Rushing | ADHD Information

Hello all. This is my first post here.

I believe that I was diagnosed with ADD way back in 1975 when I was 5.

But I am just now truly investigating ADD. I guess I have most of the symptoms that I have read about on this board etc, but it can sound like generalizations.

One thing that I do notice about myself, is that I rush through almost everything I do. (ladies, I did say ALMOST everything ) What would cause this? Is this a common ADD symptom? I guess it seems linked to my mind racing. Through mediation techniques I have learned to calm my mind better, but I see this is something I have to continuously battled. I know If I take the time and slowed down I will get better results. But it's had to remember. Is this just a lack of focus?

Thanks in advance.

I think its more being bored with what we do and want to get it over with as soon as possible. Also, if you are hyper on top of that, it's hard to slow down.

                    If you want my personal experience, though I am not you here is my answer..... I sometimes just get bored quickly, but boredom is not quite the word, actually.  It is like this something is pressuring you in the brain to go in more than one direction in another and you constantly feel you need stimulation to release yourself from the intense firing of the nerves....What to do for that? Well, I take a supplement called GABA.  It is an amino acid, not a drug and I have found it is quite calming.... I encourage you to read about it.... You can easily find it in the health stores.... It is good for ADHD or depression...

thanks for the replies.I'm always in a  rush well except certain things  I'm 32 and I was  always  been  called the hyper  kid... Even on my  meds too I'm always  in a  hurry  I try to do alot of  things at one  time...I procrasinate to and  when i  decide to finally  do it I realize I have  20 other  things  to  do too.My husband always tells  me  to  slow  down  because I make  him  nervouse  going  40 miles a  hour.. and all  he  sees is  a  blur  running threw  the house.

Olajuwon Said:

> Hello all. This is my first post here.

Hey Now!
This is my first post too......Well,  almost.
I did reply to another post, but ~Surprize-Surprize!~
I **Forgot** where on this forum it was . ;-)

>I believe that I was diagnosed with ADD way back in 1975 when I was 5.

You're only 2 years younger than me, but neither one of us could
have been diagnosed with ADD since it wasn't invented yet in
the 70's.  You were probably diagnosed (as I was) with the
ever popular: "Learning Disability"  That asenine blanket
diagnosis covered just about anything that could cause
a kid to learn at a slower pace (sometimes ALLOT slower)
than the rest of the kids in the same age group.  It covered
everything from mild retardation to hearing/vision impairment(s).

>But I am just now truly investigating ADD. I guess I have most of the

>symptoms that I have read about on this board etc, but it can sound like

>generalizations.

I haven't been "formally" diagnosed yet. (no health ins.) Gee,  am I
going to get kicked off the site now?? ;-). Still, I know damn well
I have ADD.  I've talked with people I know, some even teachers,
doc's, and nurses, and they have all told me: "You're it dude!"  
In fact, I'm thinking about taking the webmaster(s) of this site
to court for plaigerism.  Somehow they've reached into my
mind from across the void of cyberspace and made a web
site based on what they found inside my skull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-) :-)

>One thing that I do notice about myself, is that I rush through almost

>everything I do. (ladies, I did say ALMOST everything ) What would
>cause this? Is this a common ADD symptom?

I don't know if that's exclusive to ADD, but I do it too. (lots!)
The reason *I* rush thrugh things is to get whatever I'm
dong done before I lose interest.  And we all know the
inevitable consequences once an ADDer loses interest.
(Yet ANOTHER 1/2 finished project, that's what! ;-)
I do all I can *today* so that I won't have to think
about it *tomorrow*  Yet there are some things that

I would procrastinate until doomsday if I could! ;-)

> I guess it seems linked to my mind racing.
>Through mediation techniques I have learned to calm my mind better, >but I

see this is something I have to continuously battled. I know If I take the >time

and slowed down I will get better results. But it's had to remember. Is >this

just a lack of focus?

Sounds 'bout right.
Personally, I suppose I differ slightly from allot of ADDers with the
focusing issue.  I can and do focus, ***intensely***  BUT there's
a catch (as usual).  I can focus only on things that I'm *very*
interested in, only for about 30 minutes to 1 hour TOPS,  and
 to the exclusion of ALL (everything) else. And when I say
"everything",  I mean EVERYTHING other than what I'm
doing at the time. (Usually my artwork) Quite a few times
I have been 'snapped out of it" when I realize that the whole
world has gone suddenly silent!  When I really get into it,
I literally go temporarily DEAF until I stop whatever it was
I was doing and the world of sound comes back to me.
It used to be quite disturbing, but It doesen't bother me
any more since I know the sound *will* come back.

Another side effect of one of my focus sessions  is
 that I'm pretty much brain dead for the rest of the day.
(Even after the shorter 20-30 minute ones.)  So I
have to make sure that I won't have anything that
requires actual *thought* afterward.  You can ask
me my name, but anything beyond that is a tossup
at best!  ;-)    

As for ADD meds,  NO WAY, NO HOW,  NOPE!
I'm an alcoholic (6 years sober!) with a VERY
addictive personality. I had developed a problem
with benzodiasapines (Xanax, valium, and the like.)
after I quit boozing.  All I had done was substitute
one addiction with another one just as (if not more)
dangerous to me. I even OD'ed on Xanax once, and
that's when I quit everything but caffine and the
occational asperin. (4 years Benzo free!) So yea,
I would get addicted to FLEAS if I worked at the
dog pound long enough!

Welp,  I'm done, typing this message definitely qualifies
as one of my, "focus sessions" since I wanted to
bring folks in this forum up to speed on my brand
of ADD.  My brain is shutting down as I'm typing
this, so I'll end it here.

                                   Peace,
                                        Mark

 

 

Yeah, I rush with everything and always have. I still do even on meds. I rush when I eat, bathe, drive, read, type, etc. I think it's an ADD thing. I am always trying to get to the next thing.

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