prickly nerves... why do i have them? | ADHD Information

anger management.. i need it  Aww Jonesie, don't stop ranting here!  How would it be counter-productive?  I don't understand that.  Bottling up anger is bad, right?  You've got to release it somehow, and like you said, this is better than punching someone.  Or maybe you can meditate?  Probably the best thing would be to figure out *what* makes you so angry.  I get pretty irritable easily, and I read this somewhere and I think it makes sense -- with ADHD, your mind is running so fast that it can't handle input trying to force itself in -- such as with me, my brain is whirling and my son starts crying -- I get irritable because I can't take the added intrusion of his crying, so you feel forced to try and deal with it but it's hard because you're trying to deal with something else and blah blah blah . . When we're at our ADHD worst, can't really handle any other stimulation/input . . . It may be stress but it may be something else. You need to talk to your dr about this. Until you mentioned concerta slowing you down, I thought of bipolar. I would discuss it with your dr as there are things he can do to help you through this.Omalley, I was about to make a post about pretty much the same thing.  I've been on Adderall XR 20mg for about 2 months now and can definetely tell when it is not working. . . Last few days especially, I'm just so irritable and my head spins to the point that looking at the computer screen or watching TV for longer than a 1/2 hour makes my head hurt.  Actually, it's really any kind of stimulation makes my head hurt -- guess it doesn't want any competition with the motor that's going.  I have no patience for my son and absolutely NONE for my husband wanting to play on his computer all day.

AND I've been doing the talking thing, too.  It feels like I have to be talking and I will talk to my husband about ANYTHING and it got to the point where he looked up from his computer at me and gave me a funny look and I realized he was trying to work on something but I was standing there talking my head off about nothing and just felt like I HAD to... I have no idea what all this is!!  It's making me depressed.

I think it could be related to stress, cos I'm definetely stressed out and sounds like you are too.  Things arent like this when times are calmer.
hey heidi --- i get that talking thing sometimes.  when i just have to talk and talk to get something out.   i can't really verify what it is --- but i think for me, at bottom, it is anger.

i have a lot of anger --- and sometimes i think just talking helps me feel like i am releasing it.  rather than punching someone in the face (which would do just as well, but then you have the guilt afterwards....).

i also use these boards to release a lot of negative tension in me.  but i am beginning to wonder whether it is not counter-productive and instead of giving in to those urges to rant and vent, thinking that it is therapeutic, i would be better off resisting them entirely.

i think i am going to try that strategy from now on.  as best i can.  because i am often not particularly successful with any kind of self-discipline.  but it will be my intention - if not the result.

i am also stressed and i have no good reason to be - particularly.  it is beautiful weather here, i know nice people, i think i should just go out dancing tonight and get completely pissed and dance until four in the morning.  that is my other coping mechanism for anger.

i don't have any working coping mechanisms for ADD however.....

Has anyone ever had something that I can only describe as 'prickly nerves'? This week has been so strange... the witch at work got fired after years of giving hell to everyone. it's thrown my life into havoc there but i love it because i have lots to do and it keeps me busy. on thursday, i started to have this feeling like my nerves were on edge and every move i made would make little pricks fly to my skiin so it was like i was one giant nerve. it has continued through the weekend although at a lower pace. i've also been talking at the speed of light and almost flying as if on speed. Friday i took four concerta (36mg each) just to slow down enough to function. Friday night i had didn't sleep despite all the melatonin i took because i kept having dream after dream and i'd wake up with chills or hot or scared or just stunned. all weekend it's been a continuation of nerves, speedy mouth, speedy brain and exhaustion. 

and, as if not enough is going on, we've got a 5th grader moving in with us for anywhere from one to six months. his mom is going back to africa tomorrow to take care of residency issues and he's staying with us. this is a kid with some issues b/c he's been alone so much afterschool and in eves. he's so incredibly sweet and respectful but he's got a lying/manipulative thing going. the problem is that i see me in him. he's like i was as a kid... growing up alone with a single mom who was never there... i'm so scared i won't be able to deal with someone who has my same issues (issues i've worked so hard to deal with and move on from).

Do you think my nerve problem is a physical response to stress or could it be something else i should worry about?