Same, I'm way more understanding about it now. I might still need to uxcuse myself or wear headphones but I now completely understand it's not really optional for them.

Same with echolalia. It now understand the person is likely doing this to process information. Even though it fucks with my ability to process what they are saying, I just take a bit more time and we're okay.

I can feel the sound of those pants in my fingernails.

That's really sweet and thoughtful. Thank you for sharing, it made me smile c:

My hands would always be covered in ink because i was fidgeting with my pen, most of the time pressing the mine into my skin. I wouldn't even realise it, I always just wondered when I'd paint my hands haha

Wild. I'm a pacer when I need to think, and a leg jiggler, but this is really interesting to me. That sharp sensation lets you focus on something other than the sensation?

This makes me wonder if anyone else kind of bites on their fingers near the edge of their nail - not the tip of it, but the side perpendicular to it.

I say "kind of bites" because sometimes it's like a nip, sometimes I just press it against my teeth. Something about the sensation really hits the spot for me and I have no idea how long it's been a habit. It feels as satisfying as scratching an itch.

This might be more of my autistic sensory experience leaking into the ADHD forum, though.

I'm not a pacer but a leg bouncer who did something similar. When I was young I figured out how to give myself foot cramps so I didn't have to get yelled at for the bouncing. Still do it periodically just for the sensation.

AFAIK restless leg syndrome is absolutely a co-morbidity for ADHD. Especially adult ADHD. I have both.

I don't know if it's restless leg syndrome, but my leg just bounces on its own like it has a screensaver default. Sucks most when there are people demanding I stop because they don't realize I have to actively concentrate to not do it.

Sadly, we do. I once told someone that when I couldn't sleep, I got up and exercised my legs. They immediately went, "But exercise is the opposite of what you should do when you want to sleep!" Yeah, well, all the "traditional" advice for insomnia has done jack squat for me so far, and if it works, it works.

My restless legs just wouldn't let me sleep until I gave up and went, "You want to move? Fine, I'll make you move til you regret it." A relentless half hour on an exercise bike later, and I was finally able to fall asleep. Take that, "sleep hygiene."

Strange your kids even know your mother at this point.

I had my adhd evaluation last week and had to have it over the phone as the doctor had a family emergency and needed to be home.

One of the questions was "more often or less often, how often to you bounce your leg, fidget with something, or other forms of outward stimulation."

I simply replied with "my leg hasn't stopped bouncing during this entire phone call"

Yes. Feed me chicken nuggets.

Attention Surplus Hypoactivity Stasis