As I've been crying on and off all day long after hearing about that poor woman who threw her poor kids in the harbour to kill them because the voices told her, I started wondering....

Am I the ONLY ADHD'er that feels these things to the 'nth degree? I don't get sad, it HURTS....

Am I the ONLY ADHD'er that feels these things to the 'nth degree? No. This was a terrible tragedy. More babies left in the care of someone who was unable to take care of them. I read a report that said the poor mother was o.k. if she took her meds..

no no girl i do the same thing when sad things take affected to me.

like the pets being left behind in hurricane Katrina-- that was too sad for words

I'm the same way! Especially when there are children involved because I remember what it is like to be a child with unstable parents and to feel like your invisable and unlovable. I even cry watching Oprah and Dr. Phil! My husband asks me why I watch things that I know is going to make me cry.

Any thing having to do with children or animals gets me the most.
Sometimes I just have to turn the news off.
Because it's to much to carry around with me.
It's a painful kind of sadness.

As I've been crying on and off all day long after hearing about that poor woman who threw her poor kids in the harbour to kill them because the voices told her, I started wondering....

Am I the ONLY ADHD'er that feels these things to the 'nth degree? I don't get sad, it HURTS....

I'm just like that.

That story bothered me also.

like the pets being left behind in hurricane Katrina-- that was too sad for words
I couldn't watch any more stories on TV about the people and the animals. One afternoon I just started to cry ti made me so sad and angry what was happening

Hi Thordora,

I didn't use to be, until I went through a severe depression a few years ago. Now I cry over things I wouldn't have, before the depression.

Deb

I keep wondering if I'm feeling things more intensely because I haven't fully recovered from PPD, or if it's an ADD thing....glad I'm not the only one...

I feel horrible for this lady, since once she's back on the meds, she'll realize what she's done....imagine living with that..

Thordora, how old is your baby?

I cried daily most of my life. When I was 2, my parents took me for tests to see why I cried all the time. The doctors said I was frustrated because I could not communicate everything I wanted to say. Very insightful of them. This was in the 1950's when lobotomies were still being done.

Then, at 30, I married a man who got angry when I cried. He wasn't violent, but there was no reward of comfort and forgiveness. So I finally stopped crying all the time. Except in church, or from sad songs, etc.

But I still had some severe bouts.

Taking Risperdal made the difference for me. In fact, the 2 times I inadvertently failed to take it, I got very weepy.

But I still care about things intensely. My orchid got too much sun and the blossoms collapsed. The recycling dumpster was contaminated with garbage. Or I just love people so much, and feel so much compassion for them, and am so very greatful to feel that way.

Babies and animals.I will weep,they are helpless.
I have found myself crying when happy!
Its like a wave of emotion takes over my chest and it just comes out.

Im very emotional.

sosninity-that's exactly it...it's like that line in American Beauty...sometimes there's just so much beauty....I can see and feel the sadness even in beauty...

I have two kids-my first turned two in August, my second was born this past March. I'm thinking it's time to get thee to help, since the "clouds" just won't part. Sometimes I can ignore them, but they never leave, and I can feel my life crumbling. All I want to do is cry lately.....gods this is horrible..

thordora, In the course of some database testing this week, I came across an abstract to a very recent article on a study that had linked postpartum depression to sleep deprivation. The conclusion was that an increase in the amount of the mother's sleep significantly reduced the incidence of postpartum depression. I don't recall how great the significance was. And anyway, with 2 little ones, sleep can be quite elusive. Especially if you are ADHD -- I think the word "babies" is almost a synomym for "distraction."

((((HUGS)))) we all go through this occasionally

i cry VERY easily, i am very compassionate and empathetic. i think tears are cleansing for the soul. i don't watch tv at all because i can't tolerate all the information, esp since so much is about traumatic and sad stuff. although sometimes its a pain to be this sensitive, i'd rather be this way than not.

On the news tonight.
Someone abandon a baby in a grave yard.
My immediate reaction was anger.
Because underneath that I feel a deep sense of sadness.

That's the exact reason I hardly watch the news anymore.
I'm going to carry that around with me for a while.

i can't watch the news or else Id be crying all the time...

i Have to much love for ppl that i'll get very emotional about things...

I know i should be thankful about this but then again i'd like people to see the strong side of me again....i used to be so good about being brave...now i'm mush.....today i'm mush...this thread...whew....i'm think it's more to do with a depression issue for me though...cause it started when I was about 21-22 years old that i turn to crying over just staying strong for others around me....

one extreem to the next silly me

Im exactly that way.
When other people can move on, im still down about it all.
I hate hearing sad things, even when its nothing close to home it almost feels like it.

I'm exactly that way. 9/11 nearly killed me.

Hence, the first part of my 'signature'. My dad told me for years that I was too sensitive and I didn't have to take other's problems as my own - when they threw me their problems, I should play dodge ball instead of catch. Easier said than done.

So, tomorrow I'm going with a girl I hardly know to meet a prospective adoptive family for her baby. I couldn't stand for her to go alone and not have anyone on her side.