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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While the PP's story absolutely sounds like ADHD, I will also note that my kid is very talkative and has days or phases where she can talk like that (very familiar with having to back out of a room like "I'm sorry I have to got to the bathroom, can you finish this story later???"). However she was evaluated for ADHD and not diagnosed. Her psychiatrist thought the talkatively was a reflection of high intelligence mixed with anxiety, and her therapist recommended keeping a daily journal. Which helped![/quote]

ADHD talking is happy "fun" (for the talker).

Anxiety talking is unhappy stressed complaining/worrying and "problem-solving" (but not solving) [/quote]

Really not necessarily.  I’m the adult with adhd that posted previously.  At some point you have enough social skills to realize you are making others uncomfortable or that they are laughing at you in a mean way.  That’s not a happy feeling.  But it’s like your brain is a train on a track and it takes a lot of effort to stop it or reroute it.  And then you stop it but then there’s another thing that pops into your head and before you realize it the train is moving again.  
It’s one of the reasons why people with adhd often have self esteem problems or depression problems.  We’re not just bothering idiots.  We typically know that we’re not fitting into social expectations.[/quote]

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