Bartonellla and adhd

Yes, I definitely felt that way. It was hard for me to stay interested in conversations and certain activities. Are you treating with abx or herbs right now?

Can I relate? 100% - both ADD and OCD

I was an honor student all through my school years and college, yet I had terrible study and homework habits. I was a procrastinator. Most of the time, I think it was because I had trouble settling down and concentrating. That said, I was in no way anything like the ADHD kids on ritalin. I was not hyper. I was very quiet, observant, and responsible. Yet, I definitely had trouble sitting down to focus and tended to resist it. Once I did focus, I would be able to finish the task.

As a female, I had lots of PMS symptoms. One of them was OCD. For 3 weeks out of the month, I would feel sluggish, foggy, lazy, and unmotivated. Then, a week before my period, I would be total OCD - cleaning, organizing, planning like a drill sargeant. It was the only time it was easy to get much accomplished. The rest of the time, it was a struggle.

I started my last job at age 31, and there everything changed. I stopped procrastinating and managed tasks and people amazingly well. However, that was also the first time in my life I actually noticed and felt like I had ADD. I excelled in my job because my days and duties were quite varied and I was allowed to manage it my own way. It wasn't boring, tedious, repetitive. Where I noticed the ADD was in meetings. I would get real fidgety and feel like my eyes were going to roll in the back of my head. I would also get stir crazy if I wasn't busy enough. Thankfully, I had a really good job and worked with great people. I really miss it.

I suspect the ADD and OCD tendancies I had/have are tied in with neurotransmitters (which I know next to nothing about) and hormones, especially female reproductive hormones. I think bartonella, even more than the other infections, really does a number on those things.

Notime4lyme said...

I keep changing my mind on stuff really often, which I think is unusual for me. I'll decide to do something, decide not to do it, and then change my mind again. I also have times where I'm almost hyperfocused and times where I do almost nothing. It occurs randomly, though.

I can relate to all that, too.

I should clarify what I said about procrastination. That was mainly a problem for any task that felt overwhelming to me (meaning it didn't come easily or naturally to me) or that I knew would take long periods of focused effort.

In the job that I excelled in, most of my tasks took shorter periods of focused effort. I think the more relaxed structure at this job in contrast to the rigid structure of elementary through high school is what made a significant difference for me. And the fact that I liked my job and wanted to be there and do well.