I'm Sound.

I've been diangonised with ADHD ever since I could remember to write. I was on ritlin for all my elementary and most of my middle school years- so needless to say my pubenace was a little screwed up. I didn't start having a menstration cycle until I was at least 18, and that was only because it was induced by birthcontrol.

Basicly three hundred pounds later, and will power, I've decided to kick the meds- both birth control (In a sexual relatiosnhip where I don't have to worry about getting pregnant thumbs up), and any thing else to 'help focus'. I do take fish oil, and work out- both of which seem to really help my focus a lot.

But thats where I'm coming from, and it works for me. My roommate's a little more sever, and she has to take something 'every now and then'. But we both help eachother in the long run with the ADD stuff.

I just joined MFP today. I was browsing the message board topics and was excited, curious and surprised to find this group. I have ADD. Not ADHD or I wouldn't be fat! If I had the hyperactivity, I would be a mover and a shaker.....instead, am minutes away from 300lbs again and I am Freaking Out!! I start and stop, start and stop. Every decision in my life is major. Every action or occurrence of events is dramatic. I haven't known a day without pain in over 2 months, maybe even 3. I know what I need to do to lose weight, yet I sit in his chair and procrastinate my life away. Well, I guess I have made a huge step here by signing up and even a bigger step by posting on this board. Good luck me.

Hi Swaty here.
I was diagnosed with ADD in college. I always had great grades but I can never do one thing at a time, I am always hyperactive and get bored so easily and extremely impatient. I can grasp stuff real quick but I lag behind when attention need to be paid to finer details. Also I'm constantly grazing or nibbling. Especially when I need to concentrate on something, like during tests or when I am stressed.
My parents refused to believe the doc and never put me on meds and so I've been my hyper self for as long as I can remember.
It has a few perks ,I multitask all the time.
I can never study without the tv on or some moie playing that gets me really frustrated.

I"m Rachel. I was diagnosed about 6 months ago, but I've really known I'm ADHD my whole life. I tend to eat mindlessly and when I'm bored. I will sometimes find myself eating and then step back and realize I don't even remember going into the kitchen.

Hi I'm Donyelle.

Hi!

I'm Alice, I was just recently diagnosed with ADHD at 26, after years of unsuccessful treatment for depression and anxiety. It was a bit of a relief as it gave me a lot of understanding of why I found some things so difficult when everyone else seemed to have such an easy time. It has also given me some tools that I am hoping will be really useful in the long run. Honestly- until a couple of months ago I had no idea that adult women could even have ADHD.

Like a lot of you, I am sure, I was heavily into sports as a kid/teen/uni student, spending about 26 hours a week training- and competing all over the country. I guess that it was a pretty effective method of self treatment, and it certainly helped keep me more settled!

I didn't start to really struggle with my weight until I stopped competing after university and got a desk job (that is a whole other struggle!) and found that I often ate when bored and restless- and now I wasn't exercising enough to keep the weight off. I also have trouble getting myself organized enough to shop and make meals in advance. Now I want to get back into a regular exercise program as a part of my treatment, and start eating more healthily. I need to lose about 30lbs to be at my most healthy weight.

One of the things I am worried about is that I have just started on a medication which apparently reduces perception of hunger- and I have noticed over the last week that I just don't feel hungry at meals. I don't want to let that transition into not eating enough. Has anyone else had this experience? How did you deal with it?

Sorry if this is too long!

Hi!

I'm Alice, I was just recently diagnosed with ADHD at 26, after years of unsuccessful treatment for depression and anxiety. It was a bit of a relief as it gave me a lot of understanding of why I found some things so difficult when everyone else seemed to have such an easy time. It has also given me some tools that I am hoping will be really useful in the long run. Honestly- until a couple of months ago I had no idea that adult women could even have ADHD.

Like a lot of you, I am sure, I was heavily into sports as a kid/teen/uni student, spending about 26 hours a week training- and competing all over the country. I guess that it was a pretty effective method of self treatment, and it certainly helped keep me more settled!

I didn't start to really struggle with my weight until I stopped competing after university and got a desk job (that is a whole other struggle!) and found that I often ate when bored and restless- and now I wasn't exercising enough to keep the weight off. I also have trouble getting myself organized enough to shop and make meals in advance. Now I want to get back into a regular exercise program as a part of my treatment, and start eating more healthily. I need to lose about 30lbs to be at my most healthy weight.

One of the things I am worried about is that I have just started on a medication which apparently reduces perception of hunger- and I have noticed over the last week that I just don't feel hungry at meals. I don't want to let that transition into not eating enough. Has anyone else had this experience? How did you deal with it?

Sorry if this is too long!

Hello Alice. I understand what you mean about appetite loss. I'm currently taking the occasional Adderall XR and I will forget to eat at times as it doesn't make me very hungry. I suppose the only thing you can do is set reminders and post it notes reminding yourself to eat at least a few small meals. I hope this helps.

Hi, I'm Brandi.
I was dx with ADD just two weeks ago.
I never would have suspected that I had ADD. I would've been the last person I'd suspect.
I have suspected just about everything else under the sun, trying to find out what was wrong with me. Nothing btw.
My husband is classic ADHD, and was finally and officially dx earlier this year with my urging.
I've read blogs and articles about ADHD because of his diagnosis and started to suspect.
I talked to my husband and he said, "You?". Then he read an article about ADHD in women.
I read it and decided I needed to be screened. Not because of the article, but because I felt like my life was out of control. I was riddled with stress and anxiety and guilt and because this is a weight loss board and not an ADD board, I will change my focus and talk about that.

It may come as a surprise, but I am really good at focusing on any one thing, such as dieting/working out. For about three to six months. Then something happens (I lose a little weight or start to get into shape and lose interest, school starts back after summer break and my schedule adjusts, or family comes to visit - it can literally be anything) and throws me off of my groove and I cannot get back to the gym or get back to a diet. That very thing happened this past August. I CAN NOT get back to the gym. I have now gained back the weight I lost over the summer and my clothes are now fitting just as uncomfortably as they did last winter. I have always beat myself up for feeling lazy or unmotivated. An unexplainable force has kept me from going back to the gym. Every morning I think about it. But I run out of time. Every evening I think about it, but I'm exhausted from stress at work and chaos with kids. I feel like now I have an answer for why (ADD). But that hasn't helped me to get to the gym. Although, ironically, exercise is touted as being vital for people with ADD. I'm self-destructing here!

I feel like structure would help, but the idea of setting up a schedule or a diet plan sends me into a panic. Like, literally my heart starts to beat faster and my head starts to feel pressure, and my face flushes. I feel like I need someone to write me out a schedule - literally to give me an hourly plan of what to do every day. And while they are at it I would love a menu made out with personalized low carb (ugh!), high protein foods that are ADD friendly. And a shopping list would be nice too.

Several years back I joined SlimFast's online planning thingy and it was great. It gave you a menu and you could add your own recipes or choose one of theirs from a database, or you could add in Slim Fast products (although you didn't have to). It tracked your calories/fat/protein/carbs/vitamins/etcstuffIforget, and told you what you needed more of. Sound familiar somewhat? The difference between it and MFP is that it already had a menu planned out and you could tweak it if you wanted to. Why don't I use it anymore? Because they completely changed it to integrate/market their products more. Good for them, but I'm lost without it. I float in and out of diet success and failure.

The bright side: I'm hoping that my ADD dx will be motivation (eventually, when I get around to doing it) to continue working out more long term.

Side note: Is it bad that I find humor in the fact that the ADHD group postings are so sporadic?

Another side note: Sorry this is choppy; what can I say?

Anyway, I hope to get to meet some other people that need to work out for their sanity. I wish I knew how to meet someone in my area that I could meet to work out, but darn the irony, I'm slightly disconnected socially and even if I knew how to make new ADD friends, I don't seem to be very good at keeping them : )

Hi. I'm Shonte

I was very excited to find this group. My story is similar to many of you. I was just diagnosed at 35 with ADHD with No Hyperactivity (that's the way the term in now) after my son was diagnosed. I've always known it took me longer to do things and I was easily distracted but I never knew non-hyperactive people suffered from ADHD. I managed to make it through some college but school was always a struggle and I don't remember the majority of it. So I haven't really excelled at anything. Like many others, I have tons of crafts I've started and stopped as well. I started dieting again because I've been studying ADHD and learned that exercise helps you focus and the types of food we eat can have an affect on our symptoms. I have started and stopped dieting numerous times. Its funny, I always knew I didn't succeed because I wasn't persistent and committed enough. However, some how it ever dawned on my that it was because of my ADHD. I am excited to be a part of this group. Hopefully, it will have helpful information for me and my son.

I'm Angela and I was diagnosed at age 50. I grew up thinking I was "lazy", was accused of "playing stupid" and ridiculed for being obese since the age of 12. The fact that I managed to raise a family and work full time for all those years before my diagnosis, is proof that I am smart, strong and "handi-capable". My weight goes way up and way down, depending on my circumstances. Seven weeks ago, I joined the ranks of grandparents raising their grandchildren, and I've gained 20lbs in that short amount of time. I'm hoping to find accountability, yet at the same time, I'm terrified to find accountability. Oh look, a Squirrel!!

jjeanmneis wrote: »

Hi. I'm Jenni

My teachers wanted me tested and to be put on meds when I little because I was all over the place. My parents, not knowing what ADD or ADHD was, made the best choice for me they could and decided that because I feel asleep as soon as I got home from school (without doing homework) I couldn't possibly be hyperactive and decided not to medicate me. I've always struggled with school - unless it was a subject I liked. My parents always said - sure a kid would rather eat cake all day if you'd let them too. Do better in the other subjects. I've had boss's tell me I'm not effecient and friends that, in good humor, remind me how random I can be.
Now that I'm married and have a son myself, who is ADHD, I often wonder - what if.? I've never been dx with ADD or ADHD, but I as I learn more about my son's ADHD and read the posts from everyone I find myself wondering because I've heard it's genetic.
My son,5, is about to start school this fall and is so hyper off meds that he will quite literally turn circles - flipping back and forth between coloring, tv, playing with his toys and eating - one bite at a time - often being to "busy" to eat until he's hungry, then he'll out eat an adult. He is also speech delayed which we've chalked up to ear infections when he was younger, but I'm wondering if it's partly do to him not sitting still to "listen" how to talk. I've even had people think he's autistic. On meds he's calmer, listens more, speaks more clearly - but younger for his age.
I have lots of questions, but have no idea where to start I can't even seem to get my thoughts together here. Lol

I don't know if you're even still on here, Jenni, and your son is probably 11 now. I've been dx'd since 2002, and done lots of research, been involved in a lot of ADHD groups. I'd be happy to answer as many of your questions as I can. ❤️

sapphireswi wrote: »

Hi Swaty here.
I was diagnosed with ADD in college. I always had great grades but I can never do one thing at a time, I am always hyperactive and get bored so easily and extremely impatient. I can grasp stuff real quick but I lag behind when attention need to be paid to finer details. Also I'm constantly grazing or nibbling. Especially when I need to concentrate on something, like during tests or when I am stressed.
My parents refused to believe the doc and never put me on meds and so I've been my hyper self for as long as I can remember.
It has a few perks ,I multitask all the time.
I can never study without the tv on or some moie playing that gets me really frustrated.

This sounds so like me.
The procrastination is a killer though.
And I just can’t DO anything that I need to do. The more urgent and important something is, the more I ignore it.

Meds don’t help. Concerta made me throw up. Vyvance is having no effect. Doc has just increased my dose to 70mg after trying 20, 30, 50. NOTHING IS HELPING.

Any suggestions peeps would be great.