Posted by linkadge on July 6, 2005, at 20:13:44
In reply to Re: uh, Anxiety is not ADD, sorry. » utopizen, posted by yesac on July 6, 2005, at 16:16:09
I agree with yesac, that was a little harsh. Who cares what the exact criteria is. Some depressed people eat to much, and some don't eat at all. Although this sounds like anxiety to me too, there is no reason that ADD could not be the case.
My father for instance, now fits the same category. As a child he had all the symptoms of ADHD but was in a pre-ritalin era. As a result he drinks pots of coffee, and makes due. That does not mean that this symptom cluster is not a manifestation of undiagnosed ADD.
That being said, racing mind, and needing to drink to relax, screams anxiety to me. It sounds to me that anxiety is probably more of a culprit than anything.Although "racing mind" may not be on the symptom list, it is well known that some ADD'rs do have this problem, esp since there is a great co-morbidity between ADD and bipoliarity.
If you want a med suggestion, then a low dose TCA might be helpful.
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