Author Topic: Does anyone suffer from ADD? (Read 2057 times)

Fresh Prince · « **on:** May 28, 2007, 01:31:27 AM »

So I was watching a programme on ADD and found myself exhibiting some symptoms. So naturally I went on line and read about it a bit more and now think there might be something to it.
For all these years I thought it was laziness and procrastination but now it may actually be something.

Yes I'll probably be going to a doctor to check it out later.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:35:55 AM »

If you wanted to be treated like a baboon and be a zombie to drugs than it's totally a great "disease".

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:59:41 AM »

Yeah most of it does fall under general things such as laziness, anxiety etc. I guess the point is that you consistently do it and hence it is a real problem.

am nintendo a couple of things:
1) There are medical professionals that have classified this as a disease so I'd trust their definition over yours.
2) Drugs are not the only option.

Vizzys · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:02:08 AM »

they do pass them drugs out easily though, trust me

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:05:12 AM »

Quote from: Viz on May 28, 2007, 05:02:08 AM

they do pass them drugs out easily though, trust me

Maybe in America. If they do say I have ADD I wouldn't make them my first option. Hopefully that's a pretty big if and I'm just overreacting.

Vizzys · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:11:25 AM »

I dont recommend drugs, not strattera anyway. Nope, say no, because its useless and has side effects that are worse then add/adhd. America

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:14:50 AM »

I'd sell them anyway

Vizzys · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:18:13 AM »

xnikki118x · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:18:57 AM »

Quote from: Jonnyram on May 28, 2007, 04:03:16 AM

ADD is actually hard to pin on someone because most of the symptoms are displayed by normal, healthy human beings, on a regular basis.

If you're really worried about it (and you probably shouldn't be, at this point in your life), you'd be best off being observed for a couple of days by a mental doctor or something.

Agreed. ADHD is real and does happen in adults, but it's also very overdiagnosed.

If you've had a fine life up until now, I wouldn't even worry about it, as it's not a life-threatening condition or anything.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:21:42 AM »

I know people with ADD and they all take drugs and they're all pretty distinguished mentally-challenged. I would suggest you don't go to any doctor. It's obviously never going to affect you and really all it'll do is feed low-self esteem jack-offs. Maybe there is somebody that needs it, I've never seen anybody like that, but it can't be you. It's basically the same as a anti-depressant so you can go fuck yourself if you take it.

FatalT · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:35:37 AM »

You can fuck yourself if you take ADD medication? How can I get a doctor to give me this medication?

brawndolicious · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:58:30 AM »

do you know how to act like a jack-off?

FatalT · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:14:48 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on May 28, 2007, 05:58:30 AM

do you know how to act like a jack-off?

Will you teach me?

Mupepe · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2007, 03:47:33 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on May 28, 2007, 07:14:48 AM

Quote from: am nintenho on May 28, 2007, 05:58:30 AM
do you know how to act like a jack-off?

Will you teach me?

Cheebs · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2007, 06:04:31 PM »

ADHD is far far far over diagnosed. There are people with it of course and need medicine but many if not most on medicine for it do not need it.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2007, 06:59:48 PM »

Working memory training seems to reduce ADHD symptoms.

http://www.ki.se/kbh/neuropediatrics/cognitive_neuroscience/pub/TrainingWMChildrenADHD.pdf

Mupepe · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:14:47 PM »

i don't think anyone really suffers from ADD or ADHD

Prost · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:00:51 PM »

extremely overdiagnosed.

Some people REALLY have it, and those are the people that within the first 5 minutes of meeting them.... you KNOW.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:01:45 PM »

Quote from: Rob Thomas on May 28, 2007, 07:14:47 PM

i don't think anyone really suffers from ADD or ADHD

The teachers suffer.

Prost · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:01:53 PM »

but u can't get angry at it, the medication prescribed for ADHD patients has brought a lot of kids through college these days!

DeezNutzRBlue · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:31:22 PM »

Huh? I'm lost.

DeezNutzRBlue · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:51:40 PM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on May 28, 2007, 04:59:41 AM

Yeah most of it does fall under general things such as laziness, anxiety etc. I guess the point is that you consistently do it and hence it is a real problem.

am nintendo a couple of things:
1) There are medical professionals that have classified this as a disease so I'd trust their definition over yours.
2) Drugs are not the only option.

Psychology is a very new science, a little over 100 years old. Don't trust what the DSM IV says. Remember they used to think that emotional disorders coud be fixed through a process called leukotomy, later known as a frontal lobotomy. I remember in Psych class watching a "Doctor" with a cigarette in his mouth take ice picks and scramble the frontal lobes. This goes back to Phineaus Gage having a piece of metal shoved into his brain and changing his personality. Your best help is a Life Coach. A motivator. A friend.

Himu · « **Reply #22 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:55:16 PM »

If you have add, don't go to a doctor about it. Let me tell you that. The medicine will turn you into a boring zombie.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #23 on:** May 28, 2007, 09:07:40 PM »

I think I've developed coping mechanisms and if I do have ADD it must be mild.
For me it's not necessarily to try and cure it but realise that it is there and making certain adjustments.

The thing is I can't study for 20 minutes at a time without making a snack, a coffee, watching TV or going on the internet.Even in those 20 minutes my mind wonders off and I start dreaming. I lack focus and to and it does affect my life it terms of grades etc.

Mupepe · « **Reply #24 on:** May 28, 2007, 09:12:04 PM »

I think I have ADD

sometimes when i'm jerking off, i'll start thinking about stuff at work or bills and i'll go limp (dick in hand and all) and then i'll be like "oh right, let's get back to it *fap fap fap*"

Stocky · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2007, 11:50:56 PM »

I like how Prost, on his know-it-all binge of the fucking week, is trying to act like he knows something.

I was diagnosed with ADD/ODD at a young age, and it's easy for me to even see the problems with it. Anyone that has or is around someone with ADD can identify the symptoms pretty easily when they happen.

Good Example: A child can't focus on homework. Parent tries to help child while child keeps getting sidetracked.

Bad Example: Anything that Prost says.

Living with it can be pretty hard, but if you can really focus on something, you can get through it. You'll never be able to totally beat it, but the whole goal is to live with it.

I went through at least 7 different prescriptions before deciding to try on my own, and I've never looked back.

Himu · « **Reply #26 on:** May 29, 2007, 01:55:31 AM »

Quote from: stocky on May 28, 2007, 11:50:56 PM

I went through at least 7 different prescriptions before deciding to try on my own, and I've never looked back.

Word.

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Author Topic: Does anyone suffer from ADD? (Read 2057 times)