Posted by ed_uk on December 31, 2004, at 19:31:11
Hello!
I've noticed that a lot of p-babblers describe themselves as having pure inattentive ADD. I don't think I've ever heard any babblers describe themselves as being hyperactive.
Personally, I'm not in the slightest hyperactive although I'm often very inattentive. Most of the time I live 'inside my own head' without taking the slightest bit of notice of what's going on around me. I find myself answering 'yes' to people without having heard a word that they've just said. I sit staring at the TV without actually watching it.
The diagnosis of inattentive ADD doesn't appear to 'exist' in Europe, where the ICD is commonly used. The terms 'ADD' and 'ADHD' are not used in the ICD, the closest diagnostic category is called 'hyperkinetic disorder.'
Under the heading 'hyperkinetic disorder' the ICD says....
'In recent years the use of the diagnostic term "attention deficit disorder" for these syndromes has been promoted. It has not been used here because it implies a knowledge of psychological processes that is not yet available, and it suggests the inclusion of anxious, preoccupied, or "dreamy" apathetic children whose problems are probably different. However, it is clear that, from the point of view of behaviour, problems of inattention constitute a central feature of these hyperkinetic syndromes.'
When I was little I was certainly very dreamy and absent-minded.
To those babblers who have been diagnosed with AD(H)D...........
Have you ever been hyperactive?
Have you found stimulants to be effective for your 'pure inattentive' ADD?
Since I have many inattentive ADD symptoms in the absense of hyperactivity my doctor simply tells me that I don't have a problem.It would be interesting to hear your input.
Ed.
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