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I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
9. Story of my life..
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:43 PM
Mar 2021

Yes..

And another symptom...the hyperfocus

You decide to draw,so you start drawing.

And you draw straight for 5 hours,ignoring hunger, forget about the bathroom,about thirst..

Than get up when you gotta go so bad you barely make it, thinking I am so thirsty,hungry. But you go back to drawing...

now the sun is down..what the hell where did the day go..
Oh I'm so thirsty and hungry but I haven't a clue what I want to eat,or drink.

I am diagnosed adhd and take adderall. I don't get so stuck in hyperfocus as bad as I used to before meds.

It scared the fuck out of me when hyperfocus made me so focused that when I finally got up because I felt weird..and my blood sugar level was 44. After that happened a couple of times I admitted to my psydoc I need to go back on adderall.

Adderall literally saves my ass.

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
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