Posted by PM80 on June 7, 2005, at 15:58:43
In reply to Re: ADD versus mood disorders » PM80, posted by yesac on June 7, 2005, at 15:18:04
>Do you have any of those attn-deficit type problems when you're NOT hypomanic?
Not really. I guess if I'm really depressed (opposite end from hypomania) I'm just not interested, so I tend not to pay attention. I do sometimes have sorta mixed states - this is when it is the worst becuase my mind is going, but I'm just NOT interested. That is when I have a hard time sitting still and working on just one thing. I will work a little on thing, then another, then another, then just wish I were not there, then another, then back...
That said, I did graduate from college with honors with a dbl major, so there definitely is an upside to hypomania, at least for me.
I was never dx'ed with ADD as a kid, but I was definitely very high energy. But I liked school and learning so it captured my attention and I got high grades as a kid. I was always very participatary (is that a word?) - in class, in gym, in whatever. I was kind of a people/adult-pleaser. I talked faster than many of teachers could keep up with when I got excited. Teachers mentioned that I figited a lot. And I could always focus to the absolute exclusion of everything else if I got really into something (usually a book) - which I've heard can be an ADD thing. Yet, I would not say I was ADD, because I could focus when I wanted to.
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