I've been taking 20mg Adderall XR since 1-22 and I had an issue before I started with conversations and "over catering" to people. I did and still use ten words in the place of four and while the flow of conversation has improved I've noticed an upped social tendency in just wanting to talk to people and going on forever.

What was happening before is I would talk about things I do at work(I do networking) and instead of just explaining things simply I would say one thing, have three thoughts and then go explain all three of those and before long the things I felt I needed to talk about were growing exponentially.

While the need to explain every little detail has slowly started to make itself scarce, the 10:4 ratio is unstable at best. I don't know if its that the ability to form complex thoughts and stay on track has returned or if its that my dose is too high and the need to explain has become a need to add an adjetive where ever possible.

I had been playing with the thought of OCD though I don't know much about it. I spend a lot of time playing around with websites and since the 22nd I've started to develop an increasing need to become over organized. The complexity of my desktop has shot through the roof, links to book marks, apps, directories pictures all right there in one click. The part that is hard to get over is when I link out to book marks I'm only satisfied if the icon is unique or specific to that site, thus I've been spending too much time doing really little things that don't matter.

I intend to bring this all up to my doctor when I go in for a follow up but I'm posting for some advice. People I've known in the past with the over talking tendency seem to talk so much that the other won't absorb everything or take it on the same level. I've been trying to gauge and prioritze the importance/effect different things have been having on me and I'm having difficulty deciding if this issue is just my personality and lack of social exposure(I work third shift w/ no one sitting within 100ft of me and my friends don't share many common interest) or if this is the an Adderall causing situation.

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Now I feel the need to apologize for the long post, so my apologies.

AND as one last thought, even things like posting on forums have a certain level of acceptance, I've read over this three times to make sure it sounds right and I'm still having an issue with feeling satisfied enough to hit submit.

Am I going crazy? lol

Well, I think a lot of people with adhd are ocd to an extent. I personally talk too much and overexplain things also, and not unlike you, I live alone, work alone (at home) and don't have many friends where I currently live... so when I do get to go out with friends, or talk on the phone I just raaaamble about the most minor things. :D I also do feel a little socially inept or awkward. When I am in a public place or meet someone new sometimes I'm not really sure what to say. It's like my comfort zone is very specific.

I am ocd in several other ways. Like with dishes, particularly glasses... I always feel the inside of them before I fill them. I will only drink out of glass, not plastic. Yet, if I am outside and drop a potato chip or something I'll eat it. Just silly things like that.

I would talk to your doctor about the over talking tho, maybe they can give you some sort of suggestion in how to control it a little better. :)

Yeah I plan on talking to the Doc, we'll see what happens.

What's kind of funny though, is I do the same thing with glasses. I will only drink our of glass, not plastic or anything else lol