quirks and "issues"...... | ADHD Information
anyone else out there SUPERSENSITIVE to IRRITATING THINGS?????? like sitting next to someone in a waiting room who is chewing gum,....that smack smack smackk!! any one else go on the verge of INSANITY if their husband chews with his mouth full??? or can't be anywhere NEAR my dad when he has a cold due to the sounds of the mucus rolling around in his nostrils!!! AND DON'T SLURP YOUR COFFEE AROUND ME!!!!!!!
you guys, don't leave me hangin on this one, i KNOW i'm not crazy because these things GET ON MY NERVES when i'm not on my meds...
I read that being EXTRA SENSITIVE to little noises and sounds are also symptoms of ad/hd...
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Times when I'm with other people, and I hear something that's annoying, like a high-pitch ring, I'll bring it up, and they'll say: "I don't hear it" or "It doesn't bother me." I hate when they make it look like I'm just a big baby (or a little crazy).
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i can't STAND IT when other people think I"M crazy cuz THEY'RE smacking their gum!! or chewing with their mouthes WIDE OPEN!!
I JUST WANNA PULL ALL OF MY HAIR OUT SOMETIMES!!!
Oh, yeah! Extremely sensitive to things you've mentioned. I always hated the sound of someone snapping their gum, too. I thought maybe it was because I was jealous...I could never snap my chewing gum.
I was a city bus driver years ago in Syracuse, NY, and one day a woman was sitting behind me smacking away at her gum with her mouth open (UGH!)...I finally stopped the bus, turned around, and told her: "Do you realize you sound just like a cow chewing it's cudd!" Her eyes almost popped out of her head.
Yes, definitely ADHDers are sensitive to sounds and noises. I have difficulty with traffic noises, especially those little motorcycles with their loud noise when they speed up....get a Harley, dude!!!
Or loud music emitting from a car driving by, well not the music actually, but the boom, boom, boom of the BASS.
And although I love nature, birds singing, etc., there was once a mocking bird that woke me up every morning and drove me crazy the entire day! It even followed me to the bus stop once...honestly!
I know the kids playing basketball right now outside my RV in the RV park I live in are driving me crazy...I can even FEEL the bounce, bounce, bounce. And they've been on spring break all week...can't wait til school's back in session!
Times when I'm with other people, and I hear something that's annoying, like a high-pitch ring, I'll bring it up, and they'll say: "I don't hear it" or "It doesn't bother me." I hate when they make it look like I'm just a big baby (or a little crazy). I can even hear the hum of electrical lines sometimes. Now that's sensitivity!
For the two days my meds worked for me, I was more tolerant of these sounds. So I can't wait til next week when my dosage is increased.
Long reply...but you asked.
GypsyWomyn38409.7606481481
OH MY LORD YES!!!!!
Awesome!!! It's not just me!!! YIPPEEE!!!!!
I HATE taking public transit because I can't stand all the people around me making their.... noises...... ugh!!! I freak out when I hear people behind me sniffing or coughing.... blech!!! I remember being on a crowded bus once, and there was a guy standing over me coughing up a lung. I just kept envisioning a big nasty chunk of phlegm landing in my lap... sorry if TMI, but I was horrfied!
One of my co-workers habitually sucks his teeth after he comes back from lunch. Sometimes it's all I can do not to freak at him, but I don't because I think I would look like a freak.
I also hate standing in line at the bank or the grocery store, and the person behind is standing so close you can almost see them without turning your head... hello, haven't they heard of personal space!!!! I always give the person in front of me at least 3 feet.....
I always thought maybe it was some kind of OCD thing...
[QUOTE=bcgirl1978]One of my co-workers habitually sucks his teeth after he comes back from lunch. [/QUOTE]
omigosh!! and do you ever feel like there are just CERTAIN PEOPLE who just do these things just for the sake of annoying you personally, even though you KNOW they don't realize you are annoyed???
like there is this girl, that i work with. and EVERY DAY she is doing something DIFFERENT to bother me!! like one day, every, say 2 minutes, she would just suck on her teeth, and it sounded like BIRD flying through the call center!!!! I just got up and moved seats. she just did it habitually ever 2 minutes for about 3 hours straight, and i just couldn't take it anymore.
and this SAME GIRL like ever so often, will just GET UP and just STARE/GLARE at people, namely me (or it always feels like she is staring at me).....we have cubicles with walls for privacy, so she will purposefully STAND UP so she can see what other people are doing! when I see her coming as if she is going to sit in a cubicle near mine, I jet, and it's so funny because she is SO NICE to me otherwise, and has NO INCLINATION that she gets on my nerves so much!
And then there is the guy who just hacks and hacks and hacks ALL DAY and NEVER BOTHERS TO COVER HIS MOUTH. it's just disgusting....
i could just go ON AND ON AND ON!!! It's about 2 or 3 people out there that I am convinced are out to drive me insane, and they don't even know about it!!
Sometimes I want to pull mine out also; however, I don't have much left to pull!
Habitually sucks their teeth..LOL Funniest thing I have read today. LOLIn school I took a Statistics test this week. I really tried to go slowly through it rather than whip through it hoping to avoid the sloppy speed testing errors. Well, the Professer started talking and joking a bit with people as they finished and handed in their tests. He is a nice guy. Of course at that point I was near the end of the test which was also the part requiring the most concentration. I wanted to turn and say STFU I AM TAKING A TEST YOU SELFISH COWS NO ONE WAS TALKING WHEN YOU WERE TAKING IT....so, I guess I was having an anger moment lol. I didnt do that. When it happened I stopped what I was doing, closed my eyes, folded my hands together and did some breathing exercises till they had finished and the finishing Student had left the room. If the room had been a cacphony of sounds it would of been fine but because it was the intermittent talking of 2 people it really was throwing my concentration off. I could of taken the test better with 10 jackhammers than 2 people talking every couple of minutes.My elderly Aunt used to complain when I used a toothpick after eating, and I had to bite my tongue to not say to her "Well, it drives me crazy when you suck your teeth!" And she could take hers out to remove the food. GypsyWomyn38410.5481597222[QUOTE=CreativeCrazy]I am so hyper sensitive...even to tags in my shirt
or certain pens that scrape on the paper send chills up my spine...I
have all my life had to write with a certain type of pen...and allways
hated pencils because the were not "just right"....[/QUOTE]LOL! Me too! I can't wear wool because the itch drives me insane, tags drive me up the wall, and... well.... whoever invented thong underwear should be shot.
I am the same way with pens... they have to be perfectly smooth... they can't scratch the paper, and they can't be too gooey, but they can't be too dry either. And I hate it when people scrape their fork off their teeth - it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me! But SOOOO many people do it!!!
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anyone else out there SUPERSENSITIVE to IRRITATING THINGS?????? like sitting next to someone in a waiting room who is chewing gum,....that smack smack smackk!! any one else go on the verge of INSANITY if their husband chews with his mouth full??? or can't be anywhere NEAR my dad when he has a cold due to the sounds of the mucus rolling around in his nostrils!!! AND DON'T SLURP YOUR COFFEE AROUND ME!!!!!!!
you guys, don't leave me hangin on this one, i KNOW i'm not crazy because these things GET ON MY NERVES when i'm not on my meds...
I read that being EXTRA SENSITIVE to little noises and sounds are also symptoms of ad/hd...
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Oh My Gosh Sonya_h! I am soooooooooooooooo much like you...before I knew that I was ADHD I would loose it at everything...I thought I was some perfectionistic freak! (not in spelling though)....anyway...I would freak out when someone would not do something correct or if my husband would do is OCD double checking of the locks ....or whatever....I thought I was bipolar...or just crazy...thank GOD that I went to get tested and they put me on anxiety pills to go with my Adderall and diagnosed me as ADHD...I am so hyper sensitive...even to tags in my shirt or certain pens that scrape on the paper send chills up my spine...I have all my life had to write with a certain type of pen...and allways hated pencils because the were not "just right"....I think Hyper sensitive is part of our soul......unfortunately this causes us to go off the deep end with the slightest...I wish I would have known about this earlier in life I would still have the same job and I would have a ton of friends.....The jobs and the friends got on my nerves and I yelled and left them all.....JUST STAY ON MEDS...Lexapro helped me...however too much makes me tired and counter acts the Adderall....
Hang in there!
haha I find that clothing comfort is big for me too...If it isn't comfy, I don't like wearing it!...Wool especially drives me nuts! However, if something's soft, I love it!! hehe I just bought fleece sheets--let me just say, they are amazing!!
Mouth noises drive me crazy too--especially the teeth sucking and chomping gum! I mean seriously, it's just so obnoxious and gross!!
I just remembered something else.... I hate it when people use my stuff. I hate coming in to work and finding my pens, highlighters, etc. in my desk organizer all moved around. It's something so stupid and insignificant, yet it just irks the hell outta me!those thongs!!!!! how many out there feel like its still on/stuck 'up there' EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN IT OFF? the feeling of a thong just imprints itself into your skin.... even after you are convinced that you have taken it off and it is not there anymore, the first time someone mentions a thong, you immediately feel like you still have one "stuck" on again!
and WOOL!! one day, made a mistake, in my rush to get to work...(a common thing amonst us, right?)... and did not put on a shirt UNDERNEATH of my wool sweater.....MAN, I HAD TO JUST GO TO THE BATHROOM AT INTERVALS, AND JUST TAKE THE DURN THING OFF AND JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN MY BRA WITH THE COOL AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never been so happy to get home and strip down before in my life. I THOUGHT THAT DAY WOULD NEVER END!!!
LOL! I don't even get how anyone can wear thong sandals - I get all squirmy just thinking about it! And who in the world thought of those toe sock things??? The socks that have "toes" like gloves have fingers.
bcgirl...and if we used or moved their things, I bet they wouldn't even notice! I have a pair of those "toe" socks....kinda like them once their on...a pain getting them on. (they were given to me)
sonya! Just thinking about the commercial, I think it's for steak sauce, where the man is eating and you hear him, and when he stops you still hear the chomping and slurping...it's the dog on the floor! I HATE when dogs eat (no offense to dog lovers) or ugh! lick themselves!
Now, cats...they slurp so sweetly!
MommaJo...did you get the thong off yet?
deang008...comfort definitely beats looks. I had a job for 5 years where I could wear just about anything I wanted. I even got away w/o bra. I hate them. Course my boobs should be down to the floor in a couple more years.
GypsyWomyn38411.5204282407oooooooohhhhhhhh..................GypsyWomyn.........no still working on it, never new I was double jointed till now! hee hee, not a nice sight!
Well we all have to admitt us add'ers are special, we have to laugh at the things we all do!
You know how sometimes we turn numbers around or letters?
Well, once I brought a pair of those panty hose, you know the one's that tuckyour belly in and lift the butt!!
We me and my "special add" I put them on the wrong way, result was, tucked in butt and lifted up belly!! site for sore eye I must say!
HA HAAA HA HO HO! You're killin' me, Mom! [QUOTE=GypsyWomyn]I HATE when dogs eat (no offense to dog lovers) or ugh! lick themselves! ....
I even got away w/o bra. I hate them.
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I used to have a dog once, my precious little baby; i loved her; she was my little darling....but she had to get the heck up out of my bedroom at night when she started loosing her baby teeth and growing new ones!!!
.....she would just lay there in the dark smacking and slurping and chewing on whatever of her toys she could find to chew on!! she would literally wake my up outta my sleep!!!!! she stayed her nights in the living room until she got over her little teething stage!
And there is this commercial on animal planet where there is like some HUGE BONE and a dog is just smacking on it!! and once again, there is no other music, or other background sound effects to offset the noise!! they just want you to sit there and listen to the dog's mouth and lips and saliva just dripping all over this huge bone!!!
OH and BRA'S was a HUGE step for me in middle school....i used to hide in the back of the bus on the long way home every day and i perfected the art of slipping out of my bra under my shirt with no one noticing!! every day I came home from school in my 6th grade year, my bra was balled up into my back pocket!!
Good for you Sonya! Burn those bras! OMG, Momma Jo, you have my rolling on the floor!
I think I'm gonna get 2 pair, and put one on frontward and one backward! I could use the lifting and squeezing in both directions!
I have to have the radio on at all times while at work. I don't even really notice that it's on UNTIL...a commercial comes on. The commercials drive me freakin' NUTS!!! I grew up in a
sub-arctic climate in Canada's northeast. I LOVE the sound of wind. I
used to listen to it howling outside in the wintertime and it seemd, I
dunno... sort of calming. I've also always been fascinated by weather,
so a good blizzard always got me excited.However, I HATE being outside IN the wind. It blows my hair in my face and batters my clothes and just annoys the crap out of me.
We don't seem to get a lot of wind here in the BC lower mainland though.Wearing lipgloss in the wind, when my hair gets stuck in it is the worst.
ok, i'm gonna get deep here, maybe show the true nature of just how insane i really am...
but do you guys hate the way the voices of certain people sound??? you see, i work in a call center, and people are just talking on the phone all day, and then there are certain ones here that make there voices sound TOTALLY DIFFERENT on the phone than the way the normally sound... and there is this one lady here, (and i feel bad cuz she is just SO NICE...) but she has this AWFUL NASAL VOICE when she is on the phone with a customer....her "business voice" i guess.. and it's SO LOUD. I don't like to sit near her. 
oh yeah, and the touching issue!!!!!!!! i'm not so much too bad about clothes and stuff, but I don't want people touching me!!!!!!
My husband, for some odd reason or the other, ALWAYS has such SWEATY CLAMMY HANDS!! when his hands are this way, I HATE when he touches me!.
When I was little i did not want my mom to do my hair, because she always touched my ears and my neck!! I got on her nerves so bad, cuz i HATED when she did my hair!
OH GOD , YOU GUYS, THE ULTIMATE TEST: I'm pregnant!!!!!! I WILL PULL ALL OF MY HAIR OUTTA MY HEAD SOON DUE TO ALL THESE FREAKS OUT HERE TOUCHING MY NEWLY POOCHED BELLY!!!!
i'm telling you people, i'm going to go insane very soon...
MegMarie....HA HA HO HO...I fixed that problem with the hair sticking to the lip gloss...I keep my hair short...what hair I have.
I, also, LOVE the wind....especially during a howling snow storm (grew up Upstate NY). And inevitably the next day is sunny, snowy white and beautiful! I also like the warm wind in the summer.
I once had an instructor who had the most grating, (OUCH) loud voice, that I had to stop attending her lectures (it wasn't in school).
However, I know my own voice grates on some people, that's when I wish I was carrying around that little portable keyboard and screen I've spoken of. Wishful thinking.
Although I've always been told I have a very nice telephone voice...why can't I talk like that all the time????GypsyWomyn38412.566400463Sonya, contrats are in order!!! Too bad pple don't realize they should ask first if it's okay to touch your tummy once you start showing. AND to accept the answer "NO" from you if that's how you feel. Ooooh, people can be so annoying. And, if they DON'T ask and just start to touch your stomach....you have my permission to haul off and HIT 'EM! 
I can relate. Except for the THONG thing... My wife says they are as uncomfortable as they look (and she doesn't have ADD.)
Certain pitches just cut right through me. And my daughter can scream in every one of them!!
Sonya, congratulations......Here is a tip...when people come up to touch your stomach....let them..and then start complaining about your terrible lice problem and your itchy contageuos rash..that might teach them a lesson.....A couple of times when people did that to me...they usually ask, "when are you due" My favorite thing to say was......."what do you mean? I am not pregnant!!!" I wouldn't torchure them for long....just long enough to catch the look of shock on their face....
It drives me INSANE when someone chews with their mouth open or talks with it full. Crackling of a potato chip bag or any bag, Loud radios, somebody else using my pillow (Kids, Husband) The toilet seat! What takes the cake is trying to read these posts while there are Icons,Smileys moving all about. I also use them but I don't read my own posts again yes, wind, at night, makes me nervous. it just sounds like things are outside moving around, getting closer to your house, to your window.......
I never thought about much before just now, but wind at night makes me nervous,
but not during the day....i just LOVE flying kites...
Well choc, just be careful u dont put them on inside out, never know what could happen!! heee heeethanks guys....
i'll try those tactics, and also this is one i read from another pregnancy forum...whenever somebody comes over and touches my belly, i will tell them that touching my belly is what makes me throw up... or gasy....or some other offensive body symptom....
but most people are like, just get over it.....when you have add you may not want any and everbody just touching all over you!!!
they people who i'm ok with know who they are...if they are close, fine. but if you would not expect me to go rubbing on you, then don't come rubbing on me!!!!
And commercials!! is there any one out there that get as sick of certain commercials as i do?? i dunno, maybe I just have more quirks than the average ad/hder, but there are certain commercials out there that they play SO MUCH, and they just play them OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, and they are the LAMEST!!!
have you guys seen that cheerios cereal commercial? with the guy sitting there eating and reading the paper with the baby in his lap. now the baby is adorable, BUT I CAN'T STAND THE SOUND OF THAT GUY JUST CHEWING AND MUNCHING AND CRUNCHING ON HIS FOOD. ITS DIS-GUSTING!!!. and there is like, no music, an no other sounds to that commercial. it's like, they have the microphone all up in his mouth or something cuz that's what they want you to hear, just how crunchy the cereal is. BUT IT DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!
and the LAME florida orange juice guy, the one that throws all this odd food into the blender to get the same nutrition as orange juice RATTLES MY NERVES!!!
my husband gets used to me just flipping the channels simply cuz i hate those commercials! YES I KNOW, I'M INSANE.
Oh Sonya, you just made my day!!! How many times have I freaked out my boyfriend by screaming "AAAAHHHHHH!!!!" and lunging for the mute button when I particularly annoying commercial comes on! People think I'm so crazy when I do this!That is so funny bcgirl, about the thong!
I kinda agree with u! still trying to get the bloody things off/out and its been a week now!
Help...........their driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!