self harm | ADHD Information

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Actualy. I did some research and in some ADHD/ADD cases there are some patients who have caused self inflicted injuries associated with that illness. My son's pediatrician even told me that it can happen. Luckily my son never showed any signs.

However it is still something serious wether it is associated with an illness or not and should not be taken lightly. I definatly think they need to see their doctor and get help before it does escalate like you mentioned.

Tracy

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Well, it may happen with "normal" people as well, with bipolar, depressed, schizos! It may happen to anyone! It doesn't make it an ADD/ADHD thing! It's like suicide! You may say, oh, he killed himself because he had ADD, but it wasn't the ADD that did it! The ADD may have started a negative trend, but you are allowed to think!!!

I've preached that we are copys of eachother, and we are to a certain point, but I've never thought about cutting myself! I've thought about suicide, but theres alot of "normals" that thinks about it as well!

Get my point? You can't blame everything on a syndrome! It may getting you on the wrong track, but we do have clear moments, and in those moments we have the possibility to reflect! And make future desicions from that! I've been steeling, and I reflected on it, I don't steel anymore even though the thought may cross my mind! But in that moment a bell rings in my head.....

He cuts himself because he lost his job, he can't cope with it! Thats why he does it, not because he has ADD/ADHD, sh*t, I've lost 20-30 jobs, never wanted to kill me or cut myself....! We are different from eachother! But I refuse to agree with any socalled expert that sais that it's an ADD/ADHD thing! It doesn't help having it, but you can't blame everything on ADD/ADHD! A percentage of "us" will be selfdestructive and suicidal, but you will find the same in the "normal" group! Should we then say that its a normal thing?????

Sorry, got a little bit provocated by it

It is certainly NOT an ADHD trait!! It is a sign of a more serious psychological trauma - many teens with bipolar exhibit this strongly.

Many times cutting is a traumatized brain's way of diverting psychological pain to physical pain which is easier to manage and releases endorphins. It can lead to far worse damage and even tragedy.

DO get a psychologist to check you out!!! I cannot be more adamant - this is a very unwise thing to let go on and cannot help you in more than a small way in the short term. You can end up with permanent nerve damage, scarring, infection and heaven forbid you hit a major artery!

Please get help.

Message*Anteros38998.645775463Sounds hard, but I do not think that is an ADD/ADHD thing! You should seriously get help! I'm not a shrink, but I guess theres a chance that this wil escalate!

Tracy

[QUOTE=Anteros]Sounds hard, but I do not think that is an ADD/ADHD thing! You should seriously get help! I'm not a shrink, but I guess theres a chance that this wil escalate![/QUOTE]

Hello.

I have never experienced that and I hope that my 8 year old son who was recently diagnosed with ADHD never goes through that either.

Have you talked to your doctor about it? Maybe get some sort of councelling for it? I had a friend who's 16 year old daughter was doing it so bad she had to be hospitalized for a long time.

Maybe get yourself a personal journal either online and or offline and whenever you get upset or stressed write your feelings down. Maybe that will help to release the tension in a more healthy and safe manner?

I am sorry to hear about your job and I truly do hope that things get better for you.

The best of luck to you!

Hugs

Tracy

does anyone out there who has adhd cut themselves when there stressed or am i stupid????

i lost my job today which i loved (4th job lost now) because i did something stupid at work which i thought i was doing okay, was told by the boss that i never listen or learn by my mistakes (i have a lot of trouble learning from my mistakes especially when i think i'm right) anyway i got home from the meeting and was quite upset that without thinking cut myself a few times with the razor blade and just watched myself bleed but i felt great its like the anger just lifted off me (this is twice now Ive done this)

a few hours have now past since this and it feels like i never cut myself and feels like today didnt happen, maybe the shock hasnt yet sunk in!!!!! i have never been depressed, so was wondering is this normal for an adder or am i crazy and stupid and this is the first sign of depression???? (i always do compulsive things without thinking first and i get addicted very easy to things and how do i stop this from continuing before it becomes an addiction (at the time the feeling was exciting)????

I used to cut myself in jr. high and high school to relieve pain- you are right, it's like watching it(pain/anger etc.) being let out- the last time I did was when I was about 23. I am 32 now and have not done any cutting since I had the realization that it was 1) a really BAD coping mechanism and 2) I pictured myself years later when my children would ask me "Mommy, what's that on your arm?" Write,draw,exercise,ANYTHING! It doesn't say how old you are but really think about the long term effects. What will you say to your beautiful son or daughter one day about the scars? I don't know-that's what stopped me. Now I write my frustrations... It's one of my outlets another way to visably SEE the pain leaving-

I'm a he. Got all the working parts and everything!

I know - Glen is sort of androgynous. I'm not.

It's ok.