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Anyone here got a mental or physical disability? I have ADHD.

What's that? And no I don't.

It's attention deficit disorder, which is interesting, because I've always known it as ADD rather than ADHD.
Anyway...I don't have any either.

ADHD is the abbreviation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I won't try to go in-depth about it, but basically people who have it have a hard time concentrating and are often more prone to hyperactive or impulsive behavior than is befitting their age.

therealpaulajarvis wrote:It's attention deficit disorder, which is interesting, because I've always known it as ADD rather than ADHD.

ADD is a form of ADHD, and the acronym ADD—Attention Deficit Disorder—is actually no longer the name for the disorder it describes. What people still commonly refer to as ADD is now, medically speaking, referred to as ADHD-PI, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Predominantly Inattentive.

I don't know if this counts as a disability, per se, but I have a panic disorder with depressive symptoms.

TigerShadow wrote:

I don't know if this counts as a disability, per se, but I have a panic disorder with depressive symptoms.

What's that like? Just wondering because I wonder if I have something like that.

I have a depression and anxiety disorder thing, which is horrible because in life I have absolutely no motivation to do anything most of the time, but at the same time I'm scared to death of being a failure. I also have a bit of OCD, which adds to the mess. I don't mean to dump my life's problems on anyone, but hey, schnoodlec asked. xD

I don't have any.

*pops head in*

ADHD is a disorder, not a disability. Same with most of the things the above people have listed (though if you are attempting apply for Social Security benefits due to depression and other things, then it would be considered a disability, and even that requires you to have certain aspects of it that prevent you from working). As someone who has a few disorders she would rather not disclose in a public forum filled with people who are mostly under the age of 14, I just wanted to make that clear.

I have some extreme OCD. It truly is very debilitating. *stares at Audrey*

I fixed it the title, Aud. I also understand about not wanting to share that info.

I am so far clean but... if I were to walk into a physicist office, they probably would find me on.

Is there a takes-everything-completely-literally-to-an-extreme disorder? Because I think I have it.
I also tend to display some OCD-like characteristics.