A.D.D. people...

**jaslivers** · 08-25-2008, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by SeVeReDiStOrTiOn

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

thats cause they are boring

**jknelms** · 08-25-2008, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by SeVeReDiStOrTiOn

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

you have audible dyslexia

haha, j/k

yeah, i'm the same way. it's only worse when a female is explaining something to you though

**jknelms** · 08-25-2008, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by 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:

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...

doctors love to prescribe things....they make money off of it

haha

well, only a child seven or older can be tested for it. and there has to be more than two reported cases of it, plus CLEAR evidence that it significantly is affecting your environment. i love how doctors can diagnose clients on the first trip

but yeah, just talk to your doctor about it. he'll probably give you some free samples or set you up with a prescription for it.

**86 IROC-Z** · 08-25-2008, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by jknelms

doctors love to prescribe things....they make money off of it

haha

well, only a child seven or older can be tested for it. and there has to be more than two reported cases of it, plus CLEAR evidence that it significantly is affecting your environment. i love how doctors can diagnose clients on the first trip

but yeah, just talk to your doctor about it. he'll probably give you some free samples or set you up with a prescription for it.

Yeah... Does it run in families? Because my brother is on it... Well, he's insane anyway, but whatever.

**jknelms** · 08-25-2008, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

Yeah... Does it run in families? Because my brother is on it... Well, he's insane anyway, but whatever.

you know, i don't have a study i can point directly to right now. since ADHD is considered as a "biological" issue, i'd probably say it does go through blood lines. My dad is ADHD, so am I.

**310stanger** · 08-25-2008, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by 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:

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...

You are a comic, you just havent excepted it yet, and im willing to bet that all the good comics have a lot of those qualities in those lists lol

**310stanger** · 08-25-2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by jknelms

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

I didnt say/mean that. I mean instead of letting the babysitter/nanna/tv raise your kids, go out and play baseball with them, go to the park, go shoot baskets. shit like that.

**jknelms** · 08-25-2008, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

I didnt say/mean that. I mean instead of letting the babysitter/nanna/tv raise your kids, go out and play baseball with them, go to the park, go shoot baskets. shit like that.

i knew what you meant. i was just adding my own statement after that. Psychologist suggest that kids before the age of two shouldn't even watch tv... interesting stuff.

sadly, you have two-parent families who both work, or single parent familes with latchkey kids. Most ADHD kids come from Working or Lower Income Classes. Most Mental Illnesses happen in the lower income brackets.

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 03:08 AM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

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

not out of control... i just can't focus on one thing... i'll be busy listening to what other things are going on or watching what ever tiny movement my eyes catch... my hyperness is off the charts...

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by jknelms

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

yeah... i hear the first few words and then i get lost in a day dream and end having no damn clue what any one was talking about... kinda like calvin from calvin and hobbes...

i forget all kinds of shit... i swear i have half alzheimers also...

"meeting at 2:00??? why the fuck can't people tell me about this... oh... you did yesterday???"

**Smurfvette05** · 08-26-2008, 05:08 AM

I have ADD, but don't take anything for it. I did as a kid, but stopped that. I just live with it, and deal with all the stress that it causes.

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by Smurfvette05

I have ADD, but don't take anything for it. I did as a kid, but stopped that. I just live with it, and deal with all the stress that it causes.

my problem is i get pissed off that i can't pay attention and i flip out on people and start fights... (hence my name of Spaz cause i spaz all the time)... i had to do something to better my self... i may know how to fight and defend my self but it's only a matter of time before i snap on some one who is better trained, faster and probably more pissed off than me... so hopefull this will help me to focus and in turn help me with my temper...

**ls1camino** · 08-26-2008, 06:18 AM

I have a mild case of ADD...I just get distracted easily or I forget what I set out to do...for example, when I wake up in the morning, I say to myself, "I'm going to fix the wiring for my radar detector today." I've been doing that for the past week and I end up getting side tracked and never get it done, and when I go to drive the Trans Am, I'm like, "SHIT, why haven't I done that yet?"

**johnd** · 08-26-2008, 06:24 AM

My kid was one. With the aid of Ritalin public school could tolerate him. We got him in a better school and he could quit taking it. I think I was too as well as my dad and his sister but that wasn't a recognized disorder then so there is no way to really know. Interestingly, my grandson is anything but an ADD. He does not and has never acted like his father did.

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

I have a mild case of ADD...I just get distracted easily or I forget what I set out to do...for example, when I wake up in the morning, I say to myself, "I'm going to fix the wiring for my radar detector today." I've been doing that for the past week and I end up getting side tracked and never get it done, and when I go to drive the Trans Am, I'm like, "SHIT, why haven't I done that yet?"

hehe... you've seen how hyper i am... actualy i was pretty mild...

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by johnd

My kid was one. With the aid of Ritalin public school could tolerate him. We got him in a better school and he could quit taking it. I think I was too as well as my dad and his sister but that wasn't a recognized disorder then so there is no way to really know. Interestingly, my grandson is anything but an ADD. He does not and has never acted like his father did.

yeah... jsut with in the past 15 -20 years they are really starting to research ADD... when i was a kid i had all kinds of test done... suction cups pasted to my head like a friggin lab rat...

i had ot do one test where i watched a PC screen and they'd flash numbers and letters... i had to click when ever i seen a number pop up... i started rumaging through the guys desk instead...

**ls1camino** · 08-26-2008, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

yeah... jsut with in the past 15 -20 years they are really starting to research ADD... when i was a kid i had all kinds of test done... suction cups pasted to my head like a friggin lab rat...

i had ot do one test where i watched a PC screen and they'd flash numbers and letters... i had to click when ever i seen a number pop up... i started rumaging through the guys desk instead...

**ls1camino** · 08-26-2008, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

hehe... you've seen how hyper i am... actualy i was pretty mild...

that's you mild? oh god...

**Spaz** · 08-26-2008, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

yeah.. i found apen and took it apart so that it would shoot the ink thing out when you clicked it... the guys comes in "how is it goi... what the hell!!!"

he told my parents i'm "very creative"...