The worst part of ADD and what you do to counteract it

[ashisbaby17]

For me the worst part is the number of things that go on in my head consecutively and trying to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time. When people talk to me I hope the conversation only lasts a few minutes. Otherwise I have to fake listening which I hate doing. In turn that gives me horrible migraines, my eyes start to twitch, my heart rate increases, and my whole body tenses. It has nothing to do with anxiety but rather the inability for my brain to rest. For example if I were to count the number of topics that pop into my head in one minute it would be close to 15. It's constantly like that even in my sleep and first thing when I wake up. I never have good sleep and sometimes wake up to thoughts. So far the only thing that seems to help is listening to soft music with lyrics. It seems to give me something to focus on that's constant.

[Lostsoul092]

My strattera has helped with the whirlwind. For me the worse part of it is the depression. I wake up every day and tell myself, "If I can make it through today tomorrow will be better.". It seems like tomorrow never comes, so I get depressed. I hope that someday I will find a better way to deal with it, but till then...

[fracturedstory]

Low energy and getting angry quickly.

For the low energy I take meds plus make sure I eat more.
For the anger I try to not focus on it as much, by doing something else.

[WhoaaaaaI'mADD]

I'm nearly the same. I hope conversations are short because I'm going to end up looking everywhere and not remembering a single thing. This becomes a problem in school and at work. Meds definitely help me remember, but there's still a ton going on up there. On meds, I can just think back to what that person said even though I wasn't paying attention at all.

Reading anything is impossible without meds. I simply won't remember. It's almost as if I read a book and the words on the page running through my head act as a machine that forces my mind elsewhere. I can stare at blank pages and nothing will happen (except boredom), but if words are there and I'm reading them, I won't remember them five minutes later because of where my mind ended up. The same goes for movies.

[soccerboy]

The worst part of my ADD is i literally can't do anything. I limit myself to performing at work, and then after. I just do really easy activities like watching tv shows (just finished first season of 24, jack bauer is god), browsing add forums, fantasy sports, some facebooking/twittering. My room is a mess of projects, piles of dirty laundry, piles of clean laundry and random stuff I dont put away.

[MLIW201]

Originally Posted by ashisbaby17

For me the worst part is the number of things that go on in my head consecutively and trying to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time. When people talk to me I hope the conversation only lasts a few minutes. Otherwise I have to fake listening which I hate doing. In turn that gives me horrible migraines, my eyes start to twitch, my heart rate increases, and my whole body tenses. It has nothing to do with anxiety but rather the inability for my brain to rest. For example if I were to count the number of topics that pop into my head in one minute it would be close to 15. It's constantly like that even in my sleep and first thing when I wake up. I never have good sleep and sometimes wake up to thoughts. So far the only thing that seems to help is listening to soft music with lyrics. It seems to give me something to focus on that's constant.

yeah i do the same thing music has become thing for the constant thoughts. Reading can also be pretty helpful too but it asks for a little more effort. playing music really helps, sometimes when i come off of playing guitar, i feel like iv been sleeping and just woke up or like i just came back into my body.