Is rocking back and forth while talking when sitting or standing a symptom of ADD or something worse?

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It is so great to find this page! I have been rocking back and forth all my life, I remember as a child I would sit on the couch and rock back and forth as I watched TV..My parents referred to it as "bumping". It was just something that I did, but not my sisters. I was also a chronic bed wetter, which..sigh..has re-emerged. I was diagnosed with ADD as a child, but I don't remember how I was treated, I wasn't on any medications. rocking is something that I always do, and always to music; it calms my internal craziness, I can spend hours a day doing this, I tend to daydream when I am rocking. My flatmate once walked in when I was rocking and said it scared him! I am self conscious about this, but don't regard it as a problem. I have a question to fellow rockers who are on ADD medication, How do you feel being on meds? I am considering trying Ritalin. The problem is that not many Dr's believe in ADD and I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorders, but I am sceptical about this.. I'm glad to know that other rockers are out there.

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I'm not into rocking back and forth, but my girlfriend is. She can't sit still and even sitting will constantly jiggles her leg or foot or move back and forth on a swivel or rocking chair and it drives most people crazy. She also constantly rings her hands together as if she's in stress. It's usually nervous energy and it's wise to get not only your thyroid gland checked (T3/T4 blood test) but also the adrenal gland. My girlfriend also use to suffer from panic attacks and Agoraphobia (is cured now) but the rocking hasn't gone away. I agree, it's nothing to get bent out of shape about even though it may annoy others.

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My husband is one of those people that rocks back and forth and has 'restless leg syndrome to boot. We all have strange ways such as playing with our hair; some people pick at their skin or callouses on their feet (if they have any); licking or chewing their lips, etc. It's just a way of feeling comfort and bad habits and can sometimes be caused from every day stress and is not a symptom of ADD (although this is one symptom some ADD children can have.)

Many children put on a no sugar diet calmed down and were no longer hyper-active. That's a proven fact!

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This is great! I was just writing a paper for my psychology class about a behavior that I do that others would consider äbnormal". My family calls it "bouncing"because my head would bounce from the springs in the chair. I'm 25 and I haven't done it since I was 15 or so because I didn't spend much time at home any more, but I know that it is genetic because my older sister did it before I was born and my neice does it. I always thought it interesting that my mother had a rocking chair to rock me in as a baby, then I had a rocking horse that I spent hours on and then I sat in a chair or the couch and bounced the back of my head against the seat.The main thing with me is that I almost always fell asleep while doing it.

I always thought it was soothing and helped me go into another state of consciousness where I could fantasize about all kinds of different things. It's similar when I lay on a hammock and rock back and forth.

Someone recently told me that they've watched old people in nursing homes do it in order to soothe themselves. I would like to know the connection with ADD and anxiety and restless leg because my father and younger sister have ADD, my older sister has restless leg syndrome and I have anxiety, although I don't take any medicine for it.

I recommend for people who want to quit: do rhythmic exercise like walking, get a hammock or a rocking chair.

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