Just wondering how many adders have co-existing conditions.

I can't take the poll for some reason I can't vote on any poll....

I don't have any other condition. Well, wait,do you consider LD's as a condition ?

Food and weight problems here as well -- lifelong......Paula: I would consider LD's as a condition......oh yes, I have LD's too:)

You are right. LD's are co-morbid conditions. I didn't think about it at the time of posting the poll.

Add in ODD
Opositional Defiance Disorder

Originally posted by joanrdtobe
Food and weight problems here as well

Joan I wouldn't have thought of this. I too have had a food and weight problems most of my life.

I was a thin kid,when I was in my teens and into my early 20's I didn't eat to be thin... After the birth of my first child I started gaining and now I'm on the other side of not eating to be thin.....

I know I've told you before how I never put these troubles together with ADD. I some how still think of my weight and food troubles as a weaknes I have.

Does anyone know more info. about this?

The only thing I've heard about weight is that eating disorders have something to do with OCD.

I think they are associated with ADD, OCD, even depression and bipolar. I mean when you think about it....eating to numb out crappy feelings that these conditions bring on.....OR eating to deal with stress that these conditions bring on....OR when trying to coordinate healthy meal planning and preparation in weight loss attempts, having ADD makes this more of a challenge than for for the non-ADD'er.......With bipolar disorder, a diagnosis I have been given, I think a lot of my "manic" episodes have consisted of food bingeing behaviors....

And OCD....God knows I OBSESS about food a lot.....and then act on that obsession....someone wrote "oreo cookies" recently in the "word association" thread and I obsessed about them all day. In fact after "oreo cookies", I wrote "double-stuffed"....:(

Paula: I don't think these troubles are a "weakness". I really don't. I think the food and weight problems are more challenges we face.....

Never been officially tested for a math LD, but I'm pretty certain there's one there...lurking around in my brain..... :D

I have no official comorbid conditions but have symptoms of some of them and at times in my life have been checked out by one professional or another for bipolar, depression, and other things.

When I was in grade 8 my principal called my parents into school to talk with them. He told them he thought I was psychotic because the janitor had heard me talking to myself in the bathroom. :D :D :D

Originally posted by Paul S


When I was in grade 8 my principal called my parents into school to talk with them. He told them he thought I was psychotic because the janitor had heard me talking to myself in the bathroom. :D :D :D


Paul: I think the janitor may have been the psychotic one:D.....for turning you in. What 8th grader DOESN"T talk to him/herself??

ok why cant i vote? im getting a message that says:

"The action you have attempted could not be performed as your session appears to be invalid. Click the below link to attempt this action again with a new session. "

who has the answer??

My possible comorbidities not mentioned in the poll (but elsewhere in the thread):

Caveat: I have not been diagnosed with any of these, nor have they shown up in any of my general psych tests.

ODD: I tend to do the opposite of whatever someone tells me. I agree with some clinicians that the diagnostic category allows room for genetic and learned behaviors and is vague.

OCD: I tend to be obsessive about things, but that could be the ol' hyperfocusing "fad of the week" syndrome. I probably don't because they don't involve meaningless rituals prodded by unreasoning anxiety.

Asperger's: no one will ever be co-diagnosed with AD/HD and any PDD as long as diagnosticians continue to use the DSM handbook, since that possibility is exclusively ruled out. But I am growing convinced that there is an overlap (my thoughts later in another posting to the appropriate category).

Ken

Correction to my preceding post -- Asperger's *does* appear in the poll. The others do not (yet).

K

Jeez -- I am totally losing in this thread. OCD is in the poll, too. That's what I get for firing off a posting before reviewing it for cluefulness (ah, the AD/HD life...).

(Totally embarassed) Ken.

Hi Ken,

I've been diagnose with ADHD, OCD and I'm "Asperger's like" which means that I have the difficulties but not the character. Basically I'm not totally mind blind. I have too much awareness.

Originally posted by vinceptor
Jeez -- I am totally losing in this thread. OCD is in the poll, too. That's what I get for firing off a posting before reviewing it for cluefulness (ah, the AD/HD life...).

(Totally embarassed) Ken.

Dear (Totally embarrassed) Ken:

YOU ARE SO FUNNY!! I like your humility. Just wanted to let you know, you can edit your posts if you like...so if you find yourself making a "mistake" or whatever, withing a certain amount of time, you can "edit". Just press "edit" option beneath post you wish to edit and make changes..and then press "save changes"....

I have OCD, not too badly. I obsess about thoughts and I have to keep things straight in the grocery store cart ;)
I also have anxiety. The funny thing is when I control my anxiety my ADD is controlled and visa versa. Ridalin can stop my panicing thoughts when they don't stop and Lexapro, calms me so my frustration doesn't get bad.

Kassie: What is "Lexapro"? Never heard of this med.....

Lexapro is for depression actually but it works wonderfully for my anxiety. I have pretty much tried everything and this was a shot in the dark... that actually worked. I've been on it for a month now.

:) Hey Kassie: No Kidding...for depression, huh? Never heard of it...Well so glad it's working for your anxiety and that your Lexapro and Ritalin combo works so well in combo for you.....

About Lexapro --

It is a new type of anti-depressant in the same class as zoloft, paxil, prozac, celexa and luvox. It was just approved this year by the FDA for treatment of anxiety. I'm taking it for both reasons. So far so good, but still looking for the right dosage.

Another note: AD/HDs who are also Bipolars should know to be careful about taking antidepressants (and stimulants) without taking other meds to prevent mania. Same applies to herbals like ephedra and St. John's wort.

Ken B{D

In addition, if you are taking Lexapro, you can't have tylanol PM or another pain/sleep aid. I was soooo sleepy the next day.

Originally posted by Keppig
In addition, if you are taking Lexapro, you can't have tylanol PM or another pain/sleep aid. I was soooo sleepy the next day.

Oh that's interesting Kassie....I take a fair amount of tylenol for headaches, cramps, etc.

You can have regular tylanol just not the PM one.

Really!! How much more sedative-type is the PM than the regular???

I gues I am the only Tourettes person out here, Makes me feel lonely. I am on the lexapro as well. I had to do something because of a car wreck and the PTSD. I was actually jumping out of my car and yelling at people if they almost hit me or got to close to my tail. The lexapro has been great and is the only well tolerated SSRI drug that I have been able to take. But I have never hard that about taking tylenol with it

Just the tylonal PM, the one for night time, its a pain reliever as well as a sleep agent....

Okay, thanks for clearing that up, Kassie....:)

And Hi Energizer.....listen, having just been in a car accident a month ago myself, I understand about wanting to yell at people for almost hitting you.....or driving up your tail.....glad the lexapro is helping.....:)

Kassie --

I just wanted to mention that when I first started ritalin, I immediately improved, but the way I improved was totally unexpected. I reacted just like you -- my anxiety level dropped bigtime. I could look at a new project at work without going into a panic. THEN I could plan my day effectively.

Also (speaking of driving traumas), I noticed that if I took my last dose just before commuting home, not only did I not get freaked out by all the crazy drivers (besides moi...), but I could do things I could never before do -- like talk with my carpool mates without starting to swerve out of the lane....

I mentioned this to my doctor and he immediately put me on lexapro. Jury's still out on that one, though. Does tend to put me to sleep, but nothing like zoloft....

Ken

Bun bun...don't feel lonely :( We're all here with you.

Originally posted by fasttalkingmom
I can't take the poll for some reason I can't vote on any poll....

Let me know which polls you wish to vote in, and I'll be happy to manually add your votes in. Sorry you're having a problem voting. Not sure why you cannot vote. We ran into this issue once before. I'll have to dig around for the solution.

I'm a little sleepy on Lexapro too. Some days more than others. But I love how even emotionally I am. I'm happy when I'm suppose to And I don't worry about having to fill my day up, my mind doesn't fill up with worries. I feel positive about my future. I feel like myself.

LD should be in your poll. ADHD, LD, AS

you forgot to put "none" as a choice so I just put "other".

MightyMouse

Asperger's, depression, and anxiety.

Meep...

Bunny it seems I am also about the only one :D

Dyslexic here :D

I meant to include dyslexic in LD... bd 3E

i think I might have to post another poll - seems I missed most of the co-morbid conditions!

Sure, I'll play again!

Hi Wheel,

Did you want to post one? I think I'd probably get it wrong again.

Originally posted by tudorose
Hi Wheel,

Did you want to post one? I think I'd probably get it wrong again.

I would too!

What makes you think I could do better?

That doesn't matter actually, we're all ADHD and have learned to expect unreliability rather than sproradic brilliance from ourselves.

We need to be embedded in reliable places, so we don't have to be what we are not: reliable. And so we are free to be what we are: surprisingly unexpected, correct.

You give it another go. I'll play even if you aren't perfect! I'm not a judgemental normie you know... :)

I have depression, social anxiety disorder, and paranoia.

Also dx'd w. Bipolar II and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

I can't vote either, never could, I kind of gave up on trying, I would like to though!
I am only self diagnosed, someday I will get it together enough for a real pro. diagnosis.
I think I am ADHD, asperger and I think some kind of manic, I forget which kind. I like my manias as I have not grandious thoughts, just hyper happy and get physically very strong, and no depression, just mild lows which might be when I am "normal".
I feel very fortunate in that I get by without too many severe mood changes. Or at least that I don't react with them. I think my ever growing self awareness has helped that.
My manias seem to have mellowed out along with the adrenaline
rushes. I miss that.
Janine

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Originally posted by waywardclam


When I was in grade 8 my principal called my parents into school to talk with them. He told them he thought I was psychotic because the janitor had heard me talking to myself in the bathroom. :D :D :D

What were you saying to yourself? Was it anything interesting??? Did you answer yourself back?
:)

I talk to myself because I need it externalized to be able to hear it to be able to think about it to be able to come up with "good" answers.

Originally posted by Wheel1975
I talk to myself because I need it externalized to be able to hear it to be able to think about it to be able to come up with "good" answers.

Sounds like me. I do it while counting or doing any kind of mathmatical equation. Keeps me from getting lost. Well........sometimes :p .

FYI we have a section of the forum to discuss co-exisitng and related conditons. http://www.addforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=51

(I'm not trying stop people from posting in this thread. I just want to make sure people are aware that it exists)
:)

Anger- short fuse.(when not medicated)
It takes all my energy to focus on even simple tasks sometimes, when disturbed from my focus, I fall apart. Almost like a fight or flight reaction. When medicated (chemically adjusted) I rarely have this problem.

where do i start???
;)
partial agenesis of the corpus callosum (read more about it at www.nodcc.org (http://www.nodcc.org)), complete agenesis of the septum pellucidum, asperger syndrome traits and dyspraxia.

other than that, i'm fine!
:D

Gabriella, that was an interesting web site! I am a current nursing student and it will be in my next paper.

I have many co-morbid conditions related to my ADD. One is OCD. I become so obsessed with a subject that it affects people around me sometimes.

For example, I became so obsessed with bodybuilding that I would freak out if I missed a day at the gym or ingested any fatty food during the week other than Friday. A couple of times I embarrassed my family pretty bad at restaurants because I would have the waiter practically tailor make my meal. I am surprised no one asked me to make it myself! Wow, I was a b***h. I got down to 7% body fat though. Hmmm, I kind of wish I had that now...

I can't pull away even a little with subjects of obsession. It is all or none. The bodybuilding lasted for about 5 years before I began obsessing about Native Americans. I am of Wendat and Mohawk ancestorage, so I wanted to learn their crafts all the way to the language! I went as far as skinning a beaver then brain tanning the hide! I walked the woods for hours a day and collected a lot of things. This obssesion lasted for like 2 years. What next?

Anyway, I have math problems and of course, depression. I have been on Adderall, a real window clearer. I can actually do math with the Adderall! I never learned my times tables and couldn't tell time until the sixth grade. I never took algebra. With Adderall, I flew through algebra and doseage calculations!

I am also on Wellbutrin. My co-morbid conditions have improved two-fold. What ticks me off is that doctors have tried so many antidepressants for years for my ADD with no affect. The doctors knew I had ADD. The only reason I am on the Wellbutrin now is because I moved to a different city with a different doctor. I even quit smoking last year with help from the Wellbutrin. I had been smoking on and off since I was fifteen. I am 39 now. Uhg.

Why did they not try Wellbutrin sooner? I even asked my doctor like 8 years ago about Wellbutrin. He told me to try Seritonin reuptake inhibitors first because he's the doctor. My ADD research meant nothing (another obsession). I went through like 5 different kinds of pills which all did basically the same thing. I tell you what, my life would be much different now if they had tried Wellbutrin first. Much different. I may not be single now.

Sorry...when I get going about how long I have been afflicted with ADD with no treatment, which is my whole life, I tend to rant. :mad:

I forgot to mention LD in Math.

I have Social Anxiety and some NVLD traits. (Now I know thanks to Big's info link:D)
The Ritalin & Lexapro have helped alot with these & the obsessive thoughts I can get. & Im a petite person so the food obsessing I have problems with is a struggle, bcause I should loose about 20lbs for health reasons. All through school I could never do algebra & higher maths. Maybe I should go back to the community college & take a course for the heck of it & see if the Ritalin will works miracles with my dyscalculia.

*Why oh Why can't I obsess on exercise*hehehe*

"Maybe I should go back to the community college & take a course for the heck of it & see if the Ritalin will works miracles with my dyscalculia."

Sthrnchick, I tell you what. The difference with the Adderall was so great, I can't even explain how it made me feel after helping me pass my higher math courses. My self esteem began to grow. I passed them after 30 years of thinking I was a dummy. I passed the math and I think I was prouder of myself than I ever have been. Go for it! Challenge yourself while you are taking the Ritalin. I have dyscalculia too. You having nothing to lose but everything to gain!

On exercise. Now that I am happier, I am 20 lbs. overweight, and growing. I have to get back to the gym, but be more careful. I am petite too, 5 ' to be exact, and weight don't look pretty on me.

The reason I became obsessed was because my husband had an affair. I wanted to get in better shape since I decided to keep my marriage together. Then I began to obsess when I started. The marriage failed anyway. Now I have a boyfriend that is 9 years my junior! Up yours ex-husband! Haha! :p

Hey! Look in a Muscle & Fitness for women. That will getcha going! In fact, there is a website, M&F Hers Online. They have great tips and tricks, plus a forum.

Undiagnosed, but I suspect ADD with OCD.

I talk to myself because I need it externalized to be able to hear it to be able to think about it to be able to come up with "good" answers.


OMG does talking to your self mean you have an un-named condition?? :eek:

I still talk to my self, for two reasons one other people aren't around to make it look like I'm sane :(

Two; to gives me a chance to see if it "sounds" like a good idea. One of my habits from pre medication I guess. Talking to my self about something.. the very act of saying a thought out loud helps to S..L..O..W.. the thinking process down to give fore thought a chance to kick in. It also helps put a name with such emotions such as AHHHH, What the???ect..

I guess I'm schiziod also as I have been know to pray out loud!! I ask God questions like "is this a punishment or a twisted form of homor??? How could you let me do that? and I am always asking Him ...do you know where I put ??? It becomes especially scarey when I ask a question and get an answer.

Other than "hearing" God answer questions and show me where the long lost truck keys got thrown I have some anxiety especially at bed time which causes insomnia( can't find brain off button, still asking God where he put that), dyslexia, and PPMD (PMS from He**)

Tammy

i know youve probably heard it before, but thank you all for helping me to feel like im not the only one.
first dr diagnosed me as biolar (i came in with depression & she asked me a buncha questions) dont remember what meds she gave me but i got really wierded out.
put on paxil for the depression, switched to welbutrin. im seeing a phsy. now & he seems to listen-still on welbutrin but also put on strattera (sees me as add w/hypomanic...wasnt really listening cause he just confirmed what id suspected.
strattera because i am an addict(clean many 24 hrs.)
whoops-ramblin again, sorry (does rachet-jaw count?im a little up today)

LD in Math,in recovery so Addictive personality too, as well as hx of depression, which is in remission.

Is ratchet jaw any kin to foot in mouth desease?? Have a bit of dyslexia or lesdexia which ever happens to make more scense at the time.

HMMMM.....Where/when do I begin? Maybe I'll procrastinate some more.....ok, here goes. Severe social anxiety/low self esteem; to the point where Im scared to go to work. OCD; if I touch something on one side, I have to touch the other side, must empty trash even when only one thing is in it. I talk to myself ALL ****ING DAY!!!! Its so damn irritating. I talk to myself about all of my worries, which makes them worse. Ive gotten in sooo many car accidents (many almost fatal) because of my ADD. I also get obsessed with things, like weight training, for a couple months or weeks, then switch to something else. Depression; all the time I cry for no reason, and ask God why he gave me all these talents, but no focus to use them!!! And if no relationships count as a disorder, then Ive got that too. I have many acquantances, but I dont talk to *them* as people, just about where parties are, etc. I also have a hard time getting intimate with women.

I chose "autism," since I only began to speak at 37 months, and Asperger's is not yet a diagnosis in Hong Kong. However, my lighter symptoms would be more like Asperger's than Kanner's, to say.

I have Generalized and Social Anxiety Disorders, and possibly Panic Disorder...because my anxiety disorders take on a "Panic" flavor. I also have dysgraphia, but my handwriting is legible, just abnormal, so it doesn't count as a disorder per se.

I originally went to the Dr. to get a referal so I could get ADD medication through SHS, and because I was having anxiety attacks that until I talked to him, I had always assumed were problems from ADD: I would have an impulse, then get anxious if I couldn't act...he asked meif I wanted to try medication for anxiety, and I said no because I just have ADD, and he shrugged and that was the end...

...until the next week, when I went in and he said "Anxiety?" and I said "Yup...looks like you were right." and he says "You get impulsive because of anxiety, not the other way around. Are you willing to try medication?" "Yup..." And now I am on Zoloft...it works miracles. I am less impulsive, and it tends to tone down my nervous energy pretty well...I am less hyperactive on it. It's a beautiful thing, because the Ritalin helps me focus but never takes my hyperactivity down. Zoloft does.

I have to go back this week to update him, and to refill an Rx.

I've got the basics... depression/generalized anxiety disorder. Most of that is now under control now that I'm on meds for ADD, happily. :D Wellbutrin put the kibosh on the depression, and I'm finding the anxiety just went away with it.

PTSD. Have had eating disorders. Depression [seasonal] anxiety. Just plain nuts:D

i have anxiety like crazy...i dont' know if its 'generalized or social..how would i know?
my psychiatrist stated that i've been diag'ed w/ adhd, and deppressive disorder as well as anxiety disorder
i'm actually super anxious right now...
i hate it when my husband asks "what are you anxious about?"
and if i don't have a specific reason he thinks that i'm loopy...or thinks that i'm lying
but the truth is : it ends up compounding itself
its like: i don't want to go on campus b/c i just can't handle it (the ppl)
but then i think "but i really need to go to class b/c if i miss then i'll be clueless.."
more sweating it
on the WAY to campus i get nervous b/c i feel that i'm exposed while i'm driving in my car (its so wierd to put all these thoughts down bc i never never admit them)
its so bad w/ my car that i'm going to get limo grade tint..i want complete privacy...i swear that i feel like ppl are staring at me in traffic and it drives me nuts.
it is not just my imagination either...i've established eye contact for crying out loud!
it makes me so nervous you'd think that i'd been attacked by the strangers that i'm paranoid about..
but whatever
i can't even articulate my anxiety right now..
argh!