Do you guys think I have ADHD?

im sorry this post is so wierd 

 im hyper focussing and guessing at the same time

this post cant be taken seriously  - ommas

i guess my biggest question is, do you guys think the irritability aspect is part of ADHD?

IMPULSE

Think about this for a minute.

there are two areas of the brain that help us react.

there a gland that were born with  and then between 11-17 we start to rely on more cognitive thoughts and not just our first reaction.

 this is why  its seen as more prevaliant in children because some us delay learning to control our emotions cognitively as our brains fully develope  and we use our cognitive thoughts to react  rather than our primal instincts.

so  there is this impulse thing.

ive noticed in myself that i can see an agressor coming and think too myself  ,,

im not gonna argue ,im not gonna argue ,im not gonna argue ,im not gonna argue ,

then the stress hits and i get caught up i dont hear my inner voice

that gland is sending out strong signals  to react to what im hearing without thinking. its easy to give in to my gut reactions but most adults know  that thinking things through ,even asking for clarification is worth the time and effort, and aviods potential stress 

it took a long time for me to keep my mouth shut. and just listen. especially when someone is demanding answers NOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GDI

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SO I HAD TO START MAPPING OUT MY VERBAL CUES.

what sets me off,

what calms me down.

what creates time to think before answering!

when i started taking meds  my cues changed .

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believe it or not

relearning to take a time out  was nessasary.

like a child being sent to a chair or a corner.

sounds wierd  30 and sendinng mself to a time out.

but i was suprised at how much better i could think through problems when i was calm.  actually i relised i was a great problem solver  , but i was a terrible debater. so i keep my mouth shut when someone else is upset.

thats a social cue  that doesnt change with med changes.

if im i know im going to make them mad ---   i say what i got to say then i sit on my hands and listen  trying to repeat what thier saying  to be clear(which calms them)  . then when thier calm and were both calm i rebuttle.

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what im saying is  irratibility is more of a frustration issue  which is not solely ADHD. 

but adhd do have alot of irratibility due to external stimules

i mean mixed with

not recalling steps

hyperfocusing

felling overwhelmed

loss sense of time

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i would say  

1.  a complete and accurate diagnosis
2. the right meds and dosage

are the best combination for irratibility

follow that with effective  listening and communication skills. then 

   3. a therapist can see right through emotional issues while talking  , to help identify emotional triggers and discover coping skills to use instead of impulsive reactions . and that is the miracle of a great therapist-

that they can bring forth these terrible emotions to help you reconize them coming and  practice descalation in the privacy of thier room. instead of with important people in our daily lives.  dont forget to thank them for what thier worth!!!!!!!!!

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well i thought i was a little off

so looked up some of it to be sure

we keep some of our adolesnt coping skills , if our brains havent fully developed. Although scientists don't know yet what accounts for the observed changes, they may parallel a pruning process that occurs early in life that appears to follow the principle of "use-it-or-lose-it:" neural connections, or synapses, that get exercised are retained, while those that don't are lost.

its my understanding that as this pruning occures - the area being pruned becomes hyper activated  - similar to what happens with alzhimers as parts of the brain shut down.

so my self observation is why im sometimes having hyper thoughts and other times  im just staring at nothing

so many things can make this happen, genetic, trauma, disease that inhibits growth, drugs like pot  that damage brain cells and furthur retard new growth during the development of the Frontal Lobe during its maturing stage

the good news is with  diagnosis,meds, and therapy we can learn new coping skills.

read this link too  as there are more  factors in the adhd lable than just irritability that last well beyond high school.

 

http://www.adhdnews.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33894& KW=ommas

 

 

[QUOTE=brunette678] Hey guys. So i just thought i would ask if my possible "symptoms" resemble any of yours and if seems like I have ADHD. I've always thought I had ADD...i've always had extreme problems concentrating, especially if there's a lot of noise..particularly words (music, tv, people talking.) Sometimes i can't even concentrate on things if it's completely silent..i just stare into space or start thinking about other things. i have trouble paying attention in conversations or in class sometimes, even if i think the topic/person is interesting. i feel bad sometimes because ill be talking to a friend but ill just straight up stop listening to them and have to ask them again what they said. the worst part is that lately, i have been sooo easily irritated and stressed! It's insane how easily things are irritating me, and i'm afraid i'm going to lash out at one of my roommates for something stupid. i try to think positive but sometimes it's hard to control it. i guess my biggest question is, do you guys think the irritability aspect is part of ADHD? i want to make a doctor's appointment over my next school break..but before i do it would be nice to hear what others with experience with the disorder think.

forgot to add the first time- i lose thing all the time, whenever i go on a trip or go to the store, i always forget at least ONE thing, and i switch around from task to task- it's hard to keep doing one thing for a long time. i'm also very disorganized..but i guess that might just be in my nature? i'm not sure.

thanks! replies would be greatly appreciated!
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Everyone is different.  We each have to find ways to manage our attention and memory lapses.

The irritability might be included inthe concpet of Opostional concepts, which can be a part of ADHD.  Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a catergory by itself.  I find myself motivated to prove others wrong.  What types of irritation do you feel toward others?  do they just bother yo, or do you feel that they are wrong in some way?

Doctors have pills.  Did you ant to take pills?  What pills would you like to take?  What are the effects you are looking for?  Do you just want to mellow out for your roomates?  Do you want to make it easier to listen in class and do homework?

 I post here to work on my problems without pills.  Did you want to try to be less irritable with your roomates?  In what situations do you feel irritable?  Is there some way to see the sequcence earlier, and change your thinking to be more tolerant of your roomates?  What are you doing with Caffiene?  Coffee and most sodas have caffiene.  Some people feel irritable, to varying degrees, for a period of three days after stopping caffiene intake.  Being aware of your caffiene cycles can be important for your irratibility.

Either stay off Caffiene for more than three days, or drink Caffiene every day, or be aware of hightened irritablity if you are in the three day withdrawal period.  Drinking coffee every two or three days would make you irritable most of the time.  

What visions of lashing out come to mind?

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OMG! No Wonder I Got ADHD!

THAT thing is in my HEAD?!!!

What's it doing there, anyway?

Nice colors, though.

I like the blue.



Ok, so in ADHD,

What's all that say?

(In 10 words or less)

due to circumstances beyond our control  speak camly and slowly

well.

sometimes i can be insightful.

other times my posts go overboard.

thats when i need to back off from posting .

I appologize brunette678

this is now way for me to treat a newbie  . im sorry.

a point I was trying to make  is.

our responses come from two origins

an emotional response  were born with.

then sometime in adolesence our frontal lobe starts to offer a cognitive response.

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so IMHO

irritability stems from "overwhelming"  feelings though not easily spotted.

so when someone confronts us about something weve been avoiding or dwelling on  they open our emotional bag . if were not careful to give moments of cognitve time we may just snap out the first things that come to our mind.

or just blurt out what were feeling. It can be a stimulating habit.

another IMHO that is not in consensus.

self-irritating  -- this is out on limb here too!

but allowing oneself to be in a state of irritability beyond a trigger or situation

may be a self-stimulus  - being poised to be attentive

using the  "irritable" feelings to stay focussed ( as long as something irritates you you remain focussed on it)

irritabilty can be a negative coping skill .

“emotional dysregulation” its called

What's an ADHDer do, respond less cognitively and more emotionally?
we can , anyone can - when thinking like a juvenile adult.

not more emotionally?  only emotionally - like a childs instinct response

i guess my biggest question is, do you guys think the irritability aspect is part of ADHD?  Yes, and it's called “emotional dysregulation”

1.  a complete and accurate diagnosis
2. the right meds and dosage

are the best combination for irratibility

   3. and see a therapist

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sorry im so out there , but i can't think of adhd on a language level only.

there are many variables  and without understanding brain anatomy its very difficult for me to explain in ten words, because the cause is chemical & environmental.

how about

omass-"old habits in young adults need to learn, change, grow"

but even there  adhd presents itself  differently  at different stages of life.

so approaches to child,juvenile , adult and gereatric stages require altering the appraoch.

I don't think I was thinking at all.

I meant to say:

...respond less emotionally and more cognitively?...

wow

not less emoitional not more.

our emotion feelings are very strong

the cognitive interpretation of external stimulus is the weaker brain function .

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so as cognition occures its is weaker than primal emotion

as the frontal lobe matures we can rely more on what we have learned  than just how we feel about it.

so when the frontal lobe is not connecting  cognitve interpretations fast enough

ADDers react more closely with primal emotion.

i'm not saying we dont have cognitive emotion.  just it takes longer to react to cognitive thoughts.

1.  one way is use stimulants to boost the activity of the frontal lobe- meds
2. another way is to relearn how to react to stimulus- therapy

so the warning is

if youre not adhd and you use stimulants and depressants like nictotine,alcohol ect.  you can become adhd

like i said there are many things that cause adhd

let me say  that smoking during pregnatcy  . those chemicals get to the newly forming brain.

waiting a month to become a healthy  expectant  mother

may cause a life time stuggle with adhd

IMHO of course

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on a personal note

when i was young i was trying to tell my school that something was different about me that could sense i was different than the achievers.

though i wasnt hyper physically.

my mind was  i would get bored in class  and if a teacher started a lecture with something i thought i already know. pbshh i would tune out.

what i should of been doinging is getting poised to hear the part where the lecturer goes into more detail revelaing more nuance.

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so after highschool i was wild  i mean nothing was out of bounds. my parents dumped me and i did what ever i pleased   even went hungry .

now though at age 40 everything is off limits . no self meds or addictive behaviors.

i realized my life is more productive  with stucture  both mental and physical.

I still have trouble not reacting impulsivly when someone is yelling at me.

cause as soon is give in to me strong feelings   i say things without thinking and cant take them back.

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over and over i have had to  shun the people around me and re emerge in a new group. due to speaking from strong emotions .

i realized that was counter productive. having a social structure around me keeps me from learning- just from my own experiences. THE HARD WAY

so recognition of when im edgy or boiling under my skin - time for me to avoid triggers and targets that irratate me even people!

but i ad to learn to not stat isolated  i need to re enter my social group/structure

but not be attention seeking or grandios.

just simply give myself more moments to think - i do that by practicing being the listener  in conversations. and if there is sress or tension i recognive that i should not speak from strong emotion but rather calm thoughts. if i cant then i just walk away excusing myself  by saying "let me think about it".

My doctor told me to always get good sleep!

Sure enough everytime I get isomnia, I get very forgetful and irritable.

To the above poster!

Do you think it's Adhd?