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What are the symptoms of ADD in teens?

Do I show symptoms of someone with ADD?

  • Hi everyone. Ok, so im going to give a brief summary of what I could explain for days. Since about last year, i haven't been doing my best. I am a 16 year old girl in high school, and was in advanced classes (Honors, AP/IB) i started losing focus in alot of things, which i know is normal for teens, but it wasnt usual for me. when i used to my mind to something, i did it, perfected, and completed it. well lately, ESPECIALLY this year (junior year of hs) i did horrible (in my opinion) I feel like my whole life is a mess. my grades went from 4.0 in advanced classes to a 2.5 in regular classes. i can NEVER focus anymore, and have to read things several times. i have VERY high expectations for myself, i dream of being a surgeon. i get so frustrated, because i try, and i somehow get off task, and procrastinate, and it just never ends up being my all, or even gets completed. i used to ALWAYS do my homework, now im lucky if i even start it. i hate myself for this. i sit in bed night after night with my mind racing, i can't sleep, i feel like i cant control anything: my school work, my job, my eating habits, anything. and at my job (I work at a sandwich shop) i find myself completely forgetting what i was doing, and having to ask customers something that i have already asked them two to three times (like the type of cheese) im SOOOO frustrated!!!! i used to be this sharp, focused girl, and now i feel like i cant do anything right anymore. i am seeing a doctor tomorrow, and am going to talk about possibly having ADD and Anxiety. i just want to not stres as much, focus better, pay attention, and keep my goals alive. so what's your opinion? be honest, but please don't be rude. i am honestly worried, because i have been a wreck and lately have been giving up and not caring for anything. (btw, ADD does not run in my family. my mom is Bi-Polar/schizophrenic, but most was from drug abuse, and i have already been tested) thanks you guys :)

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    Although I'm no doctor the answer sounds simple enough. I think you are trying to hard. When someone repeatedly - as you have - shoots for the top we are eventually bound to get tired. You are expecting too much from and for yourself. I don't think you should be worried about things so much and try to relax your body and mind. Sometimes we need a break although it may not seem like it (or we may not seem tired). I don't think anything is wrong with you. (Sadly the doctor may diagnose you with having something - as they often do - but in my opinion you sound perfectly normal. Your brain just needs to relax.)

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The only people I've known with ADD had clear symptoms even as pre-schoolers. The one closest to me now is 12 and has been on medication for about two years. Without medication his most prominent symptom is that when asked a question, even about his favorite subjects, he responds with an entirely different subject matter - whatever was rattling around in his head when I was asking the question, I suppose. If I go with the new subject he will change it on his next "turn to speak" as he apparently thinks of it. Frankly, my guess is that you are in mental overload. Getting away from the sources of stress for a week may not be practical now, but I have had success with meditation and similar relaxation practices. It seems counterintuitive to work on everything by working on nothing, but that's how it works out. You can probably handle everything you have on your plate, so to speak, if you can untangle them.

you definately sound extremely stressed. the people I know with ADD have all been affected from very early preschool years I don't know that it comes on as a teenager. Doesn't really sound like bipolar either. Having a mom with bipolar/schizophrenia, trying to maintain grades (to be a surgeon), and working wouldn't be easy - could you have been doing too much and burned out with stress? going from high achiever to procrastinating starting homework sounds like burnout. I would say just tell your dr what you have been experiencing and let them figure it out. Best wishes.

yes you do get some ritalin it will make you calm and focused goodluck

i think you mite have ADD

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