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ADHD: how do I know if I have ADHD or give me some possible signs of it.
I honestly consider myself a pretty smart person. I joke around sometimes but once class starts I try my best to do my work and be serious. I get A's and B's on my report card ( its never been lower). So this is my problem: sometimes I have a hard time EXPLAINING things but I think I do good most of the time. Well at gym we were practicing volleyball and we had partners and while we were playing I missed the ball and I was like " sorry, I didn't know u had hit it to me yet" and then she was like " ohhhh ADHD" and I was shocked that she would say something like that so I shutgged my shoulders. I don't do very well with problems ( like cancer or ADHD). I know thins because a lot of people at my have like some issue and I don't know how to react to that. Just like a while ago my friend told me that she was chubbier than a lot of us because she had to take drugs so that her heart won't explode ( or however she said it). I didn't know how to react to that. So can someone help me with like how I know if I have ADHD or give me some possible signs of it. And I do forget thing a lot to. Lol
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I wouldn't think you have this either. It was a throwaway wise-crack, and I doubt your mate even remembered saying it a few minutes later. It touched a nerve because you're a bit phobic about illness. How much of a problem that becomes is questionable. A lot of us have something we don't handle well. And at school-age you feel things quite intensely, maybe more so than at any other time of your life. As long as it's not making your life an absolute misery or stopping you functioning you should learn to 'compensate' (meaning you know the tendency is there and conciously 'step-in' to correct it when you spot it popping up). You know it's there and a bit irrational, so you're half way there already. Uncompensated it's easy to become a hypochondriac and trot off to the doctor every time you get a headache! We all know people like that don't we...?
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Missing a ball in a game of volleyball is not a way to diagnose if you have ADHD. The fact that you get A's & B's on your report cards tells me you do not have a problem staying on task or studying. Which would be one of the signs that you could suffer from one of the forms of ADHD.
I think what your partner meant when she said that to you was your mind wasn't on the game. This happens to all of us from time to time and sometimes people jokingly refer to this as an ADHD moment.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is no joking matter. We should not joke about it as for those afflicted by this illness it is very troubling. In the least and can cause very serious social and behavioral problems even with medical intervention. At worst it can cause severe emotional control problems as well as behavioral problems.
Not being a doctor and not knowing you it is impossible to make a diagnoses. Only your doctor could make an initial diagnoses and then would have to refer you to a specialist for treatment. From what you have written and the way you write I would be very surprised if you did suffer from ADHD.
The other things you wrote about as to how to react to different situations. This has nothing to do with ADHD. I'm old enough to be your grandfather and there are things I still find difficult to react to. For me part of the reason is I worked as a volunteer fire & Rescue Squad member and this has caused me to learn to cut myself off from certain situations so ZI can do what i am being asked to do. Still each of us react differently to situation we know little about. This is normal.
If you are concerned about having ADHD speak to your parents about seeing your doctor for screening. This is the only way to know for certain. As I said though I doubt you suffer from this and the remark the other girl made was a joking comment.
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