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Goodheart

(5,321 posts) Tue Mar 30, 2021, 07:15 PM Mar 2021

Do I have A.D.D.? I'll describe some of my behaviors. [View all]

- I don't know how to sit around, relax, and do nothing. That's why I'm not a fan of beaches, I reckon. When I go to such I have to walk along the shore line, and not just lay there soaking in the sun.

- I have to be constantly entertained. I have a small TV next to the bathtub to watch a show when I'm bathing. I have a small TV under the kitchen counter to watch a show while I'm cooking or washing dishes.

- I can't bear to wait in lines. It raises my blood pressure. If I get caught in a long line, say at a grocery store, I've been known to just leave the cart packed and walk out.

- When I play board games I insist on timers. Analysis paralysis drives me nuts. It's just a game, not life and death, just play already!

- When I travel I hurry my meals, even at fine restaurants, because I want to go out and walk around the city.

I need a drug.

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Do I have A.D.D.? I'll describe some of my behaviors. [View all] Goodheart Mar 2021 OP

Don't Faux pas Mar 2021 #1

I rock back and forth a bit in a long line...usually listening to the music in my head... Tikki Mar 2021 #18

Sounds more like an underlying anxiety to me. I've had ADHA in the past Maraya1969 Mar 2021 #2

Good advice. I try to tell myself that everyday Peregrine Took Mar 2021 #5

I'd say anxiety too... Phentex Mar 2021 #25

I don't have A.D.D. Diamond_Dog Mar 2021 #3

I must be busy all day. Internet, chores, painting, exercise Peregrine Took Mar 2021 #4

I can relate to your symptoms but I've never been diagnosed with ADD. I have been abqtommy Mar 2021 #6

You could try to get an actual diagnosis from a doctor PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #7

let me describe a REAL behavior Skittles Mar 2021 #8

Story of my life.. I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2021 #9

That sounds like me. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #17

This is why I can't get my house decluttered or complete many of the yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #22

omg yellowdogintexas Skittles Mar 2021 #23

I fully relate... Phentex Mar 2021 #24

I have lists too Skittles Mar 2021 #26

You sound like my mother. Duppers Mar 2021 #10

I certainly don't wait at red lights when nobody else is at the intersection. Goodheart Mar 2021 #11

Makes sense to me. 😉 Duppers Mar 2021 #13

I don't know about ADD... Harker Mar 2021 #12

That's a lovely feeling. Duppers Mar 2021 #14

+33. n/t Harker Mar 2021 #15

Zen. nt. Duppers Mar 2021 #16

For some, every moment is a 'moment of Zen.'. Harker Mar 2021 #19

Lucky!! How I wish... Duppers Mar 2021 #20

I'm all for what works. Harker Mar 2021 #21

Thank you, kind sir. Duppers Apr 2021 #29

I was diagnosed in 3rd grade too in the early 70's I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #28

Sounds like you just aren't patient... Phentex Mar 2021 #27

Neurodiversity you may be some type of combo and I have read there are different forms ofAD luckone Apr 2021 #30