Greetings!
I'm needing some input.   I have a dear friend who, upon meeting me
about 6 years ago said "you're ADHD".  My first thought was "No, I
don't like Role Playing Games"....not knowing that what I did had a
name.
Here's an overview of Dave:
I'm always thinking of 50 things at once.  My mind is like a TV
remote control, that has the channel change button held down.
I find it hard to concentrate, I'm always fidgeting (shaking a leg,
tapping my fingers [maybe that's why I like modeming so much!], I'm
supposedly a smart guy, with a million ideas, but when I take a
test, or am pressured to come up with an ide (I'm in commercial
creative services) on the spot, I tend to go blank.
I don't smoke or drink, but I always need to have something in my
mouth.  [pencil, pen, nails, tootsie roll].
I make others nervous because of my nervousness.  I have outbursts
of tremendous energy, which sometimes ispart of a bad temper [hot
head].  I feel like I'm always 'going', and find it hard to relax
until I wear myself out.
I was the class clown, always had to be talking, etc.
My senses love stimulation.  I love visuals (watching storms,
action movies, dancing, figure skating, and the sort).  I like
'good' feeling things.  [I get a big kick out of stress balls
because I can wring em out, and not bust em!].  I like stimulating
my mind with thought, yet when I start on a project I may stop half
way through and begin something else.
I like sounds...][Dolby surround][ is a must!
I like "all you can eat" buffet's because I like to sample
EVERYTHING to satisfy my tastebuds.
Emotions are up and down and all around.  If Im laughing, I'm
laughing, if I'm upset, I'm upset.  Other emotions are just as
weird.
I'm everyone's friend, cuz I'm a neat guy and was told "you're so
weird...but if they put you on something, you wouldn't be any fun
anymore".
There's 100 pages more I could type, but this is a nutshell of
things, which have led my friend to think I am a perfect ADHD.
One last note, if I could have one thing controlled....
Sometimes I have trouble with my thoughts and my mouth being in
sync.  Either something comes out, then my brain says "Don't say
that/say that another way", or else I think of something to say,
and my mouth can't get it out, and my head looses the 'perfect
word'.
I think the fact that I write helps that aspect of my job.  I can
start an idea, set it aside, and come back to it when my brain
flips back to that channel.
Anyone else out there think I should have a big dose of Prozac?
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