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I am not in the UK, but your words reflect a similiar pattern in my life. For me, the worst part is when my wife looks at me after a conversation, and say's something like "You really do not remember us having this conversation yesterday do you?" Or when I offer up a suggestion, and she giggles and say's "Sounds good, as good as it sounded 2 day's ago when you suggested it" . My own pet peeve is the numerous projects that I start with the best of intentions, but NEVER seems to complete., no matter how hard i try to finish something.Chris
Hi there I would just ike to say that I am 17yr old girl from the UK who has ADHD life has been tough. My mum has struggled & I've had just enough love to believe that I am good enough,I've been with my boyfriend nearly 2yrs now but he has no clue about my condition he wonders why i repeat myself about 10times a day,why i can never remember what im saying or just done,i'm always shouting or arguing, i get bored too easy. I would like to hear from any1 in the UK who has problems like myself many thanks
I can relate, except not only do I repeat myself all day, I constantly ask "what?" I tune-out about 3 words into the sentence! My boyfriend gets so frustrated! It's an on-running joke that I can't remember that I even MET someone unless I've met them 3 times.
As for projects, I can't start them! I procrastinate until the evry last minute! College is a nightmare... it can be really frustrating because I KNOW I can get straight A's!!! I just don't. I don't test well, especially if my meds haven't started working, someone sneezes or turns a page and I forgot the question and it takes FOREVER to get refocused!
Fortunately I have job that I'm good at and I love! I have to be able to be distracted by little insignificant things, they often become important and my boyfriend bought me a Palm that organizes and alerts me to, well, my life!
It's good to have a group of people that understand!
I just did a test and it pretty much showed what I have suspected for a long time. I also have a hard time getting myself into things I am not all that intereseted in. I gt really good marks on my Accounting classes (by correspodence) but it actually sitting down and starting to do it tha tis the problem. I can find 20 other things that I could do instead. I also repeat everything to my husband, he is so used to it now he just calmly tells me that he already knows that. I didn't pay to much attention to it until my 7 year old daughter was diagnosed, and now in the past year have started to put it all together. Even my mother-in-law has told hubby that Tan got it from me no doubt about it.
At least I now know that I am not just scatterbrained and flighty
Hi again all. My favourite saying is 'what' the memory is the worst I just cant remember what i say or do. When I do talk I talk so fast that people can't keep up with what I'm on about or I say the same things over & over when people say stop it I say what did I just say! It can be ok sometimes but now days its getting worse its like ive got memory loss! Lately I've been having real bad headaches maybe cos my mind is always on the Go!LOL.....I talk really fast also and have been known to change the subject in a flash. As Ray tells me, "it is hard to keep up with what you are telling me about"
Does anyone else here get really bad migraines?
Most of my life I have had Migraines.. Lately they are down to 1 or two a year though, thankfully. I find that Zomig helps it go away a bit faster, but i still need to crawl into a dark place and ride it out for some time.Chris
Ok, how about anyone else have allergies and/ or Asthma?
I use Imatrix for my migraines. And yes I have horribl allergies in the spring, I am on all kinds of allergy meds just so I can breathe and not snore so bad (as Ray saiys I can move out to the camper ), plus allergies to alot of antibiotics
I am also highly allergic to bee's and have a epi-pen. Anyone else have these kinds of allergies??
Same here! :)I have allergies so bad... I even get them in the dead of winter! I read an article on hospitalizations of those with ADHD. It turns out we're in the hospital about 40% more (than those without ADHD) with an illness or getting hurt. I wonder if that's because we are hyper sensitive to our body? I know for me if there's one little change in my my body or I feel just a bit different it's got my total attention. Suppose it doesn't help that I'm a drama queen either...
As for headaches, wow do I get them! I don't think I get migranes but do I live on a steady stream of IBprouphen! 
Especially today. I got a headache the size of Montana! 
Now I have to go hunt down food (Have dip, no chips, have noodes, no sauce... where did all my food go???) so I don't rot my stomach taking the higest dose of IBprouphen possible!
hurt yourself............i broke my arm 2 times, ripped the muscles in my ankle, tore the cartlidge in my knee, almost dislocated my shoulder, etc. that isn't the times I walk into the walls, doorf frames, etc.
I eat like that also, it seems that i never quit. I should be about 500 pounds by now. must be the hyperness that I have that i don't gain 
By any chance is Fingernail biting/chewing a commonality amongst ADD/ADHD people as well? I often times find that when I am trying to concentrate on something, my finger(s) seem to migrate to my mouth, and if I am really trying to concentrate on something like a movie... before i know it, I have no nail(s) left at all... Then I get kinda depressed that I did that, again. Even if I do not actually bite or chew my nails, then I am constantly rubbing them, or picking at them, this seems to drive my wife crazy, she seems to understand that I am not conciously doing it, but no matter how nicely she tries to let me know I am doing it, I take offense and get angry, not at her, but at myself, for not being in control i guess.
Just wondering if anyone else has anything like this happen to them or not.
Chris
I can relate to the frequent accidents. 2 cars totalled on two consecutive Christmasses (I don't even drink, just the added pressure of the holidays, I think), a couple of broken arms, A slight bump on my forhead where I feel off the balance beam in 1st grade. And more little scars here and there (especially my knees) than you can imagine. I always thought it was just because I was a "rough and tumble" boy growing up. Hmmm, guess that's probably part of the ADD, too.
As to nail biting, no, I 've never been a nail biter. By my cousin who is off-the-wall ADD, undiagnosed (my wealthy aunt sends him to an expensive art school where is creativity is valued and eccentricities accepted) is a major nail-biter. He bought this stuff at the drugstore called "THUMB", a liquid you brush onto your nails so that the minute you put them in your mouth there is an alarmingly bitter taste, reminding you to stop.
My father, furthermore, always picked the skin around his thumbnail with his other fingers. He should have known better, he is a doctor for ---sakes. He would pick at them until they bled. I suspect that he has ADD, although he would never go for any kind of diagnosis, let alone even see any sort of psychiatric professional or therapist. He preferred bourbon instead.
ray.leanne you are very lucky in respect to your eating habits If I so much as look at food I put on weight. I mean I am on a low fat Low GI diet and exercise everyday (along with my constant restlessness) and as of this week I have put on an extra 13kg this month(I think that is about 26pounds). It is strating to drive me crazy. Ialso get hayfever (allergies) in spring and I am allergic to most antibiotics, even the ones I am not allergic to give me a rash and nausea.
I'm just reading these posts whilst constantly licking blood off my top lip, I cut myself shaving about an hour ago and it hasn't stopped.My friends are cautious when I go round to their house coz more often than not, I;'ll drop something or trip over my feet; "Watch out for that china pla.........go home!"I am forever picking at the skin on my fingers or pulling off my nails. If I am not doing that then I am twisting my rings on my fingers or fidgeting with my hands and feet all the time.
LOL....I am known for tripping in holes or over stuff I know is there. I am always hearing "Leanne are you ok" yeah I am ok, I am used to bumping into stuff and landing on my face