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Anyone out there with ADD without hyperactivity?

Posted by Roo on August 1, 2001, at 14:52:18

I posted this on Psycho Babble and didn't get much of
a response, so I'm trying here

I'm curious about this and have been for awhile. I
have cyclothymic depression, for sure, but I'm also
starting to wonder if I might have ADD without hyperactivity
as well, and might benefit from something like adderall.
I already take meds for depression, and don't so much
feel depressed (when on meds), but I do have a lot of
trouble concentrating and focusing. About 10 years
ago, I remember being able to get lost in a task--focus
on painting and paint for hours at a time. Same with
reading--I'd read for hours. Now it seems I can't do that
anymore. I can only paint for 30 minutes, tops, and I start
feeling distracted and unable to stick with it. I can
only read a chapter at a time. I'll see a movie and won't
be able to remember the plot to tell someone about it. Have
a hard time following conversations. Concentrating on a
person who is trying to train me at work. Those sorts of
things. I'm also not trusting myself on this--I don't want
to be jumping on some sort of ADD bandwagon...but at the same
time, the symptoms seem to fit and it really bothers me
that I can't seem to accomplish much b/c of my inability
to focus. Can anyone relate? Is this just normal human
stuff, or could it be ADD? I'm almost afraid to bring it
up to the p-doc b/c I think she feels I'm always trying
to change things, meds, and that it's a way of trying to
be "in control". But I really just want to be the best
I can be. I'm not hyper. I can lay around and space out
on the couch for hours, but I'd rather be doing stuff, getting
involved in projects, I just don't feel like I have the
focus.


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