I think i might have ADD or possibly ADHD... do i? Help me figure this out please!?

Question

I'm a sophmore in high school, here are some symptoms.

1. i've alwasy been talkative,
2. can't keep quiet for very long,
3. i'm hyper a lot (since i was little),
4. tend to blurt things out,
5. i fidget a lot and can't keep still (bounce my leg up and down, alwasy have to have something in hands to play with.),
6. i day dream a lot and find myself spacing out in school or when people are talking to me.
For example: last year i spaced out and missed the directions to an assignment, so i asked the teacher to repeat them to me. he looked at me and explained it again, but i didn't hear them that time either cuz i was in another world.
7. i forget things easily,
8. i tend to start things but never finish (like hoemwork or cleaning my room).

I think i have one of them (ADD/ADHD), and i just want so much to prove that i do!
but i don't think my parents would think i have one or take me to get tested.
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Answer 1

If you had either one of those I would think the school would have picked up on it by now and talked to your parents about getting tested. ADD people have poor small motor skills so their handwriting is often not real legible. They often need Occupational therapy for this. Also with ADD if you went to your room to grab a book before school you might see the your pet hamster is out of food so you stop to feed him. As you feed him he begs for attention so you hold him for a bit and put him back in his cage an notice his hamster wheel is not on tight so you fix that. You see that your necklace you wanted to wear last week has fallen behind the dresser so you bend over to pick that up and put it away and glance at your watch realizing that you will miss the bus if you don't leave know so you hurry downstairs and grab you book bag and head out the door. You never did grab the book you went upstairs to get as you go distracted by all the other things. This would be ADD. If you think you have it ask you counselor to recommend to your parents that you get tested for it and then get a referral from your doc to a clinic that tests for ADD/ADHD.

Answer 2

Those are the same symptoms I had before I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2005. Talk to your doctor. It's really not a big deal once you get it under control. Plus, once you do, you will see everything you are missing. My grades went up, and I was so much more efficient.

Answer 3

This doesn't actually sound like ADD. I think you may have some form of Autism. My son has all those symptoms and he wasw diagnosed as Autistic, more specificly Aspberger Syndrome, which is a high functioning form of Autism. Look for it online and see what you think, and then tell your parents that you think you have a problem and I'm sure they will want to get you evaluated.

Answer 4

Yes I think you do.Please go and see your gp so they can refer you to a neurologist.

My husband has ADD and didn't get help until he was an adult and he wishes he had done it way earlier because it would have helped him with everything.

Answer 5

Sounds like you might be, if your parents won't get you tested maybe talk to your doctor about it or something.

Answer 6

go seea doctor, sounds like u do, but i'm not sure. doctor knows best.