Do you tap things?

[Johnny123]

I dont think its related to ADHD but erm ive realised i tap things alot. like if im holding an object like a phone i'll just start tapping my finger on the back of it or something. my mate was giving my **** for it (in jokes not being serious) so i'm wondering if anyone else does this? I also like to knock on things to see how dense it is like a pole or something. its weird isnt it?]

oh yeah ive got glass stuck in my foot, its been there for 2 days now can't get it out

[irishdel]

i'm allways tapping....i'm the only person i know that can listen to the radio whilst driving and tap a beat thats diffrent to the one playing on the radio....
i also tap my teeth toghter to a beat which has caused them to wear down more then they should....

[Wintermute]

I'm like a wiggly-tappin'-chewin-squirmy-bouncy storm!

My tapping out beats habit got much worse after I started making music as a teen, and then even worse when I played a video gamed called Amplitude addictively for over a year (imagine guitar hero with no guitar and just your fingers).

But actually, it sounds like you're talking about something else when you say you check the density of things? That's a new on me.

[ADHDTigger]

I'm less likely to tap as I am to rock. Or play with a stress ball or bean bag. But there has to be something. I do a lot of hand crafts. It's the only way I can watch television.

[Johnny123]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

I'm like a wiggly-tappin'-chewin-squirmy-bouncy storm!

My tapping out beats habit got much worse after I started making music as a teen, and then even worse when I played a video gamed called Amplitude addictively for over a year (imagine guitar hero with no guitar and just your fingers).

But actually, it sounds like you're talking about something else when you say you check the density of things? That's a new on me.

yeah its i dont know i like the sound different things can make because of how dense they are (how hollow).

its random huh

[casper]

Yes, constantly taping my pen, feet, fingers, heat u name it. Always need to be in motion...

[timtam]

it's not my fingers or hands that tap but my stoopid feet. and they're at it now. *will you *****ing stop tapping, please! just for one minute. that's all i ask* medication does slow them down. but when that runs out, they run off. and it starts all again.

*looks down and shakes head* stoopid feet.

[lunaslobo]

actully I find my self doing that a lot. if i cant tap and i have a pen in my hand i am clicking the end. I guess its just something to do with my hands.

[~boots~]

I'm the opposite, when people are tapping, or flicking, or making the horrid repetitive noises like that, I actually go crazy. I have asked many many people to stop tapping, flicking, etc because not only is it so frustrating to listen to, not only is it blocking out the rest of the conversation, it's blooming rude if someone is trying to talk, or give a lecture while someone is distracting the rest of the class/staff with the never ending drone of repetitive noise..

I'd have to ask you to stop it if you were noisy..
Find a quite way to move,

like bounce a leg, but keep your feet on the floor

tap your fingers in the "air"

rub your fingers over an arm or a leg and keep it quiet.

There is no need to annoy everyone else within 20 feet

[lunaslobo]

There is no need to annoy everyone else within 20 feet

in my job interveiw i had a pen in my hand and so did my boss. her second in comand is a lot like you and well be and the boss both click and tap when nervous well i found out we almost drove dione out of her mind. now it seems funny but then I did not even know I was doing it.

[Johnny123]

Originally Posted by ~boots~

I'm the opposite, when people are tapping, or flicking, or making the horrid repetitive noises like that, I actually go crazy. I have asked many many people to stop tapping, flicking, etc because not only is it so frustrating to listen to, not only is it blocking out the rest of the conversation, it's blooming rude if someone is trying to talk, or give a lecture while someone is distracting the rest of the class/staff with the never ending drone of repetitive noise..

I'd have to ask you to stop it if you were noisy..
Find a quite way to move,

like bounce a leg, but keep your feet on the floor

tap your fingers in the "air"

rub your fingers over an arm or a leg and keep it quiet.

There is no need to annoy everyone else within 20 feet

I can make noises like that sometimes, i dont realise it mostly until someone tells me to shut the f up. but i get so ANGRY when other people make noises. or when other people whistle, arghhh it gets me.

oh and ive still got a piece of glass stuck in my foot, arghh i cant get it out.

[Zara]

Yes

[sarek]

Count me in.
I usually realise I am irritating everyone around me quite quickly though. Or is it those eyes looking at me accompanied by a brooding silence?

[~boots~]

Originally Posted by lunaslobo

in my job interveiw i had a pen in my hand and so did my boss. her second in comand is a lot like you and well be and the boss both click and tap when nervous well i found out we almost drove dione out of her mind. now it seems funny but then I did not even know I was doing it.

when I went for a psych test for my job, she asked me
"what really annoys you"
I said
PEOPLE WHO CLICK PENS AND/OR TAP

I then had to explain why...

[andyum]

Yes, I do all sort of fidgeting, including bouncing my leg, biting my nails (bad boy), as well as tapping.