Posted by christophrejmc on February 16, 2002, at 14:02:59
In reply to Re: Yes Puzzle! » Blue Cheer 1, posted by Ritch on February 16, 2002, at 10:57:05
> I tried to recover this information, but can't find it right off, but I was reading something about ADHD the other day and it said that *other* family members who have OCD is *very* common with children and adults with ADHD.
Just OCD? My brother was (still is to some extent) ADHD, and I'm Dysthymic/Depressive(perhaps seasonally)/Social Phobic/ADD. Please let me know if you find the article (don't go out of your way, though).
> So I am seeing these "links" with Bipolar/ADHD, ADHD/OCD, and have seen links with Bipolar/OCD. I have all three to some extent-Bipolar/ADHD/anxiety (GAD-socialphobia/panic). I have got some theories, but I *think* the whole thing is just an *attentional syndrome*. Whether your thoughts are tangential (bipolar), stuck in a "loop" (OCD-GAD-SP), interrupted and straying (ADHD), it boils down to just a cognitive processing problem with behavioural effects.
I really think you're correct. It seems that my mood problems are very similar to my ADD problems -- the same thing almost, except instead of information, I'm processing emotions.
> When this is all combined together you are going to have a *lot* of trouble treating all three thought-processing problems. I can take a small dose of a psychostimulant and the "straying" and "tangential" thinking diminishes, BUT it is easier to get stuck in a loop (anxiety). If I take a little SSRI, the "stuck in a loop" thing gets freed up and I can multitask and my anxiety from getting stuck diminishes. But, that tends to result in worsened ADHD/bipolar problems: I get more "euphoria" from an SSRI than I did on a pstim. I will also start a lot of unfinished projects (overtasking), that never get done.
Yeah, I go from treating the ADD to treating the depression/SP a lot. The medications used for ADD tend to make the social phobia and some of my depressive symptoms worse, and the ones used for depression and SP make my ADD worse (treating all three at the same time doesn't seem to work well).
BTW, do stimulants (or anything else) help you with overtasking? I've never been able to truly solve that problem.Thanks for giving me something to think about,
-Chris
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