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ADD/ADHD

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,828 posts)

21. Adhd is fucking real

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 01:04 AM

Nov 2022

I get the hyperfocus so bad I have had my blood sugar levels drop dangerously low. To almost passing out. The tunnel vision got really bad and I had trouble seeing my artwork. Thats what made me stop.I could not physically see what I was doing . When I got out of hyperfocus I realized my sugar was dangerously low it was 40 that time. I have forgotten to pee for hours. I forget to eat and drink.
When in hyperfocus everything but what you are focusing on literally does not exist.

This is only 1 symptom of adhd I have. I have more.
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My adhd can actually endanger my life because I am diabetic.

I would probably be dead without adderall helping with some of my symptoms.

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There's no such thing as ADD. [View all] Phentex Apr 2014 OP

Not "simply" a catch-all diagnosis. Nitram Apr 2014 #1

Or "act IN". School makes some kids crazy. Really. n/t Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #2

It's amazing LWolf Oct 2014 #5

I was bored out of my mind in 5th grade and would probably be diagnosed with ADD today. Fortunately, Nitram Sep 2019 #7

Did you explain to your student how focused he had to be Blue_true Dec 2019 #9

A little disagreement mikahawkins Oct 2020 #15

welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2020 #16

I got bored in school I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #18

ADD is not simply a catch-all diagnosis. mapol Sep 2019 #6

"no two people afflicted with ADD or ADHD are the same. Nobody knows what causes this kind of thing" Nitram Sep 2019 #8

ADHD is generally defined is a lower than everage level of dopamine in the frontal cortex. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #11

Thanks, jorge, for the informative post. I'm glad to hear you've benefitted from ritalin. Nitram Sep 2020 #12

Thanks! I've only had it for a few months and I am still in disbelief of how much it has helped me. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #13

Yeah, right. There's also no such thing as.... meow2u3 Apr 2014 #3

Drives me crazy when people say Add doesn't exsist really then whats made trublu992 Jun 2014 #4

Have you come to understand more about your ADD? Blue_true Dec 2019 #10

Wes Clark was diagnosed True Blue American May 2023 #22

Sorry that people have given you such a hard time about it, trublu992. WSSlover Apr 2021 #17

not know ClaudiaBradley Oct 2020 #14

Because if it exists, it complicates their judgement of bad, lazy kids. quakerboy Nov 2022 #19

Better late than never Blappy Nov 2022 #20

Adhd is fucking real I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #21