Karin on the chaos in her head due to ADD
Busy, busy, busy and more busy in me head!
Well.....what can I say about myself.....what's in it for someone else? A point at which I then get all kinds of flashes through my head about....what? how? how much? when?
And now I am distracted again by a blackbird wooing in my garden....goh..ut is warm for the year...how does a bird sleep? what is it looking for? The cat is happily inside...I still need to shower...is there enough food left for the birds? Should I put up peanuts? I hear the wind.....the screens clatter....and yet I find it's quiet...strange...the cat whines Why everything is there water food.......
PPfffff I am still so tired...my coffee...yes drink my coffee for a while.......goh I see the blackbird again....still in the same place....
I wouldn't even know what my experiences are like......so is a morning getting up for me.....with already a lot of impressions....and no I am not on medication....considering it....
Karin
Is this not normal then? This happens to everyone, right?
Or how is it then with people who are "normal"?
Hi Karin, very recognisable story you do. I have ADD and the chaos, the rush in your head I understand very well. I also experience this and always call it a "storm in the head". Being distracted by everything that makes you (almost) forget what you were actually doing or wanted to do. I regularly walked up the stairs in the house but when I got to the top, I didn't know what I wanted to do because on the way up I suddenly thought of something else or saw something else that got my attention. Then I would stand around wondering what I actually wanted to do. My safety line was to go back downstairs and think again what I wanted to do. Usually it would bubble up again and I would go back upstairs with anger, frustration and sadness because I felt like such a loser about it. Sometimes I still didn't know and then....there you are as a grown man and you have no idea what you actually had to do!
I have been on medication for about 2 years now and am happy with it! It mainly provides me with (mostly) calmer, less busy heads which makes things go better because I can focus more and get less distracted. This gives me peace of mind!
I understand from your story that you are not on medication (yet). I would say give it a try. Of course, medication is not a final solution but a tool to achieve your goal (no more chaos in your head).
I hope you (and others reading this, of course) get something out of my story.
Greetings, John