I Now Understand Me: I Have Adult ADHD

I Now Understand Me: I Have Adult ADHD

I have always been the type of person that has been a bit hyper. Dancing, singing opera, creating plays that I performed by myself in my own creative attire, walking down the stairs on my hands at the age of 18. My mother thought I was creative and my family thought I was annoying. As I got older my some of my friends thought I was fun and some found me to appear conceited and I even became that girl “I can’t stand” to many. I however thought I was perfectly normal until a few years ago.

I love to read, articles not novels and I stumbled onto an article about adult ADHD. Many of the symptoms were not me at all but there were too many that made me look at who I am and who I’ve been over the years to realize that I’m in the adult ADHD category and probably was ADHD as a child. As a child I had poor grades. I could never concentrate on what the teacher was saying long enough to learn and during homework time I could never focus enough to get it done. As an adult my symptoms are rapid speech, I talk so much that many people can’t keep up. I linger on a subject so long that people change it for me, obviously they’ve had enough. My mind jumps from one idea to the next. I tend to be worried about what others think of me and may even over think how they perceive me. I am also impulsive; if someone ticks me off I let them know it without worrying about the consequences of feelings being hurt or retaliation. I just go off.

Do I need a Doctor for this? No. Do I need medicine? No. What I try to do is pay close attention to my symptoms and calm down. My daughter once said to me “I wonder if all mothers are as energetic as you. It makes me think “am I that unique?” I try to notice when I’m rambling and pick up on the cues of others and simply stop and end the conversation. I try to not get overly excited or anxious for naught. The whole point is to jot down things that you notice maybe “extra” about you and tone it down. No need to eliminate your true spirit but tweak it. Sometimes ADHD involves depression. Don’t look towards medicine, look towards the pick me up: a massage, church, a vacation. Think about the very thing that you can make happen for yourself that will help. After I had my first child I sunk into baby blues. It wasn’t until my mother came in from out of town that I was able to pull myself out. After I had my second child I felt myself heading that way again. I was able to recognize the symptoms and do things that would pick me up and keep me going until it passed. Is this something that will work for everyone? Probably not but is it worth a try? Definitely. Will it work for many? Absolutely. So why can’t it work for you?

In all make yourself notice your symptoms when they arise and make the opposite happen. Learn you!


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