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

been rocking since i was a small child back and forth im 17 now and i have strangley enough found a girlfreid who dose it to so dose her mother however they do it side to side car trips get quite intersesting i wonder how many people do this i have don it during school and now have noticed that it is catching on certain people around me are unknowingly doing it with me however i do meet opposition certain teachers and or counselers find unprofessional



















wow!! ever since i was a wee one i was always rocking back and forth in front of the tv mostly or when i was alone sitting on my knees drawing in a coloring book. now i find my self rocking while sitting cross legged starting at my computer listening to music. this is such a common thing for people to have rythem while in thought or unconsoustly aware of "bumping" this does not mean your ADD or have a metal problem. my parents were accepting and i never got tested for ADD and i knowingly don't have it. i belive its a common thing to do when your mind is restless and needs to reless some energy through a motion we all know well as rocking.. as habit from childhood and rocked back and forth.
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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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I've been a rocker my whole life, and I am now almost 30 years old. I probably haven't gone a single day in the last 20 years without rocking. It is the only way I can listen to music, play video games or watch TV, and I also have crazy fantasies when rocking. As I have gotten older I seem to be doing is much more often, even when I'm eating.
According to my sister I am slightly autistic (although my mom has never confirmed this). But I am trying to stop doing it because it certainly hasn't had a possible influence on me. Ive never had a steady girlfriend in my life, and most of the time when rocking I do absolutely nothing and let me mind take over. Also, there are times when I'm hanging out with my friends where I just look forward to being alone so I can sit in my chair and rock. So giving it up is going to be very different though. I just wish I can enjoy my music and other things like most people do, but I've already faced the fact that I'm different a long time ago.


I wish I had known this 45 years ago when I started it. For me, my sister and I started doing it when we were 3 or 4. Our father was bipolar 1 and we had a very volatile childhood so I'm sure it was a coping mechanism. It's so interesting to see that so many people did the same thing as me. When I was a teenager and even into my young adult life, when I wanted just to hang out by myself and relax, one of my FAVORITE things to do was to turn all the lights off in my room, put headphones on, and just as other posters said get lost in another world. I didn't know why I was doing, only that it was very soothing,calming and it took over my whole body. I had alot of girlfriends(I'm a female) but never any boyfriends. Even after I started dating a had a serious boyfriend, I still rocked in my room to music. I don't rock as much as before, but even now, being married with 2 kids, I still find myself rocking without even thinking about it(like when I'm watching something on TV) My husband will see me and say "Stop" (It drives him crazy) I don't do it AT ALL as much as I did it as a teenager, for me it helped with lonliness and depression!!My 3 year old son started rocking years ago, and I knew it was a genetic thing.


This is so helpful, especially what someone said about doing it for hours. I day dream listen to music, but i always sit on the couch or in my car(even when i drive) and rock. It relaxes me and makes me feel at peace. The world just melts away and it burns energy... I do not know if it is related, but I have always had a strong core. My parents always called it rocking.. And when I was younger and my grandfather would not let me "rock" i would get car sick while driving. But now i can do it or not.. it is a choice.. i just choose to cause it is so relaxing. Any time my mind is cluttered i just sit down and rock for a while and everything comes into place. I am a write and some of my best ideas and lines have come from those moments of peace. I would love to meet someone one day who shares that euphoric feeling. i have gotten teased a few times, but none of my friends care. when asked why i do it i just say I've done it since i could crawl(i used to rock back and forth on my hands and knees. It truly is an amazing experience that I could not imagine life without.