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heyy im kaysee.(aka,KC)..i live in connecticut, in the middle of now where..i love to help people and i can answer about any question.. so feel free..also..my AIM sn is KCx1061 so feel free to ask me anything there too...! *KaysEe
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Okay, I actually think I have ADD. I've secretly researched it for a few months now, and I have a lot of the symptoms majorly. I used to be really good in school, I used to be able to focus and concentrate most of the time. Now, I have SO many things going on in my head and I seem to act like I'm listening, but really my head is off in like, a million different places. I told my friend that I had it and she's the type of girl that will just not concentrate because something is "boring". She thinks that she has ADD too. Everytime we talk about it, she starts laughing ("I have ADD, lol!"). It pisses me off so much. How is anyone going to take me seriously after she tells EVERYONE she has it, and starts laughing after? Its kids like her who use out the term ADD. I bet many students like her go to their doctor and say they have it. But what about us who actually think we have it? I feel like the doctor is just going to turn me away and say "yes, you think you have ADD along with the rest of the student body at your high school...". I NEED to get help quick, but how am I supposed to approach help, and how do I convince my friend that she doesn't have it, and not everything in this life is "fun". I can't even concentrate on the things I enjoy anymore...
go to your doctor and tell them about this. one of my friends was being "tested" (i'm not sure if thats the right word) for ADD and she came to school with all these papers for teachers to fill out and ect. doctors cant just tunr you away b/c a lot of people DO have ADD also, talk to your parents, see what they recomend..maybe they notice things too? as for your friend, she obviously doesnt know this bothers you. explain to her that you ARE serious about it and that you dont appreciate her acting the way she is. good luck* KaysEe
I'm pretty sure that I have at least borderline obsessive-compulsive disorder, but where symptoms are listed, the requirements are kind of vague. If anyone who knows more about it could give me a hint as to my own state(severity, etc.), I'd appreciate it. I'll list some symptoms. Note that this if going to be rather long, even though I've cut out a lot of detail and examples.
Hand washing - I'm... fairly obsessed... with dirty-ness... if I touch something that I think might be dirty, then I wash my hands before touching anything clean and/or at the first opportunity. A year or so ago I counted myself as washing my hands ninety times in one day, and I'm sure that it's gotten significantly worse since then.
Arrangement - I like to arrange things that I'm looking at neatly. For example, yesterday I had six bittorrent windows open, and I arranged them in a perfect grid; the top left one's top left corner was exactly on the top left corner of the screen, and all the others were exactly aligned with it(no overlap or space whatsoever between edges, corners touching).
Counting - I'll count repetitive noises. Not all of them (not keystrokes, walking footsteps, etc.), but I'll always count stairs-steps and some other noises.
Perfectionism - but only in things I care about. Not really significant, but I've been known to spend hours on a minor detail of a bad drawing.
Paranoia - I worry that people may be watching me, and about hidden cameras and suchlike. I keep all my sensitive(for example, pirated) files in triple-encrypted archives with very long passwords and worry that the government might have a quantum computer, with which such a password could easily be broken.
Random **** - sometimes I'll feel compelled to do something, for example tapping my fingers in a pattern or sequence until I get it exactly right. A minute before I started writing this I selected some icons in an order. Then I worked out on paper how to work the sequence exactly backwards and did so because I needed to balance the select-ing to put my mind to rest.
SOunds like your really seirous about this. talk to your parents and go to a docter and see if you can get a proper diagonsis. thats all i can say =) Goodluck*KaysEe