This is my first post on here so hello everybody!

I have ADHD and am currently being treated with Adderall XR and Dexedrine.
The meds are fine, I'm not too keen on taking the dex because of the side effects and the chalkiness of the tablet. Blah!!

Right then the main reason for me finally writing a thread is because I am constantly fighting these feelings that I seem to want to go somewhere, anywhere even when I am happy in my situation.

I could sit here of an evening and plan my 'escape' but it won't ever materialise.
I always want to leave and I hate it now.
Its like whenever I get really bored or have had a fight ith my spouse I go on the net and look up cheap flights.

I can't think of anything else to add to this right now but its late at night here now so I am probably just tired.
Sorry for not explaining this problem properly it's all in there but hard to write down and make it make sense.

Stimpy:confused:

Never feeling completely at easy a very much a part of my hyperactive ADD. I don't have the depression or inattentive stuff experienced by many of the inattentives here but being hyperactive ADD means always feeling like you should be some where doing some thing else no matter what you are doing, no matter where you are at it has nothing to do with happiness. . . .it is just some inner feeling of needing to gooooooo!

Or...

Maybe you just need a vacation;)

it just occurred to me what the driven by a motor, or always on the go meant... shoot... well I failed to answer those questions honestly when being screened for ADhD last week... I AM DEF always wanting to go somewhere... then when there if it does materailize I want to be somewhere else.. doing who knows what else... dern. Well hopefully I still get the eval thaty I need with my university.

I know many interpret the driven by a motor thing as non-stop motion but due to the fact I was chastised severely for my continues motion as I child I have my physical movement down to a fidget accompanied by this constant inner drive to drive else where.

I do not necessarily have to be un-happy nor do I have an actually have place I was to go I simply want to be on the move always. . . . . . driven by a motor. . . .my car will do fine thanks. . . .air plane too cool. Gary is the same way he wants to fly some where every two or three months once there he wants to fly back. . .it is an ADD thing especially a hyperactive ADD thing.

I could sit here of an evening and plan my 'escape' but it won't ever materialise.
I always want to leave and I hate it now.
Its like whenever I get really bored or have had a fight ith my spouse I go on the net and look up cheap flights.

Stimpy:confused:
i know this feeling all to well! You are not alone. I always long for something better...or want to half escape my situation.

Sometimes I have this insane urge to sell everything i own except for my camera equipment, my computer and my exercise ball...so i can life in a house that is empty. I think it stems from my desire to want to start over. But i realize i have to live each day...not the past or the future...it is hard the fantasies can get to you. I think these daydreams or fantasies are a good thing…they help me cope with life…even if the problem is minor. :eyebrow:

The meds are fine, I'm not too keen on taking the dex because of the side effects and the chalkiness of the tablet. Blah!!

I would imagine that that means you're not taking a Barr generic then... (Not that anyone is encouraging you to do so ;) )

Right then the main reason for me finally writing a thread is because I am constantly fighting these feelings that I seem to want to go somewhere, anywhere even when I am happy in my situation.

These are definitely ADHD symptoms and definitely not symptoms of "deperssion"... Very much the opposite..

I am very hyperactive and always have that urge. Every few days I have a new plan of where I want to move to, or where I want to go. I subscribe to all the cheap flights newsletters, etc. Sometimes I browse travel info. for hours. I have managed to live in the same apartment for 2 1/2 years now. Before then, even if I didn't move cities/countries I would still change apartments an average of 4 times a year. I used to work non-stop for a few months at some job I didn't care about, then quit and go travel for a while. Plane tickets to Africa are expensive, but once you get there, it's really cheap. When I tell people the places I've traveled to alone as a single, young, woman, they are flabbergasted. For some reason, I never worry about my safety even though I probably should.

I frequently get rid of every single thing I own, as it's just too much for me to deal with. I have never bought an item of furniture, I get everything for free from people getting rid of stuff or off the street (great finds abound in NYC!). That way, when I move, I just give everything away and it doesn't matter because I didn't spend any money on it anyway. There are plenty of broke people like myself that are extremely grateful to get free stuff.

I surmise that these urges are typical for the hyperactive ADD type. I am totally fascinated by seeing other parts of the world-- it gives me lots of fodder/insight for my writing. The inherent stimulation of going to a foreign land keeps me motivated.

I always feel restless, especially now since I have my own business and am engaged to someone. I don't get to travel as much as I like to as I am not organized enough to plan to go anywhere. I'm so busy that I barely get everything done. I am generally screwing up everything or almost in the process of a normal day, so trying to remember to plan to go somewhere is nigh impossible. Fortunately, my fiance loves to travel and wants to move overseas, so we're trying to finish things up here in the states over the next year or two and then head to Europe.

One thing that I have learned over the years: No matter where you go, you still bring yourself with you. I have moved because I wanted to escape myself in a sense, yet the essence of me always follows. After the excitement of a new country/city wears off, you will still be confronted with the same issues that haunted you somewhere else. (Of course this realization does not stop me from dreaming nonetheless. . . it's that feeling of the wind in my hair. . .)

Run like the wind is right!

I became a long-distance runner and my ADD/ADHD became another animal. I am now able to channel it and focus it like never before... and I have been running since 9th grade now...

About to do my second ultra marathon ---

wish me luck.

do we have any other crazy ADD runners in at the party?

Run like the wind is right!

I became a long-distance runner and my ADD/ADHD became another animal. I am now able to channel it and focus it like never before... and I have been running since 9th grade now...

About to do my second ultra marathon ---

wish me luck.

do we have any other crazy ADD runners in at the party?
I also run...and you are right... it helps me at least stay focused...every day I get up and run...even if I do not want to. I do it to maintain...it helps me to cope with my urges.

p.s. good luck

Nice - do you race too?

do we have any other crazy ADD runners in at the party?

I just lift heavy stuff all day but here are some discusssion by people talking marthons. . . . ..


This guys is talking Polar bear races (http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36351)



Amazing Effects of Exercise on the Brain - John Ratey (http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34538&page=1&pp=40)

Nice - do you race too?
no...but I am thinking about doing a marathon...

Greetings....



I recently put my daughter on 36mgs of Concerta, 30 days ago. And although she was doing fine on it, little hyper-focused, she had the normal dietary issues and restlessness at bedtime, everything was generally fine. Till she went to camp and upon returning we missed two days of her meds and she looked funny, don't how to really explain it except like she had been on the all nighter for weeks, something like Michael Jackson's Thriller Video. SO...we have decided to pull her off of them. She though it would be a good idea as well.



I am going to try walking and when I can build up the stamina to run more than 50 or 100 yards.



Any comments

I don't do long-distance running - I prefer sprints and weightlifting. I like intense physical exertions where you push yourself to your utter limits. It always helps me alleviate AD/HD symptoms.