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can a hypeactive mind be ADD-related? this is a big issue for me because rather than being externally distracted, when i am trying to concentrate on something difficult or boring my mind starts getting hyperactive & over-stimulated about something, and then i can't concentrate on whatever the task is. anxiety goes along with it, so i dont really know where it's coming from. because eventually whatever im thinking about causes heart pounding, insomnia, sometimes even shakiness. i'm having trouble figuring it out.

just as an example to try and make it a little clearer...let's say i just finished having an interesting conversation with somoneone. during the convo, im completely absorbed. and when it's over, i replay it over and over in my mind, sometimes for hours and it impairs my concentartion on pretty much anything else. i dont know what to do...i never really hear people complain about this, so i dont know what's wrong. and if i don't know what's wrong, how will i know how to resolve it? maybe i should copy 7 paste this post and give it to my doctor, when i find one.

sorry i just dragged on and on...im sorry i dont really help anyone else too much on this board. im kinda new to ADHD and im not good at giving advice, and i dont want to give anyone here lousy advice :/do you think ADDers act similarly to stimulants as they do to caffeine? (I've neard this, but don't want to believe it) I have never been on stims before and as foolish as this may seem, I am trying to predict how I would behave on stimulants, but hoping I don't react the same way as I do with caffeine, because on caffeine I sort of become hypomanic; I cannot focus any better on anything but what interests me. and what does interest me, I cannot get my mind off of to focus on anything else. (For example while I'm doing homework I'm thinking about flying on an airplane or riding a bike, if the hw bores me to death.)

The way I get an interesting thought in my mind and my mind (not me) becomes overactive and cannot stop thinking about it, sometimes i think i might also be manic-deoressive, because aside from my concentration being impaired (as usual), i am happy when i think about these interesting thoughts, and also mentally excited. i don't know if any of you guys here have this problem, but (and I know this might sound mean), I hope some of you do because I need to know what it is before I can resolve it, and if it's ADD I'll just assume that a stim med will help. Know what i mean?

I appreciate all your replies. sometimes the way my mind works drives me crazy.

The response to caffeine cannot predict how you will respond to any of the different meds, anymore than success or failure on one med will predict the same for others. That individuallity comes into play.

I get the first thing alot but not sure bout the second.

When I have any amount of caffiene I have been told that I act like I'm high
(on pot). Can't really compare the effects of the two things since I'm against
illegal drugs but I do get overly enthused about things that interest me when
i have caffiene... if thats what you mean?

we add'ers man how alike as a bunch maybe everyone else in the world is missing out.

i cannot stop focusing on something once its started

to the point where i vague out when people talk to me cause im still on this other thing.

i dont think caffeine has an effect on this either(dont knock caffeine)

gotta love that coffee

The first thing you said happens to me a lot. Sorry I didn't understand what
you were saying in the second part. I don't know if it would be considered "hyperfocusing", but is it common for someone with ADD to be so interested in something that they find exciting/interesting that when they try to focus on something else, your mind just goes back to whatever the interesting thing was? I've been having this problem for about 3-4 years now, and I can't figure out what it is.

Also, is your reaction to caffeine similar to that of a stimulant med? When I have something with caffeine, all that really happens is I get more interested in whatever it is I find interesting, but still cannot focus on anything boring. I think my mind getsso bored tht it tries to find something interested to stick with.

Sorry if this made no sense to anyone. I appreciate your comments.