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FWIW, ADHD increases the risk of depression too. Executive Function Disorder creates a lot of internal thoughts of "I'm a loser" "I'll never be able to succeed", and so forth. Though, being fair, those are thoughts other people will direct at those with ADHD as well.
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Yeah, mine have persisted all day along for as long as I can remember... I guess I'm not the stereotypical hyperactive, but when it comes to the attention span it does fit me a glove. I should probably get it checked. Thing is I'm afraid of "faking it", if it makes any sense?
I'd personally recommend to go get checked. The evaluation I went through was like 6 hours long (I know, getting checked for ADHD and they want 6 hours of testing?! Seriously.) But it is to rule out other issues, other conditions and to ensure that the results are correct. In fact, they even adjust for "faking it" in the tests (not that someone couldn't do it, but they are looking for common patterns that would indic…
BTW, when you talk about tics, do you mean physical tics, like fidgeting, walking around, moving your feet, etc? Because it's quite often noticed by others that I'm doing too much of that
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I'd personally recommend to go get checked. The evaluation I went through was like 6 hours long (I know, getting checked for ADHD and they want 6 hours of testing?! Seriously.) But it is to rule out other issues, other conditions and to ensure that the results are correct. In fact, they even adjust for "faking it" in the tests (not that someone couldn't do it, but they are looking for common patterns that would indic…
Nice to know they were that comprehensive. I'm definitely considering checking down here in my area one with good reputation. BTW, when you talk about tics, do you mean physical tics, like fidgeting, walking around, moving your feet, etc? Because it's quite often noticed by others that I'm doing too much of that
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Weirdest thing to me is that it helped me with my sleep issues. 8 hours at regular times, all of a sudden.
What were your sleep issues like?
Apologies for the late reply, HN doesn't really notify me
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Weirdest thing to me is that it helped me with my sleep issues. 8 hours at regular times, all of a sudden.
How much did you sleep before. I'm reading these kinds of threads and finding lots of similarities with my life. I generally sleep 10 hours a day and have trouble getting out of bed.
Apologies for the late reply, HN doesn't really notify me