A.D.D. people...

[Spaz]

attention deficite disorder... who has it?? i have AADHD... adult attention deficite hyper disorder... i'm taking straterra again... i was on ritalin when i was a kid but that shit turned me in to a zombie... stratterra makes me have crazy dreams and makees it hard to piss as well as a few other unpleasant side effects... but it works for me... what do you guys/gals do or take???

[jknelms]

I'm ADHD. they don't call it ADD anymore, it's not just ADHD with or without hyperactivity i believe. i was on Vitamin R when i was 7-9, i was taken off when i started homeschooling.

[310stanger]

attention deficite disorder... who has it?? i have AADHD... adult attention deficite hyper disorder... i'm taking straterra again... i was on ritalin when i was a kid but that shit turned me in to a zombie... stratterra makes me have crazy dreams and makees it hard to piss as well as a few other unpleasant side effects... but it works for me... what do you guys/gals do or take???

If you dont take medicine are you just completely out of control? cant sit still? cant focus on anything? People joke about it, but that must be really hard

[GTP231]

I was on a few things when I was a kid. Now I just deal with it on my own. usually goes alright

[SeVeReDiStOrTiOn]

How can you tell if you have it?

[GTP231]

How can you tell if you have it?

I was supposedly tested as a kid. Don't remember it though. I think mine was more from being bored in class since my reading level was always at least 2 grades higher

[jknelms]

How can you tell if you have it?

you have to have six or more of the following symptoms for longer than 6 months, and it has to presist beyond normal levels :

1.often fidgets with hands, feet, or squirms in seat
2. often leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remeaning seated is expected
3. often runs about or climbs excessivly in inappropiate situations
4. has problems engaging in normal leisure activities quietly
5. is often "on the go" or acts like "driven by a motor"
6. talks excessivly
7. often burst out answers, before questions completed
8. difficulty waiting their turn
9. interrupts, intrudes others.

i also heard they have low scores on theory of mind test

[jknelms]

you have to have six or more of the following symptoms for longer than 6 months, and it has to presist beyond normal levels :

1.often fidgets with hands, feet, or squirms in seat
2. often leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remeaning seated is expected
3. often runs about or climbs excessivly in inappropiate situations
4. has problems engaging in normal leisure activities quietly
5. is often "on the go" or acts like "driven by a motor"
6. talks excessivly
7. often burst out answers, before questions completed
8. difficulty waiting their turn
9. interrupts, intrudes others.

i also heard they have low scores on theory of mind test

there's a lil more to all of this, but that's just kind of an example.

[310stanger]

i think a lot of kids get labeled as having it when they dont. they just dont like school. Society is way too medicated and these doctors just pump these kids full of drugs. But I also think that there are kids and adults that really do need help and if the medicine does help them, then thats good

[GTP231]

you have to have six or more of the following symptoms for longer than 6 months, and it has to presist beyond normal levels :

1.often fidgets with hands, feet, or squirms in seat
2. often leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remeaning seated is expected
3. often runs about or climbs excessivly in inappropiate situations
4. has problems engaging in normal leisure activities quietly
5. is often "on the go" or acts like "driven by a motor"
6. talks excessivly
7. often burst out answers, before questions completed
8. difficulty waiting their turn
9. interrupts, intrudes others.

i also heard they have low scores on theory of mind test

Then I shouldn't have been told I have it. If what you say is true

[jknelms]

i think a lot of kids get labeled as having it when they dont. they just dont like school. Society is way too medicated and these doctors just pump these kids full of drugs. But I also think that there are kids and adults that really do need help and if the medicine does help them, then thats good

well, the problem is, ritalin was sitting around at the drug companies, and they needed to find something to use it on. they found that it "Helped" these ADHD kids. and through all these drug commercials they have been widely produced, school suggesting some kids be on it, and just overall the uneducated notion to label anyone that is defiant or hyper as ADHD has lead to so many kids being medicated.

[310stanger]

kids need to just simmer down. and parents need to pay attention to them more. Teachers need to stop being so fuckin lazy and expecting drugs to zombie out the bad kids too

[jknelms]

Then I shouldn't have been told I have it. If what you say is true

well, there's two types. or, there was... the other type is what was known as ADD , now called ADHD I or ADHD Inattention or ADHD without Hyperactivity. six or more of the following, lasting longer than six months, to a degree that it is inconsistent and maladaptive with developmental level.

1. often fails to give close attention to details, or makes careless mistakes in school or other activities.
2. often has difficulty sustaining attention
3. often does not listen when spoken to directly
4. doesn't follow instructions, and fails to finish work and other activities
5. often avoids and is reluctant to mental stimulating task
6. difficulty organizing tasks
7. often loses things necessary for task
8. is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
9. is often forgetful of daily activities

[jknelms]

kids need to just simmer down. and parents need to pay attention to them more. Teachers need to stop being so fuckin lazy and expecting drugs to zombie out the bad kids too

i agree, spank your kids! if you won't let the teacher do it...the parent better start!!

[GTP231]

but most people dread going to work
yeah i guess the second set stuff fits better. yet i'm fine when wrenching usually odd

[jaslivers]

we are studing a.d.d. a bit in my psych class.......

[jknelms]

we are studing a.d.d. a bit in my psych class.......

are you a psych major, too?

I graduate in december!!!

[SeVeReDiStOrTiOn]

Sometimes I find it hard to follow along when someone is telling me something that happened.

[86 IROC-Z]

I was diagnosed with ADD at a young age (seven or so) and was prescribed Ritalin, and took it up until age 9 or 10 at which point my mother didn't believe I needed it, and after not taking it, there were no noticable changes in my behavior. I posted about this a while ago, but I believed that I was only perscribed it to help the teacher; I don't think I had ADD, I think the teacher didn't want to deal with 7 year olds, as my mom was basically forced by the school to have me take it as insisted by the teacher who had no medical knowledge, let alone a PhD. Here's a hint: If you don't want to deal with little kids, teach high school (even though, in some cases, that can be worse...)

However recently as my responsibilities and challenges grow, I have been deciding whether or not to go to the doctor for Adderall, as it is quite popular in universities to pay 2 bucks a pop during finals week and I feel something like that would help me, especially after reading this:

1. often fails to give close attention to details, or makes careless mistakes in school or other activities.
2. often has difficulty sustaining attention
3. often does not listen when spoken to directly
4. doesn't follow instructions, and fails to finish work and other activities
5. often avoids and is reluctant to mental stimulating task
6. difficulty organizing tasks
7. often loses things necessary for task
8. is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
9. is often forgetful of daily activities

As I had never done any research on it before but already see myself in a few of the items on that list. So maybe I'll go see the doc soon...

[jaslivers]

are you a psych major, too?

I graduate in december!!!

no im a nursing major, but we gotta study it