I think I may have ADHD

[amalthia]

I was reading yahoo news or maybe it was the New York Times and I ran across a ADHD checklist located: Here and scarily enough on many of the items I scored an often. :(

Not sure what to do with the information or if I should rely on a self diagnosis.

Comments

[cathalin]

I'm not trying to be a pusher, haha, but I will tell you this... the meds they give are extremely short acting. The longest acting one, concerta, now does last twelve hours, but most of the meds last only four to six hours or so. And as far as they now know, they don't do any harm. So, one thing you could do is TRY it for, say, a week, just during the peak time for concentration in your day -- for example, if you have to work or study in the morning. There probably isn't any harm in trying it -- they leave one's system super quickly (in fact, that's one of the issues for people). Anyway, worth thinking about! They don't really build up, either, and the effects are within half an hour to an hour of taking it so... you could see what happened. <3

Also there are tons of management techniques on various online sites, mainly having to do with organization. Some of the other behaviors are harder to manage, but with practice one can kind of spot it in oneself and try to bring your brain back to the task at hand. :)

[amalthia]

lol, thanks for the info on how the drugs work. :) That was something of a concern of mine so knowing that they don't have long term side affects makes me a bit more willing to try it out to see if it makes a difference.

I'm going to have to bring this up with my doctor and see what she recommends. :)

As for controlling my mouth I just have to keep reminding myself to wait until the other person is finished talking! But then I'm so busy concentrating on that I miss the rest of the conversation. :(