More and more I suspect that I am ADD, though obviously never diagnosed. It would explain SO much. I need to do some reading.

I don't think I am ADD, but if you find some good info could you post a link here?

Zenkitty, this is a good place to start.

I find this very interesting . Mostly because I think there is whole lot more to our body chemistry than we think . I know that I very rarely have any side effects. I also suspect that one of my drugs is not as effctive as my doctor thinks it is. I also know that back when DH and I weighed close to the same amount, and we had the same amount to drink , yo u would prefer to have me behind the wheel. Which is not the way it is supposed to be. And he is more likely to have a side effect. I also know that if something works for my sistered, it will probably work well for me

I am ADD

Editor's nitpick: I hate this phrasing. No one says "I am depression" or "I am herniated L4-L5." (If they do, send them to me and I will throat-punch them. Then they can say "I am contusion.") (Although I am aware people say "I am OCD," and while that's both a commonly used phrasing and also most likely clinically untrue for most of the people who say it, I still don't like it. It represents a slow slide towards imprecise use of language, much like the death of "decimate.")

Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.

Self-medication. See also, massive use of caffeine.

I think I wasn't quite clear in my previous nerdy post. The higher propensity of comorbid addictions in people with ADD/ADHD is not behavioral (as in your example, they self-medicate with caffeine, or because they need an even bigger thrill, they do coke). The scientific evidence is that there is a neurobiological/neurochemical difference going on (it has to do with dopamine, but I am WAY too undereducated to explain it).

I just think that's really fascinating. In the end, of course, it's manifested as behavior, and so one could *call* it behavioral, but it's not behavioral in origin.

Best captcha ever.

I am ADD

Editor's nitpick: I hate this phrasing. No one says "I am depression"

Huh? Sorry, I wasn't listening, there was something cool on tv.

You're right, of course; I should have said I think I *have* ADD.

Now I want a t-shirt with ADD emblazoned across the chest, in a lightning bolt. I AM ADD! Is there a god of easily distracted people?

Is there a god of easily distracted people?

Procrastina. She's very fickle.

Now I want a t-shirt with ADD emblazoned across the chest, in a lightning bolt.

There's this. Not quite the same, but funny nonetheless.

Damn, I think I need that shirt.

And I just bought it! Awesome. Thanks, Steph!