Is It An AD(H)D Thing? | ADHD Information
Absolutely. I used to wonder how I could be so gung-ho about something and the next day crash and be almost depressed that I had gotten so excited about something that seemed so fanciful.
And getting disappointed in the face of either criticism from others or my own disappointment in myself. Extreme sometimes and hard to shake.
Thank God for the enthusiams though.
Total heart on my sleeve kinda girl here. Sometimes it gets me into trouble, but the one real positive thing about it is that my depth of emotions allows me to see and feel in a way some people will never know. I've gotten stronger over the years and learned tips and techniques to deal with the down side, but the upside can be pretty amazing regarding creativity and the way we see the world in general. Sounds vaguely familiar to me... Young ADHDers wear their hearts on their sleeves.I'm just wondering if getting overly excited about some things and getting overly disappointed about some things is common among AD(H)Ders.
I've always been like this...anyone else?
Absolutely Bepatient and to make it worse everyone can read me like a book. I can't hide feelings either.
Absolutely!
I think it has something to do with our poor sense of our place in time. We live now and have great trouble with past and future. We anticipate something and project our desires on it - changing it from a maybe to something we already have. Then when reality comes and we compare it to what we made up it always leaves us lacking.
I find now fully medicated that it isn't nearly as bad. I still sometimes get into wish fulfillment but it's something I can keep a grip on most times. Boring? Yes but way easier on the heart.
I still get overly excited about certain things in my life. Sometimes I get so hyper about things I am passionate about that my really good friends give me cues to settle down. 
Also if I am really frustrated, my body language can become very obvious!! 
I tend to get neither Excited about things nor Disapointent . . . Just a Boring Middle ~ LOVL !
I think this is NOT a result of ADD, but a result of my childhood.
[QUOTE=candyhound21410] It always happens to me. Everyone can tell if im mad, or happy.[/QUOTE]
Me too
And what's bad is people freak out sometimes if I show it, even if I'm calm about it.
I feel the same emotions, and people can read me like a book too. Even my 7 year old will say "mommoy, why do you have the FACE"? Meaning, not too happy face. I am just realizing I have ADHD after 39 years of coping. I always knew I was different, but then again, I thought I was normal....LOL funny huh? I get mad at friends that are not ready to drop everything to go places with me. People that want to stay home and do nothing, bore me, I think they are lazy. No offence to any one, I am just on the go all the time and think every one should be like me. I have only been reading this board for like 2 weeks, but I have learned alot and I feel better KNOWING what is wrong with me.
[QUOTE=SB_UK]
We'll find our place in time,
A place in time beyond the sun.
We'll find our place in time,
A place in time to call our own.
[/QUOTE]
I like that, thanks. 
... me too :-) ...
sb.
[QUOTE=GlenW]I think it has something to do with our poor sense of our place in time.[/QUOTE]
Great comment Glen - and 'time' surprisingly - or rather - (the means by which we represent temporally dispersed events within our mind) is the core 'difference' (whoops...'IMO' ...:-)...) between the ADDer and nonADDer (or rather our time (non)sense is a {primary,direct} consequence of the core difference between ADDer and nonADDer).
Cool!
SB.
A fellow extreme ADDer uses this song to represent your idea.
I'm from the UK and we don't get the show - but anyways here goes ... ... ...
4400 people :
We'll find our place in time,
A place in time beyond the sun.
We'll find our place in time,
A place in time to call our own.
SB_UK38958.5207291667It always happens to me.
Everyone can tell if im mad, or happy.