#adhdandcats

adhdandcats reblogged your post and added:

Followers, do any of you know a good headache...

Combined-type ADHD tends to cause worse outcomes in adolescence than the other subtypes of ADHD, which I think suggests that combined-type ADHD could be considered more severe. The ADHD symptoms actually affect more aspects of the patient’s life, which is why the diagnosis is combined-type.

According to Dr Kathleen G. Nadeau, girls with combined-type tend to be“hypertalkative rather than hyperactive.” In elementary school, I always got comments on my report card about my talking too much. Throughout every year, the teacher would move me all over the room, trying desperately to seat me next to someone to whom I would not talk. That person did not exist. If I sat by myself, I’d try to engage the teacher in conversation while he or she was teaching.

As a teacher myself, I’ve noticed that teenage boys with combined-type ADHD also tend to be hypertalkative rather than hyperactive, but my experience is just anecdotal.

We are extremely absentminded, and we tend to cover by joking or by doing something impulsive to make up for it. (How do PI-ADHDers cover for their absentmindedness? I’m not even sure.)

Personally, I’m glad that my impulsiveness is tempered by my forgetfulness. I often get impulses to do crazy things, but I usually don’t have the attention to follow through on the impulse.

For me and the students I know, the social issues are an interesting mix. I’m hyperaware in social situations and read people extremely quickly and accurately. The problem is that sometimes I’ve already blurted out something offensive before I’ve had a chance to apply my accurate people-reading.