i have always felt different,always wondered if i would eventually grow out of my problems and be normal like most people.I have felt different for what seems like forever,since i can really remember,a feeling of being distant from everyone,constantly feeling very unrelaxed and unable to chill out. I also bite my nails constantly,have no real friends to talk of and no girlfriend.i toss and turn in my sleep(if you can call it sleep!!) My mind is always buzzing with thoughts that i cant stop,and until a few years ago i used to often get what can only be descibed as a severe electric shock feeling shooting through my head,this would happen once or twice a month. I was also pretty naughty at school, always being told to concentrate and to stop showing off etc. I have been to my doctor on various occasions,but have always been diagnosed with depression and anxiety attacks.I guess i have never really told the doc how i really feel,like im doing now,but its not until recently that i have heard of adhd,and alot of my problems seem to fit with adhd sufferers.I am 34 years old now and have had enough of feeling like this all the time...any advice would be helpful!!
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Needing advice
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find something, a hobbie, sport, craft, and just do that. submerge yourself in it and don't stop. everytime you catch yourself going astray from it. make yourself get back to whatever it is that you chose to do. it will take months or even years but as long as you keep up the effort you will meet people that are interested in whatever it is that you chose to do. making it easier for you to associate with strangers and you will start to see a difference in your ability to consentrate on the task at hand. i've been doing this for sometime now and my life totally has changed but the hardest part for me was finding something to say to others in order to initiate conversation. but now i have my girlfriend to help me deal with my attention spand. i do this all without medication.....cos i hate the way i feel on medication.
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thankyou for your reply, you have not said if you think i have adhd,i am going to see my doctor soon and i have asked my parents to attend. my mum said i was always hyperactive and unable to concentrate for very long,i am also smoking marihuana to try and calm my head down a bit.....this has been the case for at least 10 years,,,,all it does is makes me feel crappy,thats why im trying to give it up now
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does marijuana not help with the anxiety? just wondering...
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nope..smoking the weed just seems to polarise the whole thing and eventually makes it worse....i only smoked it because it offered short term relief from a hectic mind...then got addicted and spent 6 or 7 years trying to get off the bloody stuff!!!