Q: I am a 19-year-old girl from California and I am not sure if I have OCD, ADD or both, or if I am just overreacting. I have hypermobility in my fingers and thumbs and I always do that with my fingers and thumbs, most of the time without realizing it. I also have a [...]

Q: I am suffering from something I can only describe as ‘procrastination disorder.’ I actually started writing this email two months ago and have put off finishing it until now. All my life I have procrastinated boring tasks such as cleaning my room and doing homework. I am aware that most kids do this to [...]

Q: I feel like I have no control when I get involved in an interesting or fun task. For example, I play video games for hours, feeling unable to leave the computer. I may work twelve hours at a time developing computer software and feel unable to stop reading if a book is really interesting. [...]

Q: Why am I so lazy? I didn’t used to be like this until I got into high school. I went from merely procrastinating — not doing my work until the last minute — to doing my work after the due date, to not doing my work at all. I’m suddenly feeling like I just [...]

Q: I’m 18 and I feel like my brain is deteriorating. I have a bad memory and I think it’s getting worse. I also think I may be dyslexic. I’ve had Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) for most of my life, and I think I may also have a rhythmic movement disorder. I want to know [...]

Q: In 2007, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and PTSD from years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in childhood and early adulthood. Today I saw a new psychiatrist and she added adult ADD/ADHD and dissociative disorder to my diagnoses. Is it possible or common for psychiatrists to miss or combine some diagnoses/symptoms in [...]

Q: I am 52. I’ve been diagnosed with ADD and am being treated with Adderall. My psychiatrist also prescribe Lamictal 100 mg daily. I have just recently heard the term, ‘hyper-emotional sensitivity’. I am so this! I cannot watch upsetting things on TV, or even hear about them for that matter: abused animals, children, elderly…does [...]