January 2012
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My friend says to me “you're one of the most... →
You forget about plans you made.
You forget birthdays and minor details.
You can never find anything.
You can not sit still
You stare aimlessly at blank paper.
You feel constantly bored, which causes you to engage in high risk, high thrill activities.
You find that starting a project takes so much effort. Finishing them is almost impossible
You can only finish work when it is the last...
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ADHD
matthewminhpham:
PROS: My mind can pull out any knowledge that i’ve learned in the past very quickly, and i can think of spontaneous things (which improves my creativity & i can tell the most randomest stories). CONS: I can never decide on things; it’s hard to focus on things, even when I really want to; & sometimes i’m really depressed for no reason.
MY LIFE.
Living With ADHD: My family is so rude sometimes. →
thebestrevengeissuccess:
I don’t care if you make jokes about me, tease me about things, or just plain make fun of me about the things I do. It’s whatever, and I don’t care. It’s usually funny. But when you start to make fun of my ADHD and everyone is laughing at me while we’re at dinner and I’m the only one without a smile on my face, that’s when I start to get upset. You didn’t even stop. You...
December 2011
3 posts
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ADHD
matthewminhpham:
PROS: My mind can pull out any knowledge that i’ve learned in the past very quickly, and i can think of spontaneous things (which improves my creativity & i can tell the most randomest stories). CONS: I can never decide on things; it’s hard to focus on things, even when I really want to; & sometimes i’m really depressed for no reason.
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BAM! Another semester=conquered.
Sorry for being MIA. Another AD/HD blog posted something recently about the irony of how our blogs tend to die out … it happens.
But I’m back. Finals are over, the semester is done, and now just to sit back and wait for the grades to upload.
Come on high honors … I love shocking people.
November 2011
6 posts
amyystoberr asked: i'm trying to write my college essay, and i can't focus for my life. My ADD gets 100x when stress comes into the picture. Getting ready for college applications is horrible, just thought i'd vent to someone who can relate. Very frustrating!
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Let's be honest. Talk to me. →
I want to hear from you guys. What's up? How's...
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Dear Meds,
Feel free to kick in anytime. Preferably before Midterms week ends …
Sincerely, Where’d I put the Strattera?
Patience Deficit Disorder →
findingadventure:
I have Attention Deficit Disorder, and I recently discovered that some people just don’t get it… It doesn’t take much to make me upset, but this gets me every time.
How dare you make ignorant assumptions about something that you know nothing about?! I have A.D.D., yes, but that does not define me or my capabilities. It is not a disability. It’s not a limitation. I’m still...
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Living With ADHD: ADHD invention from the 1920s →
tarynsullivan:
While Attention Deficit Order, with or without hyperactivity, isn’t mentioned (it didn’t exist as a diagnosis back then), The Isolator was designed to help focus the mind, particularly when reading and writing (literacy is hard work!). The helmet not only eliminated all outside noise, limited sight to just one line of text at a time, but it also pumped in oxygen. From the looks...
October 2011
5 posts
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Few days on Intuniv and I feel like a zombie.
This isn’t me … What’re you doing ADD?
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Dear ADHD →
dearmentalillness:
Everyday I wake up and take pills for you. Everyday I wake up at 5:30 am to run to help you. Everyday I carefully balance my diet to help you. However this never seems to mean anything to you. I don’t want to go away, I simply want to discipline you. While others get to walk over the pond on a bridge, you divert me too walking around. We don’t hate each other, do we? I just...
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ADD Intuition →
adhd-saga:
ADD minds love connections. Many people with ADD see themselves as “big picture” thinkers. With less dominant left-brain functions, the right brain functions inevitably become more dominant. The right brain is home to emotions, pattern-recognition, intuition, creativity, and loves connections; the left brain is linear and works on rules, facts and figures. The ADD mind strives to...
September 2011
6 posts
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ADD/ADHD Problem #1
Professors who don’t believe in AD/HD.
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How about Strattera?
Anyone on it/been on it and have something to share?
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Starting on Intuniv soon ...
Anyone have any experience with it?
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"Everybody has a little ADD."
Everybody has a little estrogen too.
Doesn’t make you a woman.
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Year 3 Uni ...
Let’s do this.
August 2011
6 posts
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How do you guys remember to take your medications...
I try taking it right after I feed my fish every morning.
You know I’ll be twitchy on the days my fish looks fat.
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What are some (adult) ADD symptoms →
attentionmental:
In adults, add and adhd often seems quite distinct from it does inside children-and its signs are exclusive for each individual. These categories highlight common symptoms of add. Carry out your best to spot the areas in places you experience issues. Once you determine your nearly all problematic signs, you can start to work on strategies for dealing with these. Common mature...
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I make a blog for me to talk about my ADHD, and...
inattentiveadhd:
This is real life.
If you guys knew how many “drafts” I have saved under this blog that never get finished …
Oh the irony.
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Successfully completed the summer at Oxford...
Take that doubters.
We can do anything we set our minds to do.
We're all over ...
blameitonmyadhd:
The fact that Adam Levine has ADHD comforts me. It shows me that a person as successful and talented as he is can manage their symptoms enough to write amazing songs like that. I think its inspiring.
July 2011
12 posts
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Fill in the blank: Sometimes I forget I have...
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Some days I just wish I could think in a straight...
Can I get an amen?
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theunparalleled asked: Do you ever feel like your the third wheel of your group of friends. Sometimes I can't think of anything to talk about with people unless they talk to me. It sucks and is really awkward.
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I am ALLERGIC to coffee. I remember wondering "Who...
myowntwitter:
i read a blog post yesterday about symptoms of ADD and ADHD. whenever i tell people that coffee doesnt do anything for me, they nod but i think a lot of people think im bluffing. interestingly enough, i read yesterday that that is a symptom of ADD. many people with ADD experience reverse or no effects when drinking coffee or ingesting caffeine of any kind…
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a-matterofinfinitehope asked: I just wanted to thank you and all of the other ADHD bloggers within the tumblrverse for sharing what you do. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD after nineteen years of being just plain "different" and really love the fact that I'm not anywhere close to being alone in the way that I feel.
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absolutelyhealthy asked: I diagnosed myself 5 years before I got the official diagnosis, I was pretty sure and I was right. So "diagnosing" (in quotes) yourself is sometimes the only option there is. Not only this, but some people have to actually battle other stupid people who say "you don't have this", "you're just lazy" and other things. But I know you've probably meant...
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absolutelyhealthy asked: Hey. Nice title of the blog. (: Will follow you and read other posts. I've read one of the articles about girls with ADD in your blog and I just want to say I don't agree much with girls being that much different. I'm not a girl but I was shy and definitely not hyperactive. But there's probably difference in frequency. Maybe not that huge.
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Will the real ADD/ADHD friends please stand up?
Or like/reblog.
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I hate it when people diagnose themselves.
You do NOT have ADD.
If you DID have ADD, you’d be too busy working your butt off defying stereotypes instead of spazzing out about it on tumblr and making us look worse.
Attention Deficit Disorder … not a Deficit of Attention Disorder.
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You do not say "I am ADD".
You say “I have ADD”.
Because ADD is not who you ARE,
It’s just part of who you’ve become.
June 2011
6 posts
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That moment when you think "I have to post that on...
Thanks ADD, thanks.
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I am officially an Oxford University scholar. Who...
I need to do this for myself.
If I can do this, I can do anything.
Step aside doubters, I’ve got work to do.
I wish I had known as a child ... →
ijustdunnoo:
The Misunderstood Child I am the child that looks healthy and fine. I was born with ten fingers and toes. But something is different. somewhere in my mind. And what it is nobody knows. I am the child that struggles at school, Though they say that I’m perfectly smart. They tell…
I just read something about ADD even though I'm...
doctorwhoanddisney:
I can’t help it! I know that I always feel weird reading them because it’s like my whole personality but still!
“Sensitivity to medication.” “Poor criminals.” “Always aiming to please.” “Excessive eating/spending.”
A.D.D. by Elisabete A. Lincoln
thelitblog:
Driven to destruction we dont know how we are victims not one of the crowd. spacing out is all we do. we have a crowd in our head that dont let us go ahead. its true ,iam not lazy,stupid or crazy. like everyone tells me. iam just like you. slower maybe,but not like you say. iam a normal person. wanting to get away. i may feel lonly,restless with no one . but i know deep...
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Living With ADHD: Story of my life →
ablipintime:
1. Take Ritalin due to ADD.
2. Lose or forget your bottle of pills on a regular basis.
3. Too lazy to take them, anyway.
May 2011
1 post
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I'm not random, I just think faster than you do.
Sums up the majority of my conversations with friends.
April 2011
9 posts
“I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just...”
– Frank Coppola