Since I started taking Dexedrine (in combination with Cipralex (US - Lexapro) for anxiety) I've found that I enjoy any activity (work, driving, watching TV, walking, chewing gum, anything that I am actively involved in) much more than I used to. Distraction is minimal.

When it's time to finish the activity (stop work, spit out my gum, etc.) I feel a letdown. I don't want to stop, it's a feeling of loss - but once I do change gears, I'm OK with it!

Has anyone experienced this?

I am experiencing a similar thing. Except my activity of delight is cleaning. Yeah, I know, very weird.

However, when I get rolling, I don't want to stop. I've always been a perfectionist and it's quite apparent now that I am taking Adderall and have the ability to begin and continue to work on whichever task I start.

But, when I get going on the detail stuff with my toothbrush and q-tips getting dirt out of crevices that I haven't glanced at in the past 8 or so years.... yeah, I really have trouble saying "time to stop, pick it up again later".

Using a timer actually makes a huge difference. Instead of grappling with my own brain that it's time to stop, I have this external device saying "STOP NOW". Actually works rather well for me.

LG & DM,

Your descriptions match closely with what Dr. Daniel Amen labels as ADD subtype overfocus.

Everyone needs "buckets" to hold liquid like variables. P-docs are no exception. Trouble is, us humanoids don't always fit into convenient little buckets.

ADHD subtypes "overflow" consistently and ruin the whole bucketing thing - or so it would seem.

Mainstreamers call what we experience (self-included) as ADHD with OCD traits - ok, we should be labeled OCT not "D."

Symantics aside, our "type" can be adversely affected by stimulants in as much as they exascerbate the OCT into OCND "OC Nearly Disorder" and we get stuck in a thread and have trouble getting out.

Delores, you got the ticket - as long as you can successfully resist the urge to persist in an now unproductive habit, it remains a trait, not a disorder.

Lucky girl, you are lucky because you too, even though experiencing some discomfort can "break out."

Me too.

Others are not so lucky and stimulants only make a bad thing worse.

Bob

it's called trouble with "transitions".

YUP, it's a core feature of ADD, iirc.

Luckygirl - I do the same thing, but it's normally when I'm at work. I tend to have my plate full with meetings and working on various developmental projects within my department. Once I get started on a project...I have a hard time leaving it unfinished now...don't want to do anything else and if I have to do something else...I'm not a happy camper in fact I get irritable until I"m able to get focused in on the other thing. So, it's probably bad I brought my work home with me over the weekend lol...at least I'll finish it finally

I have the same problem sometimes.

I definitely have what some would describe as being "overfocused ADD." I have lots of trouble switching gears, always have. Medication has helped. I will get stuck on certain thoughts, especially negative ones, and will be completely unable to "forget about it" and move on to something else. Once I start a certain task I want to complete it, and heaven help whoever interrupts me!

I definitely have what some would describe as being "overfocused ADD." I have lots of trouble switching gears, always have. Medication has helped. I will get stuck on certain thoughts, especially negative ones, and will be completely unable to "forget about it" and move on to something else. Once I start a certain task I want to complete it, and heaven help the person that interrupts me!

OK i need to buy a really loud egg timer then... to shake me out of my "mode".