Addictive Personality | ADHD Information
I used to suffer form extreme boardome all the time. And I too would get a fix out of negative behaviour as well as high stimulation activites. And winding people up! Now I have been taking medication I do not get as bored as quickly so that is a good thing for me.
What do I find stimulating? Loud rock music, a must! Interesting films and documenteries ( I am addicted to the descovery channel, if you forgive the pun!). But is it frustrating when you say to someone else for instance, 'there was a facinating programme on last night abut hte formation of the Red Guard in Chna during the cultural revolution' people then tend to look at me as if I am insane. Lack of like-minded people to discuss with as always a downside for me.
Hey muddy,
I also am hooked on the discovery channel!!! Loud rock and roll is a must for me too!!!
If my medication wears off and I do the rebound, rock and roll will help my mind settle down.
Its so comforting to hear all these stories that read like my life!!!! I love the discovery, history-etc channel, especially Medical Mysteries or Separating Conjoined twins and the like! Loud music is a must! I drive around all day for my job & always wonder what the person next to me thinks when a 31 yr old momma in a minivan is rockin out...I guess I get a kick out of that, too! When i was young I was the incessant talker/class clown, but my smarts got me through h.s, and through college all with pretty darn good grades. Now I'm an adult with 2 kiddies(5 & 3). And even though I have a job that makes really good money, and everyone thinks I'm superwoman for "doing it all"....I feel like I've got everyone FOOLED!!! Constantly frazzled, losing things, wanting to self-medicate...I don't need to explain to you guys(ah, thankfully! so refeshing!) Started on Concerta, and it didn't do anything until i got up to 72mg, which has sent my brain packing, and also has thrown me into a deep blah depression. I can't wait to taper off this stuff & try something else....hoping for better days! All of your stories have brightened my day! Thanks.
The trick is move up the chain of command and delegate. Surround yourself with different personalities and delegate the tasks that your not good at!!! Works for me (along with my medication).
Too bad I can not delegate out the staff meetings!!! 
[QUOTE=SpaceyLady]...Loud music is a must! I drive around all day for my job & always wonder what the person next to me thinks when a 31 yr old momma is rockin out...I've got everyone FOOLED!!! [/QUOTE]
Try 41 yr.old! But I guess it doesn't really count if you don't look it--I got carded the other night @ BevMo--made my decade--maybe the guy was just trying to flirt. Trust me--you DO have everyone fooled. I know this is a megaWitch comment but I sometimes feel like anyone withOUT ADHD is an complete imbecile. So fooling them is an effortless task.
Terrie...HERE YEE!!!!!!
Don't worry about the MegaWitch comment! I may be the megaWitch of witches! 
I feel the same...these "normal" people make me nuts most of the time...you gotta "dumb it down" for some(how's that for witchy?!heehee). I just wish I then didn't feel so guilty about it...I always feel like someday my charade will be up & they'll fire me, turn of my electric & take away my house! Ah, the (annoying)imaginative side of ADD!
), not missing a mistake, recalling where anyone is at any given time, perfect yet effortless proofing & editing, etc. Although exist plenty of flaws--as my boss has kindly put it "Terrie can become agitated if a schedule is not adhered to" on my last evaluation. Ha! To say the least! Try to remember your outstanding qualities are genuine & real--they are just not what the majority of others have, that's all. There is no jig that's going to be up. You are a prodigy, a superstar
, plain & simple. We just get to be different & excel at the finer/smaller things most people have difficulty with. Go forth with confidence. Fool with vigor. Revel in your ADHD abilities!I have also learned to settle for less than perfection, especially in my home. I have always kept things pretty clean and neat, but with 3 dogs and 3 cats, it will never be as clean as I would like.
Still, like Terrie said, I like things to be pleasing to look at. I can't stand messes or things out of place. I may have a few piles of paperwork but it is organized piles.
I can't leave the house without the bed made or all the dishes washed.
[QUOTE=busterangel]...like Terrie said, I like things to be pleasing to look at. I can't stand messes or things out of place. I can't leave the house without the bed made or all the dishes washed.[/QUOTE]
Here, here!busterAngel! Couldn't have said it better. Cleanliness may be close to yada yada yada, but I'm already talking to God (or myself) aloud through the better part of the day. Everything must be in it's place because if I can't find it I don't like that & if I don't like something it's getting changed in a nanosecond. I'm quite certain I have the hygiene of a bike messenger & my husband follows me around the house with a bottle of bleach. I shower once a week (no, I'm not French) & yet am apparently attractive enough to be the window dressing at a snobby law firm in an even snottier city (like I said things have to look good--doesn't mean they necessarily are good). And for all of those who just recoiled @ my latter statement I can't tolerate the drying quality of water on my skin. I recall as a child getting in trouble for lying about washing my hands--you could beat me but I was not going to make my palms feel like that, NO WAY. This is like 1st grade-age so I had yet to learn about the enriching qualities of hand lotion & skin moisturizers, in which both I am constantly draped. If there's none around, pass the butter, olive oil or Crisco--I have GOT to have something between those fingerprints or I'm licking my palms like a quarterback (or so I've been told).
I hear you - I am 42 and have most of the mind components of a 20 year old.
I can totally be a control monger at times and drive myself crazy with it, or I used to, the meds helped me to let that go a little!!!
LCdc: I completely hear that at my age thing about the loud thrash-banging music--I'm 41 & although I may not look it I often wonder what people think--can't help it though, & who cares, right? Regarding perfection, I must not consciously strive for it. Because I don't ever feel like I've failed
--as long as I can get to the task (once I can reach it, it's getting done, like it or not, be it 4:3Oam--get outta my way) so perhaps perfection is the wrong word. I suppose it's the pleasing to me part that should be emphasized (sounds like just a couple of control issues here, huh?) I'm not sure if that is even close to an answer to your question. I often require much steering to stay on point or figure out what that is, as my mind has a mind of its own.
terrie38945.4210416667Yeah, I fully agree, meds can definitely help in that area; I've actually heard myself say aloud Oh, well & Who cares & even There's nothing I can do about it (a statement completely counter to my nature). That's why I'm none too pleased about going off my Adderall--not to mention I fear I'll gain a zillion pounds (vanity rears its unattractive head
).I understand the addiction to anything stimulating. Video games, food, sex, masturbation, weed, alcohol, hobbies, are so addicting that I'll day dream all day about any or all of these things. I couldn't stop thinking all day about how much I want some weed, and I still can't find any.ha!2funny--I can certainly concur--there's a water bong hidden in our garage for severe sinus headaches, but frankly I'm kinda glad not to have it because then every trip to the store becomes an adventure. Although it does make Saturday Night Live funnier . . . Oaking & ivying forst(?)(forest?) thou . . . Go forth & graze--mangia, bello--tutto bene!Would that mean itching for you if it was poison Oak and poison Ivy????
I fell like I am in a low budget Shakespeare play!!!
Oh, but you are . . .
Whenever davidOrnado is abreast, we're all ensconced in a so bad&overtly-rich it's got to be fattening Much Ado About Absolutely Nothing; anyone reading is instantly an aspiring Bard.
Ahhh, better yet said when, than whenever, as a new man am I, fairly wrenched from the wicked wench of the west.
BTW, I can get married on Friday.
How about you?
Oh, but you are . . .
Whenever davidOrnado is abreast, we're all ensconced in a so bad&overtly-rich it's got to be fattening Much Ado About Absolutely Nothing; anyone reading is instantly an aspiring Bard.
[QUOTE=LCdc]Would that mean itching for you if it was poison Oak and poison Ivy????[/QUOTE]
MaresEatOats&DoesEatOats&LittleLambsEatIvy
Or 2 hrs in Wal-Mart buying too much everything. And of course justifying said purchase because it's so much cheaper than Target & Safeway. I swear I'm there every freakin' night--I need a tram that goes directly from my house to the store.
Amongst the pines, no less...
[QUOTE=terrie]MasterOrnado: How I have pined for thee![/QUOTE]
MastOrnado rolls better.
and
terrie,
I was wondering if it were thee!
How I have redwooded and cedared for you!
And now I have to go eat, and put food under my tongue, so it works faster.
Did someone mention carving?
I like to carve.
I crave to
carve
Time to think snow, you know.
Days ARE getting shorter, finally...
MasterOrnado: How I have pined for thee! And of course now I have to leave work
. Further commentary assured, but for now, Carving gives both the satisfaction of: 1.) Control & 2.) Leaving your Mark O' Perfection on the World terrie38950.7441435185Skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing--anything you can do whilst carving
!terrie - does it bother you when you try for perfection and fail?? Sometimes I find myself tied in a knot if I try to do this and fail!!!
Most of the time I do not try for perfection, just close, so it won't be such a let down!! And the times I achieve perfection, I feel like I don't deserve it.
Yup, loud and crazy music is good - I think some people find it funny that I relax to that type of music at my age!!!
How can I, when I've never been abreast of thee?Ha!
Currently trying to paste an avatar o-myself as a technical intervention-slash-challenge. And, what--no commentary about being a mammary?i have a addictive personality, put anything in front of me that im not bored with and its stimulating, personally i hate it but cant stop the behaviours. i get frustrated when i dont find something stimulating,i love alcohol and dope, car racing, love speed-fast cars, jetskiing, show rides, cant help getting distracted by sounds, colours, sex -anything that gives me a buzz and excitementWelcome to my world!!!!
Medication for adhd does help!!! The stimulation you are talking about used to make me feel alive and afterward relaxed. These tendencies still rear their evil head once in awhile, but much less now!!!!
I guess I get my adrenaline fix in the summer on my job and in the winter snowboarding with my kids.
Touche!
Okay, you're technically brilliant: Help me get this mother-blessed
@*#&$%! avatar-thingy from my email onto our boards. I've succeeded in finally getting it off o' my phone--prvt msg me your email or vice versa--I'm seeing stars I'm so sick of trying...
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LOL!!!!!!
That's damn funny.
I have squashed lots of addictions for the good of the family!!! What other choice do you have?
If I did not have kids - I probably would not have been so worried about myself and repercussions to myself!!
does eat oats and mares eat oats, but little lambs eat ivy.although food has been an addiction for me
I trend to being a serial addict.
What's my addiction du jour?
It has been these threads.
It has been R-Oh.
It has been s*x.
It has been many other things, including productive work.
So, now having begged confession, and given it, what now?
How do you harness your addiction for the good of the family?
I'm not addicted to any chemicals,alcohol, quit smoking. Actually I am addicted to coffee. I'm a control freak (to myself, poor me) and refuse to let anything control me such as drugs or people. (except the law-no choice there)
I do tend to get depressed cause life is not like my fantasies and everything seems so mundane and boring. I have a love for the unusual and eccentric.
I get bored so easily !!
I always have to keep my mind occupied with something. I can't just relax. Im either in hyper mode or so exhausted I can't even sit up !
For example when I cook for my family I almost never make the same meal twice cause to me that's boring. I also constantly change the furniture around in the house. This drives my husband crazy ! I also constantly change my hair color and style.
I even constantly change my handwriting !! I used to change my first name too.
I can almost never watch a movie twice (except pulp-fiction and blade-runner ) or
read a book twice. I also refuse to see the same country twice if I travel. Except for family or friends.
So CHANGE is my addiction.
I should only be changing my underwear on a regular basis and luckily for my husband he can stay !!
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