Thank you! So would you suggest anything specific to get me started on youtube, whilst I try get an appointment set with a medical professional?

Thanks for this, will read up about it a bit. Also, wondered about OCD, but I don’t have the “touch the door knob 3 times” or anything. I do have an issue with remembering things, and do have a thing about washing my hands and cleaning everything with wipes. Even take wipes to work with sanitiser as well.

I think you can disable it in add-ons.

Thanks soo much for the support and kind words. Appreciated. :-)

Thanks so much, will have a look. Just so careful nowadays with so many self-diagnosed people labelling themselves as ADHD / autistic / AuDHD (new??) and wearing it like a badge or personality upgrade. I don’t want the labels or anything, just find the source of my problems. :-(

Thanks, will have to think about it. Didn’t know what leverage meant. (English is not my first language)

But thank you for sharing and will look into it.

Thank you every one for your extremely kind and well thought out posts. I apologise for replying so late, but the responses were so many and so well written, I (ironically?) got overwhelmed and froze up.

I’m sorry if i didn’t reply to everyone’s posts, but your kindness and willingness to support, explain and uphold as a community is truly heart warming.

So this post will be saved for all the golden nuggets that need to be looked into and read up on further.

Thanks again, so much, to all of you. I have the details of some psychiatrists, and will establish contact to take this further.

Then disable it again, perhaps restart, restart in safe mode. Can’t you remove it altogether? Like with other add-ons? And in about:config?

Quick update since I’ve posted this here: I saw someone and I’ve been given concerta on a medium dose, as to see whether it helps. I know some friends and family that say only vivance helped them, but it’s way out of my price range. Even this concerta generic is already 2/3 of the vivance price.

On day 2 of concerta, and I don’t feel much, despite it being one of the “instant kick-in slower release” meds out there.

Yesterday, the first day, did feel like my thoughts weren’t so rapid, perhaps slower. But the biggest thing was that I felt like my thoughts weren’t shooting out in 360 degrees all the time, like chaotic. It felt more like they were more together, or focused, like a drain pipe going forwards from my head, not frazzled and static like before.

Today doesn’t feel like anything. :-/

Thanks everyone for your feedback, it’s been a real eye opener. Day one gone of the double dose now, and I can only say it felt like I drank lots of coffee. (I only drink decaf, for anxiety and jaw grinding reasons.)

However, I had energy, I got ZERO work done today. :-(

I was hoping it would help, but it just stimulated my thoughts and curiosities even more. So I just browsed and read all day. Still jumping from random task to random task, not staying in one place.

Maybe it is just a bad habit / lack of drive / no willpower / lack of self discipline issue. :-(

I will have a look at the reading, thanks so much for the tip!

Oh apologies, but you can in general set some hard changes in the about:config section of firefox.

But hope it’s sorted for you now. :-)

Thanks so much for sharing, your support motivates me to get it checked out. I just don’t have the patience (no pun intended) with the doctors and trying all the different meds. Been on 2 ADHD meds that didn’t work, as well as on my 5 type of antidepressant / anxiety meds. :-/

Still far from good. Struggling a lot.

Thanks for the reply, that’s what I can see online as well. Very frustrating, as I have a filter list I use on other sites and my phone and browsers. Would have been a great help instead of doing it one by one. :-/

Hi everyone, thanks so much for all the comments and feedback. I will try my best to answer all your questions:

1. I’m late 30’s male and been finding these “traits” becoming more prominent in my life as i get older.

2. Not sure if I could be on some autistic spectrum, as I’ve been told to be an “empath / hyper sensitive personality.” (Once again, I am not a psychiatrist, so I'm making massive assumptions about emotional IQ and autism.)

3. The audio / texture / visual over-stimulation might also link to the HSP element in no.2.

4. I have been to a psychiatrist and taken a generic of ritallin for a few months, but to me it didnt help, as it was like taking 12 espressos or strapping a jet engine to a bicycle and trying to steer that. :-(

5. Was put on Attencit for about 2 weeks and nothing happened there either. (I assume it takes weeks before you have any evidence of it working?)

6. Not on any meds apart from the meds for anxiety / depression.

Will do! And thanks!

Haha what a nice and wholesome reply. Thanks so much! Funnily enough I used to play acoustic / electric / bass guitar for about 10 years or more, and then just lost it completely…

Thanks, will do, and yeah, not here for diagnosis, just wanted to see if it is something that needs to be looked at.

Thanks a mill! Yes, I didn’t post for diagnosis, just to see if it is something to pursue with a specialist.

Yup, 99% of the time. And it’s decaf too.