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ADD is now under the umbrella of ADHD. ADHD just has 3 types:[0] 1. ADHD Predominantly Inattentive (ADHD-PI) 2. ADHD Predominantly Hyperactive (ADHD-PH?) 3.

ADD is now under the umbrella of ADHD. ADHD just has 3 types:[0] 1. ADHD Predominantly Inattentive (ADHD-PI) 2. ADHD Predominantly Hyperactive (ADHD-PH?) 3. ADHD Combined (ADHD-C) ADD falls under the first one. It makes sense that you'd recognize yourself in that. They're now considered to be the same disorder, but just presenting in a different way. One of the things that's usually not discussed, but what you should watch out for is emotional control. Apparently it's easier for people with ADHD to have their emotions flip. Russell Barkley has an amazing series of lectures about it. You can find various bits on YouTube. You could see if maybe you'll discover even more about yourself. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html

joshuak 7y ago
Perhaps more to the point than the diagnostic criteria, is Dr. Barkley's observation that ADHD is a general impairment of executive function. Inability to direct attention is over emphasized being just one of the symptoms of that impairment.
andai 7y ago
I too highly recommend Russel Barkley's videos about ADHD. They taught me so much. The most striking thing was learning how it's a primarily emotional disorder, and how this has harmed my relationships. Here's a fantastic lecture (split into ~5 minute segments -- this guy gets it :) by Dr. Barkley: ADHD - The 30 Essential Ideas Everyone Needs to Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhbAK1pdPM&list=PLzBixSjmbc8eFl6UX5_wWGP8i0mAs-cvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhbAK1pdPM&list=PLzBixSjmbc...
- jordanbeiber 7y ago
  Have to second the emotional and relationship aspect of it. The general physician I went to initially to kick of the quest for diagnosis obviously had an interest and gave me a book called “the answer” (edit). If you are Swedish: “hemligheten” In english the tag line (translated by me): “from moments to lasting relationships”
  - andai 7y ago
    Found the English version :) The Answer: How to start a relationship and make it last https://www.amazon.com/Answer-start-relationship-make-last/dp/9187441969 https://www.amazon.com/Answer-start-relationship-make-last/d...
    - verelo 7y ago
      Could not find any reviews on this book, can you go into any detail around how it helped you?
      - jordanbeiber 7y ago
        It kind of made me think and question why I had such attachment issues. Why the same pattern I saw in how I had to be ”interested” to give something or someone my attention repeated over and over. I’ve had many relationships over the years with a specific pattern: I lose interest in about a year. One total burn-out after another. Extreme interest followed by absolutely nothing. There’s a follow up book I can’t find in English called (my translation): ”The dark secret”, that treats what they call ”deorganized attachement” This one’s actually more relevant for me personally as my youth and upbringing was... “interesting” and in several ways traumatic. On the topic of books: “Healing ADD” was really useful for my partner: https://www.bookdepository.com/Healing-Add-Daniel-Amen/9780425269978 https://www.bookdepository.com/Healing-Add-Daniel-Amen/97804...
- andai 7y ago
  Can't edit anymore: found the whole talk in one video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo&app=desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo&app=desktop
JabavuAdams 7y ago
Yeah, this is called emotional disregulation. I have it to some extent, but am an adult with lots of experience noticing and regulating it. One of my kids is super kind but often responds to minor annoyances with an extremely irritated tone, or will collapse into an incoherent puddle at minor obstacles. ADHD can be a huuuuge problem in relationships. Especially if you're going out with someone who would score very high on conscientiousness. They won't understand that things that are easy for them are hard for you, and will assume that you're just trying to piss them off, or are incorrigibly lazy. This is exacerbated because it's not like you can't do those things, it's just that you will inconsistently do them, and average towards not doing them.
- jordanbeiber 7y ago
  At the time I was going out with the mother of my to be first child, my father (a psychiatrist) gave me a preliminary test just to see where the land was, so to speak. On my partners request I should add. For fun my then partner took the test as well. My score 80% or whatever: “severe autistic traits”. WTF?! Ouch... Hers? A clean 0. Zero?! You’re kidding. Sure she’s probably the most compassionate human being I’ve ever met, but come on! Eventually we got a daughter and split up a year later. Best thing that could have happened for anyone of us, daughter included, and we have a great relationship where we hang out all the time. I believe in part this is because she doesn’t expect “normal” from me when we’re no longer together. It also gave me a wake-up call telling me I had shit to properly sort out.
cbsmith 7y ago
I'll never understand how we name things. It's weird to have "Hyperactive" in the umbrella term when only two of the three categories have it as a trait.
- hyperman1 7y ago
  I always have that same feeling with the mostly non-fatal term 'comorbidity'

joshuak 7y ago

Perhaps more to the point than the diagnostic criteria, is Dr. Barkley's observation that ADHD is a general impairment of executive function. Inability to direct attention is over emphasized being just one of the symptoms of that impairment.

andai 7y ago

I too highly recommend Russel Barkley's videos about ADHD. They taught me so much. The most striking thing was learning how it's a primarily emotional disorder, and how this has harmed my relationships. Here's a fantastic lecture (split into ~5 minute segments -- this guy gets it :) by Dr. Barkley: ADHD - The 30 Essential Ideas Everyone Needs to Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhbAK1pdPM&list=PLzBixSjmbc8eFl6UX5_wWGP8i0mAs-cvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhbAK1pdPM&list=PLzBixSjmbc...

jordanbeiber 7y ago
Have to second the emotional and relationship aspect of it. The general physician I went to initially to kick of the quest for diagnosis obviously had an interest and gave me a book called “the answer” (edit). If you are Swedish: “hemligheten” In english the tag line (translated by me): “from moments to lasting relationships”
- andai 7y ago
  Found the English version :) The Answer: How to start a relationship and make it last https://www.amazon.com/Answer-start-relationship-make-last/dp/9187441969 https://www.amazon.com/Answer-start-relationship-make-last/d...
  - verelo 7y ago
    Could not find any reviews on this book, can you go into any detail around how it helped you?
    - jordanbeiber 7y ago
      It kind of made me think and question why I had such attachment issues. Why the same pattern I saw in how I had to be ”interested” to give something or someone my attention repeated over and over. I’ve had many relationships over the years with a specific pattern: I lose interest in about a year. One total burn-out after another. Extreme interest followed by absolutely nothing. There’s a follow up book I can’t find in English called (my translation): ”The dark secret”, that treats what they call ”deorganized attachement” This one’s actually more relevant for me personally as my youth and upbringing was... “interesting” and in several ways traumatic. On the topic of books: “Healing ADD” was really useful for my partner: https://www.bookdepository.com/Healing-Add-Daniel-Amen/9780425269978 https://www.bookdepository.com/Healing-Add-Daniel-Amen/97804...
andai 7y ago
Can't edit anymore: found the whole talk in one video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo&app=desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo&app=desktop

JabavuAdams 7y ago

Yeah, this is called emotional disregulation. I have it to some extent, but am an adult with lots of experience noticing and regulating it. One of my kids is super kind but often responds to minor annoyances with an extremely irritated tone, or will collapse into an incoherent puddle at minor obstacles. ADHD can be a huuuuge problem in relationships. Especially if you're going out with someone who would score very high on conscientiousness. They won't understand that things that are easy for them are hard for you, and will assume that you're just trying to piss them off, or are incorrigibly lazy. This is exacerbated because it's not like you can't do those things, it's just that you will inconsistently do them, and average towards not doing them.

jordanbeiber 7y ago
At the time I was going out with the mother of my to be first child, my father (a psychiatrist) gave me a preliminary test just to see where the land was, so to speak. On my partners request I should add. For fun my then partner took the test as well. My score 80% or whatever: “severe autistic traits”. WTF?! Ouch... Hers? A clean 0. Zero?! You’re kidding. Sure she’s probably the most compassionate human being I’ve ever met, but come on! Eventually we got a daughter and split up a year later. Best thing that could have happened for anyone of us, daughter included, and we have a great relationship where we hang out all the time. I believe in part this is because she doesn’t expect “normal” from me when we’re no longer together. It also gave me a wake-up call telling me I had shit to properly sort out.

cbsmith 7y ago

I'll never understand how we name things. It's weird to have "Hyperactive" in the umbrella term when only two of the three categories have it as a trait.

hyperman1 7y ago
I always have that same feeling with the mostly non-fatal term 'comorbidity'