Question about ADD symtpoms | ADHD Information

[quote]Is that ADD---asking the same question?[/quote]

Actually it's something much worse ... it sounds like a really bad case of RQD.

Repetitive Question Disorder

The only known therapy is to wear one of those "invisible fence" dog collars and to get a shock after asking a repetitive questive. Clinical studies have shown that only 27% of the affected see improvement, however, the same study indicated that 100% of the people controling the shock button laugh their asses off.


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I was wondering if this is an ADD symptom or something else.

 Is that ADD---asking the same question?

Just off the top of my head, I'm gona' say that to me this does not sound like a ADD symptom, even though he MAY have ADD & something else.

Virtualy all ADDrs have other co.existing disorders that need to be treated.

 

 

 

 

 

[/QUOTE] Holly

Okay ... I had my fun.

It's kinda a symptom. A primary ADD symptom is impulsiveness. My impulsiveness caused non-stop problems for me for decades. It manifests itself in a number of ways ... one of which being that I frequently said inappropriate things in any type of setting. One of the first things I noticed with the ADD meds is that my brain finally paused long enough for me to think about what I was going to say -- the result being that I am much more able to control the impulse to blurt out the first (and often stupid) thing that comes to my mind.

Your husbands behavior sounds like an impulsive ADD symptom. However, if that the only ADD symptom he displays, then I would assume he does not have it. If he is ADD, then there should be more signs.

There's an assessment tool on WebMD. Visit there section on ADHD, there should be a link.

Good luck.

MaxDad

I was wondering if this is an ADD symptom or something else.

My husband---when he meets new people--he will ask the same questions and continue to talk about that question. I think it's total inapproperiate. When meeting someone--he doesn't ask "normal" questions. He asks them if they have kids, how many, and if they are having more? He will continue to ask this question and nag them to have more kids. What's up with that??? I find it very strange. Is that ADD---asking the same question?

He also thinks he can not be friends with anyone who does not enjoy the same things he does. He tells me that he has nothing in common with them--so he can't be friends with them. It has to be: sports, computers, TV and beer. If they don't watch sports, play basketball, computer illiterate, or drink beer----he has nothing to talk about and will not be friends.

Is that "normal"?

I only answered that way because I don't drink or watch TV and I love computers.

I'm not normal. He is.

Drunk in front of a television and hating computers is just how I think of average "normal" Americans sometimes.
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If they don't watch sports, play basketball, computer illiterate, or drink beer----he has nothing to talk about and will not be friends.

Is that "normal"?

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Watching a lot of TV and computer illiterate is almost my personal definion, or stereotype, of a "normal." or NON-adhd person.


Wait, that sounds harsher than I wanted it to...... Asking annoying questions without realizing how annoying they are may be an ADD trait. I think most ADD people are able to reign in their "speak first, think later" tendency somewhat. It is sometimes a struggle, and we HAVE to be aware of our poor conversation skills and how they can make people feel. You will have to make it a point to explain people's reaction to your husband. He may be completely unaware how he's being perceived.

About his being able to only be friends with certain people: he's just being narrowminded. Not an ADD thing.