Do any of you PI type know a combined type in real life?

[ginniebean]

Seeing as how there is a thread about knowing the inattentive types and it's turned out to be really interesting, it might be good to see the other side.

I do wish people would get that H type is a unicorn. There are hyperactive combined types, and there are more sluggish combined types.

Anywhooo... Sooooo?

[Abi]

[Fuzzy12]

I had to laugh when I read the title of this thread. It is an interesting question though!!!

Like I said on the other thread, I don't know anyone in real life who has got ADHD (except for my mom maybe??), neither C nor PI or whatever.

Sigh, I really, really wish I knew a unicorn though!! Even a hyperactive or inattentive one would do. Any unicorn is better than no unicorn.

Sorry, I've got nothing useful to add.

[faye64]

Maybe a stupid question, but what does PI stand for? I'm figuring C stands for combined. I looked on the Acronym guide, but couldn't find anything, except private investigator, but I don't think that's what is meant here.

[ginniebean]

PI. Primarily inattentive.

[doiadhd]

I'm a d u d! (un-diagnosed)

[Flory]

You're welcome to come hang out with flory I promise it'll be fun
I'm a h/i that knows another h/i in real life we get into lots and lots of pickles

[Fortune]

I should get my spacey niece to read this. She can post about the entire rest of her family.

[fracturedstory]

I've seen a two year old unicorn who ran off on me, took off his nappy and went for a dunk at the beach.

Said unicorn was also known to bite the legs of grown humans sitting down inside a restaurant when he was about 5 or 6.

Haven't seen many sightings of the 13 year old unicorn yet. He eats these magical herbs to be indistinguishable from the other horses.

[Drewbacca]

My uncle is the furthest on the hyperactive side of the spectrum.
He was fired from a job where he was head manager for trying to get it on with an employee (he denies this). He likes to play with saws, guns, knives, wood-splitters...
He will pick up road kill if it's fresh and cook it (he's actually a good cook, despite this but he doesn't follow recipes, it's all pure talent). He yells a lot. He's constantly drug seeking. He's always trying to scavenge belongings from friends and neighbors which he forgets to return. He won't hesitate to urinate in someone's front lawn in broad daylight.
He's always on the go... be it cooking, or gardening, or chopping wood, or whatever.

[fracturedstory]

When I went to college and caught the train a lot there was a kid on there who one friend said he was so violent due to ADHD that he was on a heavy dose that made him seem (for a want of better word) retarded.

I'm not sure how true that was but he was a delightful fellow to talk to. And he could talk quite a lot.

[LaMbaL]

One of my best friends is C/H. He is the type 'life of the party', extremely social, fun to be around, and going out with him often leads to some sort of crazy adventure. On the other hand, he is reckless, self-destructive, does not think before he acts, has a mean drunk streak and often ends up hurting either himself, other people or material things.

I think a lot of people like him, but in small doses. He is fun for a bit, and then his tireless thrillseeking and reckless crazyness becomes annoying and too much for them to handle. I dont mind however; Im one of the few who can handle him fulltime, and oftentimes I feel like Im the one holding his leash, pulling him back whenever he threatens to go over the edge. I only hate him when he's in his mean-drunk state, and then I usually forcefully drag him back home to protect himself and others.

I think this is mainly what makes our friendship work: were both like-minded (equally crazy some would say), but he pulls me out of my lethargic state and drags me along to do the stuff I would want to do, and on the other hand I look out of him and pull him back whenever he is really pushing it too far.

[ginniebean]

Originally Posted by fracturedstory

When I went to college and caught the train a lot there was a kid on there who one friend said he was so violent due to ADHD that he was on a heavy dose that made him seem (for a want of better word) retarded.

I'm not sure how true that was but he was a delightful fellow to talk to. And he could talk quite a lot.

I've noticed impulsivity gets called stupid a lot of the time.

[Flory]

My H friend and his two H brothers decided for mutiny and flushed all their meds down the toilet much to the despair of their mum...the poor poor women. I remember the time we broke into a building site and raided the skip, decided smashing tube lights across eachother like light sabres would be fun....our poor parents

[Retromancer]

Are you telling me Ginnie that the Hallowell type of ADDer doesn't exist? Has anyone told Hallowell?