What's your opinion of ADD? (913 hits)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (View user info) at 2009-01-11 14:12:51 EST
I want to hear some ranting about ADD. Feel free to share any opinions you have.
Do you think Attention Deficit Disorder exists?
In you opinion, is it a disorder?
If it exists, do you think people with ADD should receive extra assistance in school, at work, or anywhere else in life?
Do you think people with ADD are just lazy?
Do you think that you have ADD, and if so, have you been diagnosed?
What do you think it feels like to have ADD?
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-16 15:37:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-16 12:33:32 EST (#)
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Make no mistake, teachers aren't the ones doing the hounding. They tell the school psychologist or guidance counselor, who then notify the parents they "need to" have their child medicated or they cannot go to school. If that tactic doesn't work, they often threaten to call CPS over "neglect" because the parents don't want to put their kids on Ritalin.
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I mean, the fact that you're turning a generalization into a statement of fact is bad enough, but you're making up this little nightmare scenario based on "psych minor" and nothing else. Please lead me to where you got this info. "Psych minor" doesn't grant you the ability to make blanket statements that everyone else should be expected to believe.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-01-16 12:51:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-15 20:11:44 CST (#)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-15 19:29:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-14 23:24:16 EST (#)
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ADD does exist, usually as a result of nutritional deficiencies in utero, exposure to teratogens, causing abnormal brain development or exposure to toxic, heavy metals.
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Where are you getting that info?
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Psych minor
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Holy fucking shit.
Ok, please explain to someone who has a Masters in the fucking thing why Ph.D Psychologists are not qualified to make diagnoses.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-16 12:33:32 EST (#)
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You asked for opinions and that's it. The fact is, ADD is real, and it's caused by very real environmental factors. It's also overdiagnosed to shit because parents would rather drug their children than teach them how to behave in public.
Make no mistake, teachers aren't the ones doing the hounding. They tell the school psychologist or guidance counselor, who then notify the parents they "need to" have their child medicated or they cannot go to school. If that tactic doesn't work, they often threaten to call CPS over "neglect" because the parents don't want to put their kids on Ritalin.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-16 11:58:36 EST (#)
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LOL @ "psych minor"
Once again, there are no teachers making diagnoses out there. You act like notifying parents about ADD symptoms is the same as "hounding" them to put their kids on meds. There's a difference, and for some reason you are choosing to ignore that difference.
If my kid is displaying ADD-like behavior in class, I want his teacher to let me know. That's the teacher's responsibility, especially in elementary school. In spite of the excess in diagnoses of ADD, there are still very many people that stumble into adulthood without having been properly diagnosed.
I think you're getting a little bit stir crazy with that wonderful Psych minor that you've got.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-15 21:16:05 EST (#)
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And teachers shouldn't have shit to do with diagnosis because
1) Elementary teachers have a GENERAL ARTS degree and a BEd. They don't know ANYTHING about the DMV-IV-TR
2) Their estimation that the child has ADD is usually based solely on their inability to handle a hyper child. I don't know about in America, but in Canada, a teacher has a LOT of pull in whether or not the school psychologist will hound the parents to get the child medicated and if they don't, THREATEN TO SEND CPS AFTER THEM. Not a joke.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-15 21:11:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-15 19:29:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-14 23:24:16 EST (#)
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ADD does exist, usually as a result of nutritional deficiencies in utero, exposure to teratogens, causing abnormal brain development or exposure to toxic, heavy metals.
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Where are you getting that info?
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Psych minor
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-01-15 19:51:48 EST (#)
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Neither a teacher nor a psychologist (a medical degree and a few years of specialization short of being a psychiatrist) are trained to properly diagnose and treat with medication, a child with ADD/ADHD.
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The fuck is that shit?! A Psychologist isn't trained to diagnose?!
Wow.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-15 19:29:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-14 23:24:16 EST (#)
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ADD does exist, usually as a result of nutritional deficiencies in utero, exposure to teratogens, causing abnormal brain development or exposure to toxic, heavy metals.
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Where are you getting that info?
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The fact that teachers are able to flag down "ADD" children (based on disruptive behaviour that they don't have the proper training, patience or experience to handle) to have the school psychologist hound their parents to have the child treated is bullshit.
Neither a teacher nor a psychologist (a medical degree and a few years of specialization short of being a psychiatrist) are trained to properly diagnose and treat with medication, a child with ADD/ADHD.
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No teachers or psychologists have ever diagnosed or medicated anybody, so I don't know what your problem is. Why the fuck do you think teachers shouldn't be able to alert parents of ADD symptoms? Teachers aren't making diagnoses or prescribing meds. But the observations of a child in a classroom setting are invaluable help to a psychiatrist trying to make a diagnosis. Teachers have to be able to alert a parent of a child's behavior in class.
I think you're full of shit.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2009-01-14 23:24:16 EST (#)
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ADD does exist, usually as a result of nutritional deficiencies in utero, exposure to teratogens, causing abnormal brain development or exposure to toxic, heavy metals.
Do I think all the kids who are diagnosed have it? Not a chance. I know that the risk of being exposed to teratogens in utero or lead in childhood has increased a lot since ADD was first recognized and that will have a serious effect on the number of diagnoses, but too many parents are willing to use it as a scapegoat for their inability to control their child.
The fact that teachers are able to flag down "ADD" children (based on disruptive behaviour that they don't have the proper training, patience or experience to handle) to have the school psychologist hound their parents to have the child treated is bullshit.
Neither a teacher nor a psychologist (a medical degree and a few years of specialization short of being a psychiatrist) are trained to properly diagnose and treat with medication, a child with ADD/ADHD.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2009-01-14 11:02:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2009-01-11 16:27:44 EST (#)
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As well as not being able to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time, ADHD people also have the ability to hyper concentrate, are considered more creative and throughout history have been the most flowery, memorable characters.
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I have read elsewhere that people with ADD can often concentrate very well on subjects that interest them. My "boss", who works in the same office as me and claims to have been diagnosed with ADD, has difficulty concentrating on things unless they are subjects that interest him. Well, who the fuck doesn't?? I think it might actually be a real disorder, though. He can't read anything longer than a couple of sentences without major effort. This aversion to reading has caused him problems in his life and on the job.
I don't believe the part about their being "more creative", though they may be more memorable, since they often act like spastics.
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2009-01-14 04:17:17 EST (#)
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Who, me? Well, I think, uh
What was the question again?
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2009-01-13 19:36:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-01-12 01:45:14 EST (#)
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but let's not forget that not everybody is made to be a successful student. nowadays, people have only 1 or 2 children. so they really push them to perform while back then, you had 1 genius and 1 retard in each family and the other kids in between.
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So your brother is a genius?
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2009-01-13 19:16:13 EST (#)
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have i gone back in time?
is itchy here, ranting?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-01-13 18:59:29 EST (#)
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Doesn't exist...invented by drug comapnies...convenient excuse for parents doing a horseshit job of parenting...and for adults to be lazy fucking morons.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-01-13 17:28:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:41:48 EST (#)
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whoops. misfire.
sorry, rob.
Figures the first time I try that retarded shit, I'd fail.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:40:22 EST (#)
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irrelevant muckraker below
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lol you suck hippie
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-01-12 23:10:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by bart (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:42:03 EST (#)
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I know NASA says there are other planets out there, but how many of you think they're just making up the whole thing in order to protect their jobs?
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Pluto, calling Pluto to the witness stand.
Submitted by littledan (user info) at 2009-01-12 21:25:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2009-01-12 09:32:09 EST (#)
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I guess if I had to have either one, I'd choose ADHD for the improved picture and sound quality.
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+2 for that response!
But seriously,
Do you think Attention Deficit Disorder exists?
Yes I do; I believe that it is very over-diagnosed and is used as a crutch/excuse for hyper-active, misbehaved. ADD or ADHD is real, but most kids who "have it" could be cured by a kick in the ass.
In you opinion, is it a disorder?
Yes it is; having been diagnosed as an adult with it (a little over a year ago), I was mature enough to understand what the doctor was explaining to me, and the symptoms explained many of my behaviors/idiosyncrasies.
If it exists, do you think people with ADD should receive extra assistance in school, at work, or anywhere else in life?
I have had ADHD my whole life, and it went undiagnosed for twenty-one years. Looking back, I can think of instances where control (through medication) would have helped my development both academically and socially. BUT, there are lots of things I would never have liked to have lost. So it's a double edged sword; I never received any extra assistance anywhere in life, and I turned out fine - but who knows, maybe I would have turned out "better".
I do not tell people in the real world that I have ADHD, as I would prefer not to be considered different or judged based on it. If my children are diagnosed with it, I would rather they also not receive special treatment.
Do you think people with ADD are just lazy?
Not at all. It is incredibly hard to focus on anything for longer than a few seconds, comprehension skills are sorely lacking (lower activity in the pre-frontal... cortex?, Doc says it can actually be diagnosed with a CAT scan as the activity is that much lower). It can be compensated for, but never fully. Even on meds, I tend to lose my train of thought easily.
Do you think that you have ADD, and if so, have you been diagnosed?
I do, I was diagnosed about a year ago at the age of 21.
What do you think it feels like to have ADD? The last Ritalin I took wore off about an hour ago. Here is my train of thought for one timed minute:
Opeth
Ubersite,
Text Messaging
Pepperoni
Typos that I am trying to hide while typing my thoughts this fast
ferarris and bugatti Veyrons
giving up on capital letters
martin acoustic guitars
tobasco sauce
dump trucks
getting sick
black markers
sharpie
needles
dental floss
1:02 in my brain. Not on medication, that running, jumping train of thought does not stop from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. ADHD is like a dull roar of constant distractions in your mind. Imagine you are a college student trying to study for finals and your roommate is watching seizure inducing anime cartoons while yelling like an indian throwing bottles at the wall. And that is how hard it is for me to listen to someone tell me their name.
Being on Ritalin, for lack of a better description, feels like the world is slowing down just enough for you to get on board and join in. Typically, when I'm not on my meds I can't focus on anything for more than a few seconds; I jump from topic to topic, and am constantly distracted by the smallest details of the world around me ( pebbles in the asphalt to embroidery on jeans to people's pimples to smells ).
As well, ADHD makes people unable to control impulses. I say things and act long before I ever think about them, and that used to get me in a lot of trouble. Also, interestingly enough, ADHD (and probably ADD) makes your body crave carbohydrates. You binge eat without thinking, typically on junk food, and it's incredibly difficult not to. After starting Ritalin, I lost about 20 pounds (not a huge amount off of a 6'5", then 260lb frame).
They say Ritalin is not addictive, though I would never want to not be on it anymore. It has changed my life.
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2009-01-12 17:16:40 EST (#)
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i do have all the classic add symptoms but i don't actually believe i have it. i think I'm kind of bitter about the whole thing actually because i know so many people who fake it just for the drugs and the fact that adderall is handed out like candy bothers me so it makes me refuse to accept this could be a real thing. i also hate the idea of being medicated although i did enjoy the benefits of adderall when I've taken it but i got addicted and made myself stop. I've never heard of that scan though so maybe i should look into it
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-12 16:20:09 EST (#)
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I have ADD. It's probably caused me more grief than necessary, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I denied having it for eleven years before I finally caved and admitted it. I read "Delivered From Distraction" and was convinced that my brain had a abnormal way of operating, even though the book was hammy and fluffed out. I had a SPECT scan which confirmed my very low prefrontal lobe activity. Adderall is very effective, but I would die if I couldn't spend most of my time enjoying my impulsiveness.
The reason I asked for ranting opinions is because I already do try to keep up to date with ADD research, and I'm more interested in public perception of it.
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2009-01-12 15:32:39 EST (#)
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personally i think it's bullshit but adderall is great! i was diagnosed with add as a child simply because i was very hyper and bored with school and never listened but i think that's just a normal stubborn jackass child. if you have a calm kid who can sit still and pay attention for several hours without talking or disobeying every now and then, something is wrong. i was also diagnosed as an adult but i think i'm honestly just very spoiled, stubborn, and defiant. the testing they do is way too simple and it's very easy for people to fake it and many people do just to get adderall because it's like legal speed
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2009-01-12 12:24:17 EST (#)
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I think it exists, although many of the people who are diagnosed with it don't really have it. My boyfriend has it and I think his diagnosis is right-on. To me, the hallmark of the disorder is an inability to focus. He has to be snapped back onto task/topic constantly. It's taken me the whole 9 months we've been together to learn that when he says, "Hey, let's <insert wacky/fun idea here>!", he's just thinking out loud. The vast majority of the stuff he says he wants to do never gets done, or even thought about again.
He takes Concerta, which really seems to help. He doesn't take it every day, just when he's going to do something (work-related projects, packing for camping trips, etc.) that requires intense focus so that nothing gets forgotten. The rest of the time he is content to be scattered, which is fine by me. Makes things interesting.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-01-12 10:57:54 EST (#)
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lol @ gonefiguring
shit post though.
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-01-12 09:47:54 EST (#)
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Why do you care what a bunch of random assholes on the internet think of ADD? None of us (save maybe Forensic) is qualified to give an informed, educated opinion on the disease so you're not doing yourself a favor by asking us. Go do proper due diligence and read up on it at the library or something.
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2009-01-12 09:32:09 EST (#)
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When I was in therapy there were a couple kids who were supposedly ADD or ADHD. It seemed to me that they were only affected when someone told them they had to do something they didn't want to do or keep doing something they didn't like doing.
I guess if I had to have either one, I'd choose ADHD for the improved picture and sound quality.
Submitted by Replen (user info) at 2009-01-12 08:33:33 EST (#)
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No such thing. These children just need a good fucking slap.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-01-12 07:51:33 EST (#)
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Do you think Attention Deficit Disorder exists?
~Yes, but it is way misdiagnosed and overdiagnosed.
In you opinion, is it a disorder?
~Yes, but a manageable one.
If it exists, do you think people with ADD should receive extra assistance in school, at work, or anywhere else in life?
~In school, yes.
Do you think people with ADD are just lazy?
~TRUE cases of people with ADD? No.
Do you think that you have ADD, and if so, have you been diagnosed?
~No.
What do you think it feels like to have ADD?
~I have no idea. I imagine it would be like trying to read Dante Alighieri while thrash metal is blaring 5 feet from your ear and you have to urinate badly but can't because someone else has locked themselves in the loo.
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-01-12 07:30:14 EST (#)
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Fuck no it doesn't exist. It's just a lacking number of armed citizens!
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:42:03 EST (#)
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I know NASA says there are other planets out there, but how many of you think they're just making up the whole thing in order to protect their jobs?
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:41:48 EST (#)
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whoops. misfire.
sorry, rob.
Figures the first time I try that retarded shit, I'd fail.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:40:22 EST (#)
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irrelevant muckraker below
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:39:20 EST (#)
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Wanna ride bikes?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:37:22 EST (#)
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a bunch of crybabies below
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-01-12 03:27:31 EST (#)
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Sure, it exists. Just as it has forever. I probably would've been diagnosed with it, but my mother treated it the way we're afraid to treat it now: physical behavioral modification
<smack to the back of the head - POW!>
"Pay attention, Jeremy!"
"Yes, ma'am."
It worked every time.
As humans, we don't just have instinctual reactions to environmental stimuli, like all other animals. We actually process the information thoroughly and have to make cognitive decisions. But in the right-now, instant gratification society we've created for ourselves, through sheer laziness, we'd rather medicate our children. Why invest time and energy raising our kids when we can chemically subjugate them? It's so much easier this way.
Between this and Scientology's belief that autism doesn't exist, we should render ourselves extinct within 3 or 4 generations. Or at least relegate ourselves into drooling drones with some authoritarian asshole pulling the strings behind the proverbial curtains.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-01-12 01:45:14 EST (#)
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Do you think Attention Deficit Disorder exists?"""
yes, but it's overused WAYYY too much.
In you opinion, is it a disorder?"""
no. ADD ppeople coped before they put a label on it.
If it exists, do you think people with ADD should receive extra assistance in school, at work, or anywhere else in life? """
medication should be provided only in extreme cases instead of what we see now, with like 1 kid out of 5 on ritalin. parents should do their jobs.
but let's not forget that not everybody is made to be a successful student. nowadays, people have only 1 or 2 children. so they really push them to perform while back then, you had 1 genius and 1 retard in each family and the other kids in between. the world's not gonna stop turning cuz your child is average or below average at school. he'll probably just turn out fine.
Do you think people with ADD are just lazy? """
no. they're just not fit for tasks that require concentration.
Do you think that you have ADD, and if so, have you been diagnosed? """
no, but i know a few people who have been diagnosed (mostly kids) but they're not on ritalin and they do very well once the parents and teachers are on sync. i know one who's hopeless but she's also psychotic and suicidal so that's a whole other level.
What do you think it feels like to have ADD? """
probably feels like when you're insomniac in the middle of the night and you're rapidly flipping TV channels cuz you can't really listen to anything.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2009-01-12 00:17:36 EST (#)
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It creates jobs, income and a brand new placbo industry for otherwise unemployable people, so it must be real.
Submitted by YourNameHere (user info) at 2009-01-11 23:06:56 EST (#)
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If you don't understand the question, just let me know and I'll explain it to you.
You accused me of venting "anonymously."
I replied, how are YOU venting?
This means we are both anonymous on this site, you goddam idiot.
Unless that's your real name, in which case you are STILL anonymous because the name isn't particularly distinctive and you are still shielded from the repercussions of talking back to your betters face-to-face.
IF that is actually your name, the sheer retarded idiocy to use it in this toilet beggars belief.
Do your parents get upset when they come home after work to 37 subscriptions to gay porn, or do they just shake their heads sadly and take it out of your allowance?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-01-11 22:55:59 EST (#)
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I was taking about you, dipshit below.
I guess you're the kind of guy who frowns and mumbles 'I don't get it' after hearing the punchline of a joke.
Submitted by YourNameHere (user info) at 2009-01-11 22:16:01 EST (#)
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And how exactly are you venting?
Show some ID, genius, or stfu.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-01-11 21:58:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by YourNameHere (user info) at 2009-01-11 21:09:10 EST (#)
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Stupid fucking morons looking at something only through the prism of their own experience below.
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Eats shit in the real world, vents anonymously online.
Submitted by ohmygoshRoyMustang (user info) at 2009-01-11 21:32:31 EST (#)
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Well, I may not be the smartest person in the world but...
I believe ADD is a real disorder. I just believe that doctors over-diagnose it. I don't want to be rude, but, it does seem like doctors nowadays look for the easy way out. They prescribe pills for everything and they never think outside the box.
I think most people diagnosed with ADD don't suffer from it. Of course, there are those few, but...
It's kind of like the drug resistance thing. You know...like how people overuse medicine?
You get the sniffles and you take some Tylenol or Ibeprofin. You're sad so they put you on Xanax. I'm not saying that medicine is wrong, it's just the fact that people turn to it as an easy solution. Now there are so-called superbugs that are resistant to all kinds of medicines, people are making designer drugs, and we're still dying.
Submitted by YourNameHere (user info) at 2009-01-11 21:09:10 EST (#)
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Stupid fucking morons looking at something only through the prism of their own experience below.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2009-01-11 20:53:47 EST (#)
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It's horseshit.
I would have been diagnosed with ADD had I been young at the wrong time, so to speak. My attention span is minimal (look at all my unfinished uber series for proof) and I'm interested in just about everything at once. I'm lucky. I channel all that mindnoise into stories, then I can concentrate on my job, remembering to shower every day, paying the mortgage, shit like that.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2009-01-11 18:56:46 EST (#)
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skarp makes me laugh fairly consistantly.
plus he has a pool
that is all
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2009-01-11 18:31:03 EST (#)
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I don't think I or most people on this site are really qualified to answer those questions. My best friend for all my teenage years has ADD though, and it's annoying. He's really clever though, but disorganized and does badly in school. Which is sort of a cliche now I guess.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2009-01-11 17:19:36 EST (#)
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Most current scientific researchs points to --Hey! Look at the duck!
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-01-11 16:41:36 EST (#)
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ADD is:
Easier and more productive than SUBTRACT
Less complicated but as effective as MULTIPLY
More fun than DIVIDE
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2009-01-11 16:37:28 EST (#)
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Blah blah blah, testing.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2009-01-11 16:27:44 EST (#)
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Oh come on! Debilitating? It 'supposedly' runs right through my family and I wrote my dissertation on it.
My conclusion - It's lazy fat bastard parent disease.
As well as not being able to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time, ADHD people also have the ability to hyper concentrate, are considered more creative and throughout history have been the most flowery, memorable characters. It's not a disease. It's a problem when a person with short attention, lots of creativity and highly emotional has never learned how to keep themselves in check but if they have, they have the potential to rise to far higher heights than your normal everyday person.
And ritalin, nothing but an amphetamine. Introduced because it was not socially acceptable to feed your children speed, which does exactly the same thing I might add. Some say it only has the effect it does on ADHD people. That in itself is total horseshit. Low dose amphetamine in anybody has been shown to increase concentration. Thank God doctors in the UK are now being advised not to prescribe it.
You sometimes also see ADHD people with lesser hand eye coordination than their healthy counterparts. My opinion on that is there's potentially something else there. Then again, you don't tend to see it in adults and it could just be kids maturing at different rates and nothing more sinister than that.
What's worse, ADHD people now walk around thinking there's something wrong with them. That it's wrong to be a bit scatty, to jump from one thing to another, to be highly strung. Take the ADHD out of society and you're left with nothing but grey suit dregs interlaced with with a production line of human drones.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2009-01-11 15:55:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2009-01-11 15:23:32 EST (#)
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ADD is AWESOME. It is the train that jumps five tracks and gets back to the station with more passengers than it left with; it is the sudden connection between two distant ideas that were always just a spark away; it is the jolt of glee when you shout "Eureka!" and tear off at a sprint to test your idea.
ADD should not be treated with meds, it should be encouraged. And if little Bobby isn't getting his homework done, then maybe mom & dad should sit down with him until it's done instead of throwing their hands up and calling for Ritalin.
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Working at a Special school, I can firmly state that for a child between 5 and 11, AD(H)D is not awesome.
It is totally debilitating.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2009-01-11 15:23:32 EST (#)
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ADD is AWESOME. It is the train that jumps five tracks and gets back to the station with more passengers than it left with; it is the sudden connection between two distant ideas that were always just a spark away; it is the jolt of glee when you shout "Eureka!" and tear off at a sprint to test your idea.
ADD should not be treated with meds, it should be encouraged. And if little Bobby isn't getting his homework done, then maybe mom & dad should sit down with him until it's done instead of throwing their hands up and calling for Ritalin.
Submitted by littledan (user info) at 2009-01-11 15:10:38 EST (#)
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I don't have time for a long detailed reply right now but in short, I was diagnosed with Severe ADHD at the age of 21. I do not want, nor expect, special treatment, however Ritalin has changed my life.
More later.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2009-01-11 14:59:37 EST (#)
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d00d thats hugh hefner and tiger woods
Submitted by tHEbiGNOthINg (user info) at 2009-01-11 14:47:59 EST (#)
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Hmm, well I have ADD, and quite frankly it sucks(i also have RAD and OCD). It is impossible to focus without medicaton, and i get distracted by things like weird scratches on table(seriously, i got in trouble for not paying any attention to my teacher cuz of this). It isn't deu to laziness, but i'll be honest, i have blamed my ADD for not getting thiings done(normally its cuz of my add, but sometimes i'm just apathetic). it is a common diagnosis though, and if you were to just ask a group of people, a majority will have it.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2009-01-11 14:41:39 EST (#)
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To be honest, I was more interested in hearing the ignorant opinions of assholes, but a sensible response is nice, I guess.
Submitted by Darth_Famine (user info) at 2009-01-11 14:22:10 EST (#)
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I want to hear some ranting about ADD. Feel free to share any opinions you have.
Do you think Attention Deficit Disorder exists?
Yes, I know a child with ADD and he really does have trouble focusing. he is smart as a whip and without his medication he really can't learn anything.
In you opinion, is it a disorder?
Yes, but it also overused. Many doctors claim it on kids that do not actually have it.
If it exists, do you think people with ADD should receive extra assistance in school, at work, or anywhere else in life?
Yes, it is a learning disability. Without special help the boy that I know wouldn't be able to tie his shoes.
Do you think people with ADD are just lazy?
no
Do you think that you have ADD, and if so, have you been diagnosed?
no
What do you think it feels like to have ADD?
I would wager that it suck.
everything is fascinating, absolutely everything. so fascinating in fact that you cannot keep focused on any one thing for wait where was I? my door is fascinating. hey look there is my computer, whats on the screen?