Is this also ADD?

Question

Or something like ADD...
If you space out often and can't concentrate? It happens so often and you feel like there is always something on the back of your mind running around...and sometimes you go to think of it when i am in the middle of something more important.
It just happens to me so much! Does it have to do with my concentration?...I have been spacing out often since as long as I can remember...usually daydreaming in school or thinking about something totally unrelated to what I am doing...causing me to do bad or make a mistake..
What exactly is this?..

(hope this is the right category!)

Answer 1

You know, not everything has to have a diagnosis. It sounds like you are getting along in life and that you have problems with concentration. HELLOoO! Who doesn't daydream sometimes. It's normal. Work is usually repetitive and after you get the hang of it, you could do it in your sleep, or half sleep; I often do! At least doing the paperwork.

Answer 2

It sounds like it can be ADD. The actual term for it now according to the DSM-IV which is the diagnostic manual used by psychologists. ADHD can take many forms and may or may not include hyperactivity. My son and I and probably my dad have ADHD. I am 30 and while I have had the symptoms all of my life, It really started to interfere with work when I got a job as a bank teller and had a real hard time focusing on my work, and multi tasking.

In school I always had a hard time focusing, and even now in college I have a hard time not daydreaming. People get frustrated when they are talking to me sometimes because they will be halfway through a story and i will be like "who are you talking about?" And it appears that I wasn't paying attention even though I was trying to.

Some drugs like Concerta and Adderal are useful in treating ADHD, and I have been on them in the past, but due to finances I am currently not taking anything and am for the most part managing just fine.

I have heard ADHD described as if your brain were "blinking." Imagine if you were reading a book and every 5 or so words you blink for a second or two. You would miss some of the words and some of the context and meaning of what you are reading. The same is true with ADHD. We tend to miss some things, which can be awfully frustrating and sometimes embarrassing. You can learn to train your brain to fill in the missing pieces enough to where you can figure out what you missed.

It seems like you may have ADHD, but see your doctor for an accurate diagnosis. Once and if you realize that is what you have and learn a little bit about it, things will start to make a little more sense. You will start to understand yourself better. How old are you. Whatever the age it is good to understand and learn to deal with ADHD.

You should realize that ADHD doesn't make you as the book says "lazy, stupid, or crazy." However that is sometimes how we feel, or may be labeled by others. You just have a brain that works differently and once you learn those differences you can adapt rather well. There are things about the way I think that are different, but usually I come up with a new spin on things that someone else may not have thought of. This helps at work and at school. As a sort of writer, I am not a great speaker, but can write well, because it gives my brain time to organize my thoughts.

Check out these websites for a lot more help and information. Good luck and feel free to let me know how everything goes for you:

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
www.add.org

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org

ADDitude Magazine
www.additudemag.com

ADDvance
www.addvance.com

Answer 3

Yes! Spacing out and having trouble concentrating in class is a form of ADD! The good thing is manageable and can be treated with or without meds. Talk to your school counselor about your trouble concentrating and ask them to have you tested for ADD. Don't take no for an answer!

If you're interested in how ADD can treated with medicine, check out this helpful website: www.crazymeds.com

Answer 4

I have the same problem as you. I talked to my old physician and she told me i had add cause i was sometimes i am hyper and i talk 2 much, and i space out all the time and i forget alot of the time. Also, she said most people who have add is caused by bi-polar disorder. My mood changes now and then and i space out and have memory loss sometimes. U might want to talk to your physician about it and add can cause a sleeping disorder as well which i have all. hope this is helpful

Answer 5

Sounds like ADD. I have it and I space out. A LOT. Unless you are failing your studies and getting in trouble every day like I did I wouldn't recommend getting medicated. It causes way more problems than it solves.

Answer 6

Go to a pediatrician; the definitive test for A.D.D. is usually the prescription. A.D.D. people use the chemical in speed in a way completely opposite to anyone else...it centers us, and allows us to file things 'normally', like everyone else in the world. It is a mystery to researchers, but we calm down on 'speed'...if you can drink coffee at night (minus sugar), and sleep well, you might have a.d.d. ' Might' being the emphasis word, here. let the pro's help; save yourself lots of time and worry!

Answer 7

ADD or ADHD

You sound more ADHD and or bipolar

do you have mood swings that are more common

Answer 8

Depends. Are you totally hyperactive?

Answer 9

Uh, I think so? Its like a little Mild ADD... So its not THAT bad.

Answer 10

Omg, thats ADD?!! whoa, i thought it was just daydreaming.