Forum topic: ADHD vs ADD

Sat Mar 17th, 2012 - 11:42pm by hard to function

Forum: 
Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD

Can someone tell me why some people just refer to their diagnosis as ADD while others refer to it as ADHD.  I've always thought that the hyperactivity is always a part of it even if it doesn't show physically.  One of the reasons ADHD has the symptoms that it does is because the brain is "hyper"...right?

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Submitted by YYZ on Sun Mar 18th, 2012 - 3:32am

I was never Hyper as a child, fidgety but not Hyper. I believe my symptoms are just ADD and if one is hyper they get the diagnosis of ADHD.

Submitted by hard to function on Sun Mar 18th, 2012 - 7:15am

Interesting, I wasn't hyper as a child either.  In fact, the very opposite, I was very slow.  My dx is ADHD.  I'll keep looking into it and follow up too.  Thanks!

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