. due to speaking from strong emotions .

i realized that was counter productive. having a social structure around me keeps me from learning- just from my own experiences. THE HARD WAY

so recognition of when im edgy or boiling under my skin - time for me to avoid triggers and targets that irratate me even people!

but i ad to learn to not stat isolated  i need to re enter my social group/structure

but not be attention seeking or grandios.

just simply give myself more moments to think - i do that by practicing being the listener  in conversations. and if there is sress or tension i recognive that i should not speak from strong emotion but rather calm thoughts. if i cant then i just walk away excusing myself  by saying "let me think about it".

Posted: 06 November 2009 at 12:10am | IP Logged

brunette678 wrote: Hey guys. So i just thought i would ask if my possible "symptoms" resemble any of yours and if seems like I have ADHD. I've always thought I had ADD...i've always had extreme problems concentrating, especially if there's a lot of noise..particularly words (music, tv, people talking.) Sometimes i can't even concentrate on things if it's completely silent..i just stare into space or start thinking about other things. i have trouble paying attention in conversations or in class sometimes, even if i think the topic/person is interesting. i feel bad sometimes because ill be talking to a friend but ill just straight up stop listening to them and have to ask them again what they said. the worst part is that lately, i have been sooo easily irritated and stressed! It's insane how easily things are irritating me, and i'm afraid i'm going to lash out at one of my roommates for something stupid. i try to think positive but sometimes it's hard to control it. i guess my biggest question is, do you guys think the irritability aspect is part of ADHD? i want to make a doctor's appointment over my next school break..but before i do it would be nice to hear what others with experience with the disorder think. forgot to add the first time- i lose thing all the time, whenever i go on a trip or go to the store, i always forget at least ONE thing, and i switch around from task to task- it's hard to keep doing one thing for a long time. i'm also very disorganized..but i guess that might just be in my nature? i'm not sure. thanks! replies would be greatly appreciated!

Everyone is different.  We each have to find ways to manage our attention and memory lapses.

The irritability might be included inthe concpet of Opostional concepts, which can be a part of ADHD.  Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a catergory by itself.  I find myself motivated to prove others wrong.  What types of irritation do you feel toward others?  do they just bother yo, or do you feel that they are wrong in some way?

Doctors have pills.  Did you ant to take pills?  What pills would you like to take?  What are the effects you are looking for?  Do you just want to mellow out for your roomates?  Do you want to make it easier to listen in class and do homework?

 I post here to work on my problems without pills.  Did you want to try to be less irritable with your roomates?  In what situations do you feel irritable?  Is there some way to see the sequcence earlier, and change your thinking to be more tolerant of your roomates?  What are you doing with Caffiene?  Coffee and most sodas have caffiene.  Some people feel irritable, to varying degrees, for a period of three days after stopping caffiene intake.  Being aware of your caffiene cycles can be important for your irratibility.

Either stay off Caffiene for more than three days, or drink Caffiene every day, or be aware of hightened irritablity if you are in the three day withdrawal period.  Drinking coffee every two or three days would make you irritable most of the time.  

What visions of lashing out come to mind?

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Posted: 10 November 2009 at 5:23am | IP Logged

My doctor told me to always get good sleep!

Sure enough everytime I get isomnia, I get very forgetful and irritable.

To the above poster!

Do you think it's Adhd?