Too much energy!!!

Steel Maiden · 11-01-2009, 08:49 PM

This may come across as a bit odd to you.

I am not entirely sure where to post this but here goes.

I am hyperactive. Was diagnosed at six years old and still have it.

I can't go for a walk because my Mum doesn't want to come and she says its too late to go by myself (its dark and the streets are poorly lit). I can't go for a run for the same reason, anyway I only ate dinner a couple of hours ago.

I did some of my kickboxing exercises.

But I still have so much energy! I can't sit still!

What should I do if I can't go out?

I've got so much energy! My legs are moving even while I am sitting on this chair.

l'il esky · 11-01-2009, 09:25 PM

ick, its horrid when you get restless legs....i find running up and down the stairs helps a bit....or putting something cold on my legs...like a cold hot water bottle
x

Steel Maiden · 11-01-2009, 09:58 PM

Thanks lil'esky, good idea.

I think having a bath might help as well.

Damn hyperactivity. I want to run three miles.

l'il esky · 11-01-2009, 11:48 PM

lol, hope the bath helps!! xx

Steel Maiden · 12-01-2009, 10:12 AM

The bath did help. I have just eaten some cereal so I can go running at around 10.30. I can't wait to go running.

Isoverity · 12-01-2009, 11:06 AM

You on new meds or a higher dose? Sounds like activation phase symptoms off hand.

Steel Maiden · 12-01-2009, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isoverity

You on new meds or a higher dose? Sounds like activation phase symptoms off hand.

I'm on a higher dose. What are activation phase symptoms?

l'il esky · 12-01-2009, 10:25 PM

u still hyper hun?

how was your run? x

Steel Maiden · 12-01-2009, 10:44 PM

I'm still hyper. I ran too soon after taking my meds so my muscles seized up and it didn't work. On top of that, I think I have a sports injury.

l'il esky · 12-01-2009, 10:49 PM

oh no....its a shame you cant detach parts of yuor body for a while and get it to do its own exercise! i would love to do that with my tummy, get it to do its own exercise so i dont have to bother!!
x

ThinkingofRecovery · 12-01-2009, 11:29 PM

Thhis may sound a little silly but my nephew is ADHD (and on the autistic spectrum etc, only 9 so still undergoing some of the diagnostic tests via CAMHS). At school, they would give him things like pieces of blue-tac etc to fiddle with whilst supposed to sit down to try and keep him still a little. I'm not ADHD or anything but have very similar difficulties to my nephew and find that having elastic bands to fiddle with if I have to stay still a useful way to calm me a little. I also try to walk, run or whatever. Try and stay off the caffeine etc also.

Steel Maiden · 16-01-2009, 10:23 PM

Hyperkinetic disorder and ADHD are closely related. Some people say they're the same thing, but my concentration span is too good for ADHD.

I find myself going out even when the paranoia/hallucinations are bad because being inside for a morning makes me physically ill.

I went for a run today, which helped.

But its becoming a wrestling match between my paranoia stopping me from going out and my excess energy making me go out.

I end up walking the streets freaked out to no end, but still walking.

No Reason, thanks for the post. I fiddle quite a lot.

Lil'esky, I agree! I wish I could send my legs to go for a run while my top body stays at home.

Steel Maiden · 19-01-2009, 07:20 PM

I did some aerobics stuff in my bedroom and went for a run. Now I suddenly have a deficit of energy.

manic_felinemistress · 19-01-2009, 10:12 PM

I get like that sometimes when I'm on a mania.... try running or bouncing a ball off your garage door and trying to catch it. Swimming laps, maybe?

Steel Maiden · 21-01-2009, 04:55 PM

I usually go running or go to the gym.

I'm on a low now so I'm at home on the net.