Hi all I just registered. Im an 18 year old who has being diagnosed with OCD.

I have strong reasons to believe that I might have ADD. I have brought out many things to my psychiatrist about how bad my concentration is. He suspects I have it but has yet to make a proper diagnosis.

Reasons why I may have ADD:

1) When being stressed up, I get a lot of Obssessive thoughts which refuses to clear away, as a result I cannot concentrate in college for many occasions. I can get stuck in a severe mental block because of these obsessions and cannot shift my attention.

2) I daydream a lot in school. I have a short attention span. I will get bored and start to daydream if the lesson is not stimulating enough for me.

3) I must shake my leg and my body continuously for a lot of occasions (no I do not have hyperactivity) and I get very VERY distracted if there are people around me. Even if theres no one I get distracted by noise and even the bright lights. I am also incapable of thinking effectively if there are people around me.

4) I lose interest too easily and I mean too quickly. I may be enthusiastic at first. But overtime it gets boring and start to slack off as a result. I always had desire to certain things but I end up not doing them even though I have told myself that I will do it. I also get bored with questions in school which are not stimulating enough for me. I may know how to do the question but my short attention span and inwillingness to do so has resulted in my failure to complete the question. I make many careless mistakes too. My attention span becomes much shorter when I am stressed in exams. As a result, I may have to apply to take some exams in solitute to avoid such mental blocks. I do badly in stressful tests that require long attention spans.

5) I display extreme opposition towards certain people and I get upset many times because of my extreme sensitivity towards other people.

Because of all these, I have been unable to concentrate in lectures but I generally do well in private tuition as I am free from distractions. In addition, I get bursts of extremely hyperactivity and sudden increments in my mental abilities during certain occasions. After these episodes, I return to my lazy and depressed self. I am depressed from not able to focus my attention on certain topics which I have always wanted to do.

From your experience, do I really have some sort of ADD? What type of ADD is it and is there a way to cure this? I am really getting upset and depressed over this! HELP! :(

Sure looks like it. But hey, don't stress out over it, you don't need to say "HELP" like its a bad thing. It really isn't. ADHD people are more interesting anyway. (OK I'm rather biased int he matter.) Try meds if you REALLY think you need it. OK I'm biased there, too, because none worked for me, but I have heard that some people get results... but if they aren't working, and if they depress you- just go off them. Its not worth it.

Have fun!!!


Laura
BrotHer WiLbur

Yeah, that sounds exactly like me. I'm browsing these forums and people are bringing up little things like how you shake your legs and stuff. I do that too. And the caffeine making people with ADD sleepy thing was also enlightening.
People with ADD tend to go on their intuition though, and if your intuition is strongly telling you that it is ADD, then it's DEFINITELY worth looking into. Get all your questions answered. :D

You could be my twin. I'm undiagnosed as well, 22 years old and in my last year of college. I highly suspect I have ADD, and OCD too as a matter of fact. Except for your extreme sensitivity with people, I experience everything else you mentioned. I'm sitting here right now bouncing my leg. :) I'm going to try to get tested soon and it sounds like you should too since often people with ADD also have another condition (they are "co-morbid" conditions). If you do indeed have ADD, there is no way to cure it, but there are a multitude of ways to help you feel more normal. Your doctor can help you with this.

Good luck and I'd love to discuss this more with you, especially your experiences with OCD and other symptoms of ADD.

Edit: I just realized that this thread is over 6 months old. Shame. :(