Posted by dove on October 24, 1999, at 12:52:15
In reply to Re: J, sometimes it's called ADD & sometimes not.., posted by dj on October 24, 1999, at 12:14:10
dj wrote:
I'm the other extreme and feel overwhelmed by many tasks and often succumt to a sense of futility, which I believe is more a mark of depression.I am in agreement with this observation. Part of my feelings of being overwhelmed stem from ADD but I have read so much about it now that I have changed my view slightly. One of the reasons I didn't add to the other discussion about depression vs ADD was I felt so overwhelmed trying to classify all the symptoms.
I will clarify my thoughts on Monday (kids at school - husband at work :-) but for now I do think that ADD will exhibit enough energy and not enough time to actually finish the job or jobs where as depression overwhelms and incapacitates, paralyzing the recipient from moving.
Great discussion, very interesting stuff!
dove
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