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Okay, if you don't have ADD, then I don't have ADD either! I could have written a great deal of your post. Probably at least 90% of it.

I suck at explaining things like this in person too. I keep telling myself that whenever I go to the doctor, I will make a list so I don't forget anything. Of course I procrastinate and next thing I know I am at the doctor with no list.

I actually did my taxes the other day, but I still haven't phoned it in (you can do that here in Canada). I keep looking at it and thinking, "I could get the phone and do it now, but.... eeehhh", and still it sits on my coffee table.

I surf the net at work too. I KNOW I shouldn't do it, but I do, and I hate myself for it. My work ethic has gone down the toilet. My work is neither interesting or challenging, and I have no motivation to ask for anything else. I feel like a fraud - a failure, and everyone else still thinks I'm great. It is for this main reason that I went to my doctor a month ago. I can't truly be an unmotivated, lazy person, or I wouldn't feel so horrible, right? I've been doing this job for over two years (same company for three years), and previous to that, I worked over a dozen different jobs from the ages of 19 to 23 - none of them at the same time.

I never payed attention in school. I drift off during meetings. I ALWAYS have thoughts running through my head, from things I need to do, to why the sky is blue.

I constantly feel like I have ants in my pants. I can never sit still. I flop around in my seat like a restless 5 year old.

So.... welcome to the club!!!!

Edit to add: I highly recommend the book "Driven to Distraction", by Edward Hallowell. He is a doctor with ADD himself. If you are not a big reader, you can get it in audio format as well. I am almost halfway through my own copy, and all I can say is WOW!
bcgirl197838412.691724537omg bcgirl It feels amazing having someone accually relate to to what I posted. Even reading over it I have trouble accepting it myself. You really had me on the part where you said everyone else at work loves you even though your work ethic went down the tubes, cause that is 100% where I'm at. Wow.....I think I'm gonna like this message board alot.

Print your post and take it to your doctor. There are many factors that can be causing you to feel like this. You need to go under review ASP. it is also useful to write your feelings down as they occur then take them in to your doctors visit.

SORRY! The last message was not meant for this post MCD...I also suggest printing out your post and taking it with you to the doctor. I see my dr on Thursday, and I've been collecting information and my feelings and putting them in a Word document, which I'll print out for her before my appointment. I did this before I was put on meds, and it definitely helped with her decision to mediciate me for ADHD.

I also agree with bcgirl, if you don't have ADD/ADHD, neither do I!   

Welcome to the club Mike.

The symptoms you describe can all be attributed to ADD, and I have 'em all but one (the 'wilting' thing during sex  ), plus a few more besides...

I'm sure You'll find a helpful bunch of people on here - I know I have.

Mark -

Wow this site is soooo refreshing beucase I'm hearing you all discuss problems you're having because of ADD that most websites about ADD don't even discuss.

My doctor doesn't act like he thinks I have ADD but he is a new doctor because my old one just retired before I came to realize I have a problem. I also havent really discussed with him alot of my problems because it feels embarrising. I want to get it off my chest though and see what you all think or how you relate, plus its easy to me this way because nobody here knows me personally.

As far back as I can remember I've had the symptoms of poor time management, disorganization, cluttered thought process, restlessness, and all the other symptoms usually associated with ADD. Now at the age of 23 it's taking a serious toll on me. The symptoms haven't changed much but now they cause me soooo much stress I feel like I'm going insane at times.

I'm in debt from school loans that have fallen behind plus other smaller bills. My procrastination has caught up to me and I just feel like I've dug myself in a hole I cannot get out of. I know it's as easy as just sitting there and paying off one thing at a time but I get so overwelmed I do nothing. I know it sounds stupid or lazy but it's terrible knowing what you should do and for some reason you just can't do it.

I'm also really starting to have problems at work where I'm much less motivated now and spend most my time on the internet. I'm bored with what I do because i've been here 2 years and thats long for me. I always start of great and over time I get bored of the routine. Now I find myself avoiding tasks and all my stress is making my work ethic worse. This is something that has changed over time because I used to be enthusiastic and a model/top employee. I guess it has to do with me just being bored now.

Relationships.....ohhhh boy....this is the subject I hate to get into. I've had g/f's when I was in H.S. not many but I was just picky. I'm alot less social now than I used to be though and I haven't had a g/f in over a year now. I get really nervous and uncomfortable around new people especially a girl I really find attractive, I just loose my thought process. I'm attractive and not insecure of my looks, it's my mind!!! I just think tooo much and that is what makes me go crazy and for some reason it gets worse in situations like that. I can almost be 2 completley different people depending on if I'm with friends I've known for a long time or a group of new people. The way my mind works in these deferent situations is sooooo different.

Also I can have trouble being intimate where one second I'm turned on and next minute I'm thinking about these thoughts in my head which can easily cause me to loose my erection. I can't explain something like this to the person I'm with so it really makes me want to avoid the situation all togeather, which isn't right. Can this be ADD or do I have another problem? I've never heard of this happening while reading on ADD but I feel this is what's causing it.

I suck at completing chores around the house and my roomate does most of the cleaning and stuff like that. I have a huge pile of laundry because I put off doing it (as simple as it is) and sometime will go buy some new clothes just to put it off a little more. When I lived at home my mother did most of that stuff for me, and when I first moved out I did it all the time but now I really put it off untill I have a day off where attempt to do some of it. It's back to that whole thing where I know what I need to do but I get home from work and keep telling myself I'll do it later and it never happens.

Wow I think I rambled on a little much.....

Anyway I discussed some of these things with my doctor, not nearly as much as I said on here. I know I need to really tell him alot of this but when I'm there in person "on the spot" I can never explain it like this. He is having me try the generic ritlin 10mg but I only feel it's effects sometimes and the times with works it wears off in what feels like a few hours. When it works, it has made me feel "like a normal person" to say the least. I can think clear and I'm 10x better at getting tasks done, but it seems to be hit or miss during this 1st week on it. thanks for letting me get alot of this off my chest and I'd like to hear people input