I'd love to hear what you guys are like, a.d.d. anxiety to me, is so different from textbook anxiety in some ways.


I become...
-really impulsive
-can't pay attention to anything, even like the t.v.
-can't listen to a word people say
-and when I do listen I don't really make sense out of it and my response doesn't really have much to do with what they are saying.
-space out so much that it takes people a couple times to get me to respond
-Constantly forget everything, and I mean everything.
-Can barely get my words out right.
-Social anxiety, of course
-headaches
-migraines
-feeling really slowed down
-hyperventilation
-racing thoughts like crazy with in and out panic attacks.
-everyone irritates the hell out of me and I feel like they are purposefully doing it. Then I wonder why the hell no one likes me lol. I pretty much only want to be alone and to not have anyone talk to me most of the time.
- I get really overfocused on all this crap and think I have every disease in the book from these symptoms.


Then a physiciain tells me I might be type 3 bipolar... because I go from being kind of normal to lots of anxiety.... I don't know about that one. I'm thinking it's more of an a.d.d. mood swing...

I was going to move this to generalized anxiety disorder... but I don't know how to.


grah focusing too much on my anxiety:mad:

I have generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder, and I share almost all of your symptoms...here's what I can think of:

Can't fall asleep/stay asleep
Not listening to people at all (or only partially listening and then difficulty understanding)
Paranoid, super-sensitive, Irritable
Obsessively ruminating about perceived cause of the anxiety
Speaking before thinking (speaking my mind...gets me in trouble at times)
Panic (hyperventilation, feeling of impending doom, dizzy, nauseous, locked inside my mind, stuck on one thought, claustrophobia)
Back tension, headaches

I've been on celexa for about 3 months and that seems to have helped with anxiety...still have my moments though.

I'd love to hear what you guys are like, a.d.d. anxiety to me, is so different from textbook anxiety in some ways.


I become...
-really impulsive
-can't pay attention to anything, even like the t.v.
-can't listen to a word people say
-and when I do listen I don't really make sense out of it and my response doesn't really have much to do with what they are saying.
-space out so much that it takes people a couple times to get me to respond
-Constantly forget everything, and I mean everything.
-Can barely get my words out right.
-Social anxiety, of course
-headaches
-migraines
-feeling really slowed down
-hyperventilation
-racing thoughts like crazy with in and out panic attacks.
-everyone irritates the hell out of me and I feel like they are purposefully doing it. Then I wonder why the hell no one likes me lol. I pretty much only want to be alone and to not have anyone talk to me most of the time.
- I get really overfocused on all this crap and think I have every disease in the book from these symptoms.


Then a physiciain tells me I might be type 3 bipolar... because I go from being kind of normal to lots of anxiety.... I don't know about that one. I'm thinking it's more of an a.d.d. mood swing...

Hi Kwalk,

I would also add to your list the following items:


chewing fingernails
short bursts of anger and occasional road rage
performace anxiety during sex
worry about things that aren't even really a problem
I'm now on Lexapro and my anxiety issues are under control :)

p.s. You have a cute smile in your pic.

I was going to move this to generalized anxiety disorder... but I don't know how to.


grah focusing too much on my anxiety:mad:

ask a mod if they will move it, Kwalk ... :)

Hi K-walk,

Here is what the NIMH states as a definition for generalized anxiety disorder:

People with generalized anxiety disorder can't seem to shake their concerns. Their worries are accompanied by physical symptoms, especially fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, irritability, sweating, and hot flashes.

It sounds as if you do have some similar symptoms. I will move this to the generalized anxiety section.

At Heart

When I have anxiety I...

1. get chest pains on my right side. My family doctor says it's because of muscle tension between my ribs.
2. get tender pressure points on my temple and on the nape of my neck. Muscle tension once again.
3. obsessively think about something that bothers me until it blows out of proportion. Until I find someway to resolve it, I cannot stop thinking about it. It completely and utterly invades my life until I just want to crawl into bed and never get out.
4. try too hard to find validation of my worries or reassurance that it's all in my head. I'm irritable if I cannot find some closure.
5. cannot slow my thoughts down. Sometimes the thoughts start on the initial issue, but then it starts wandering to all the other horrible things in my life.
6. make up problems in my head when there isn't anything to worry about, just because I need something to think about. Stupid huh?

I used to have panic attacks where I could not breathe, my heart would race and my head would spin. Not anymore. Don't know why they stopped.

These are just the anxiety symptoms I have. ADD is a whole different issue. My first psychiatrist told me I was bipolar, but my current one thinks it's ADD with anxiety. I don't really get depressed anymore because I'm getting somewhat better at rationalizing things. Plus, I have a good support system that keeps me from going down my ugly path.

do you take meds for your anxiety, or are you doing better just rationalizing your thoughts? I'm working on rationalizing my thoughts, hoping I can do it without meds.

I take the beta blocker proprolonol (Indral) it works very well but I have some neg. side effects from it that are fairly rare. I believe that CBT will work if it hasn't got out of hand. My really bad anxiety started about 3 yrs ago and was just out of control. I really felt like I was just a step away from a total break w/ reality. If your like that than I would go the med route.

I completely lost reality for awhile, but scattershot has helped me out a lol. I tend to go through lots of worrying when it comes to understanding society.. (not on any add meds here)