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Post by andy12345 on Jan 10, 2011 15:53:30 GMT
Here's where I am a little bit confused so I created a poll. The details. Regardless of the maudsley pointing me in the direction of getting a Autistic spectrum disorder consultation, instead of any type of ADHD (particularly inattentive).... I will explain the way that I suffer from attention deficits, versus the way I perceive the ADHD attention deficit to be. I need clarification from those who are officially diagnosed ADHD of any type and who understand what I am blathering about. (good luck!) MY issue. 1) I cannot work well with distractions hence I find that "nights" are the best time for me, no distractions/things to poke my noise (er nose..) into or start thinking about. I feel that ADHD is different in that the deficit is always present and not necessarily affected by distraction. 2) I also find that when I'm under a time deadline, even enough time, I become even more ineffecient. You have 4 possible answers, but I've given you the option to mark 2 for amusement purposes...............(please only answer 1(ONE) of the first 4(FOUR) questions only. ;D Any illuminating detail will be appreciated. I also note that Daniel Amen lists 6 types of attention deficit disorder which is quite interesting as most people only understand/or criticise ADHD www.add101.com/types.htmI'm not so sure about his nutritional supplements though. I am Eeyore... fits me quite well. Oh, another thing, which I notice. My posts are quite detailed or lengthy and I suppose I should not be surprised that my friends (all 2 of them) nicknamed me Mr. BAndwdith.... ;D You would not expect anyone with adhd to be so detailed so I suppose that's a mark against me being ADHD and perhaps pointing towards the autism again....
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Post by twix on Jan 10, 2011 20:19:45 GMT
I think I often work better with a certain amount of background stuff going on, it helps with focus in some paradoxical way. I usually prefer to work in a room with other people than in a room alone, cafe for example. I work much better to a deadline. Hth.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 9:59:08 GMT
If it helps mate im just as bad wether around people doing things or at home on my own.
The main difference being whilst im on my own i try not to do much at all, less to mess up/forget that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 18:45:03 GMT
Hi Andy,
It took me 5 tries to get through the message and I didn’t even notice the box with the question until the 6th try (clearly my medicine is wearing off) so hopefully I am answering the correct question. The doctor who diagnosed me said that if you created a graph of the day and plotted irritation and distractibility on it, people with ADHD would start at the bottom and shoot straight to max and stay there all day until the end of the day when they fall asleep (if that makes sense) and you would see a really, steep and flat bell curve and that ADHD medicine lowers the top of the curve and also lowers the steepness of the climb up to maximum irritation/distractibility (where with or without medicine we can’t function). And I always liked the analogy, so, in answer to your question I find that when I am my most ADD self, medicine helps in two ways. First, it reduces the level of distractions so that when I am walking through the mall, I can actually make it to the store I need. It’s not a magical oh I am not distracted anymore it is just that I notice the behavior and can say, “oh nice store, we don’t have time right now” where without meds I would be in a new store and probably another 4 after that before not even making it to the original store.
The other item I have noticed which you didn’t really ask about but I am including anyway, lucky you, is that when I do the hyper focused thing the medicine lets me be interruptible without wanting to seriously hurt someone. So when I am working and there are distractions I can take a quick break, answer a question, heck even remember to eat lunch. Again, that is not to say that it is easy it’s just that the meds lower the irritation enough so that my rational brain has a moment to say, “stop doing what you are doing.”
Finally, I find that the medicine is absolutely not any kind of magical fix, the ADHD symptoms require constant attention. I sometimes feel like I have this 5 year old living in my brain who has be told to what to do half the time.
Always nice to hear that others suffer the same. Have a great day.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 20:01:57 GMT
Unmedicated, the relationship between inattention and distraction is very complicated. It is never a question of one or the other, but a constantly varying relationship between the two - understanding it is like trying to figure out the motions of two planets in eccentric and chaotic orbits around each other.
When I am hyperfocused I often think I'm managing the stimuli around me - if I am writing I will have loud rock music on my headphones - this shuts out other stuff and, as I know my music well, it doesn't break into my thinking - classical music gets me drifting. I suspect that thinking I'm managing stimuli may be no more than an illusion.
If the Ritalin is working well, then inattention is far less of a problem. The important thing is making the right decisions about my priorities so I can use the focus and energy of the meds well. If I am not clear about my priorities, I can be distracted by outside pressures - they don't make me whirl in same way they do when un-medicated, but they can put me on the wrong track. By about 2:30pm, when the Ritalin is beginning to leave my system, no amount of 'priority' will help and I bounce wherever my brain leads me.
Depending on when you ask, I fit every one of Dr. Daniel Amen's 'Types'. The title of his book "Healing ADHD:The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD" should be enough to have you clicking out of his site as quickly as your tiny fingers will allow.
I believe that you cannot heal ADHD; it is not an injury or a disease. In addition, I think it is verging on the criminally disrespectful, to people who are desperate for help, to suggest that it is. I'm not a fan of capital punishment but I might make an exception for snake-oil traders and peddlars of exploitative bullshit.
That feels better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 20:28:45 GMT
Darn it, BrainStrain. Not only was I lured to some website about a guy I had never heard of but I couldn't leave because there was a quiz. Now not only do I have ADHD but apparently I am bi-polar too! What to do. What to do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 21:15:59 GMT
Maybe if we add all our co-morbidities as letters after our names it could end up looking rather impressive:
Yours truly
Dr. Stanley Brainstrain ADHD, CD, PD, BP, & FFZ
The last one's true, but not quite relevant - and I still ain't going to tell you what it is. [They all look suspiciously like sexual perversions... oh, well...back to the drawing board.]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 21:43:59 GMT
Blimey! FrauStau I just checked your first reply and your description of the smoothed out inattention/distraction curve ...and that ADHD medicine lowers the top of the curve and also lowers the steepness of the climb up to maximum irritation/distractibility made me think of the picture of the snake that had swallowed an elephant in 'The Little Prince'. Plus... I couldn't agree more with the following: Finally, I find that the medicine is absolutely not any kind of magical fix, the ADHD symptoms require constant attention. I sometimes feel like I have this 5 year old living in my brain who has be told to what to do half the time. Have decided that I shall be Dr. Stanley Brainstrain from now on. It looks good and, by golly, it feels good.
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Post by andy12345 on Jan 14, 2011 23:42:28 GMT
Thanks for your replies.
Would you believe that I forget to
a) bookmark this thread (thusly meaning I did not get email notifications.....) and b) kept forgetting about it..........even the old "in 20 seconds time I shall be at the already turned on computer and will browse google with aadduk" forgotten within seconds and I forgot that I forgot until about 8 hours later.
Good explanation fraustau and brainstrain.
Seems that some meds might help me if I was actually given an inatttentive adhd status... hmmmm oh well, I'm jsut off to procrastinate until next centrury.
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Post by andy12345 on Jan 14, 2011 23:44:05 GMT
I wonder why most of you choose exploding computers? Is it that destructive/mischevious streak?
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