so does anyone here have ADHD

I want to know If anyone here has or knows somesone who has / thinks he have adhd , did you go to a doctor ? were you diagnosed with adhd ? how's the treatement ? did things improve since then ?

plz share your stories because i am very hyperactif and this is causing me problems ( studies mainly ) and i'm considering seeing a psychiatric

My boyfriend has it, I'm pretty sure he went to a doctor and he has to take tablets every morning for it.

95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDAL_GREEN

95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDAL_GREEN

My boyfriend has it, I'm pretty sure he went to a doctor and he has to take tablets every morning for it.

MrsSolidSnake

[QUOTE="AL_GREEN"]95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDAmber084

My 4 year old son was recently diagnosed with ADHD. This was after numerous doctor visits and several diagnosis tests. However I can't tell you much beyond what you could read on Wikipedia. This was all less than a month ago. So we're still trying to find out of medication is the right path to take given how young he is.

From what I've read the standard medication isn't particularly addictive. But the human body tends to build up an immunity to it extremly fast. Which has the same outcome I suppose.

On top of that ADHD is one of the most misdiagnosed afflictions, in children in particular. Which is also why medication should be a last resort. Their are doctors and professional consolers that can help someone with ADHD learn how to minimize the problems it tends to cause without the use of medication.

My boyfriend has it, I'm pretty sure he went to a doctor and he has to take tablets every morning for it.

[QUOTE="AL_GREEN"]95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDMAZ85

I suppose this explains a lot about America. Hyperthyroidism is what keeps us so thin! =D

My 4 year old son was recently diagnosed with ADHD. This was after numerous doctor visits and several diagnosis tests. However I can't tell you much beyond what you could read on Wikipedia. This was all less than a month ago. So we're still trying to find out of medication is the right path to take given how young he is.

From what I've read the standard medication isn't particularly addictive. But the human body tends to build up an immunity to it extremly fast. Which has the same outcome I suppose.

On top of that ADHD is one of the most misdiagnosed afflictions, in children in particular. Which is also why medication should be a last resort. Their are doctors and professional consolers that can help someone with ADHD learn how to minimize the problems it tends to cause without the use of medication.

keech

[QUOTE="MAZ85"][QUOTE="AL_GREEN"]95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDBaconbits2004

I suppose this explains a lot about America. Hyperthyroidism is what keeps us so thin! =D

I kick it old school son, I've got A.D.D. You kids these days, with your hyperactivity, your 3D movies, and your rock 'n roll. Stop eating so much sugar I tells ya. I remember, I was seven I think, when I was diagnosed. Man it was so boring going from hospital to hospital, test after test. I was only on the meds' for about two years, stopped taking them after that because I just felt off when I took them; like I was wasn't comfortable with myself.

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My cousin supposedly has ADHD, but they're not sure.

I kick it old school son, I've got A.D.D. You kids these days, with your hyperactivity, your 3D movies, and your rock 'n roll. Stop eating so much sugar I tells ya. I remember, I was seven I think, when I was diagnosed. Man it was so boring going from hospital to hospital, test after test. I was only on the meds' for about two years, stopped taking them after that because I just felt off when I took them; like I was wasn't comfortable with myself.

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My cousin supposedly has ADHD, but they're not sure.SirWander

do u feel hyperactif now , causes u problems ...etc ?

i was diagnoised with bipolar and A.D.H.D and taken medatate for it. but it was causing me other medical problems

i was diagnoised with bipolar and A.D.H.D and taken medatate for it. but it was causing me other medical problems

zoraluv

you guys should defenitly check this out : http://add.about.com/od/famouspeoplewithadhd/a/famouspeople.htm http://www.adhdtexas.com/famouspeople.htmMAZ85

[QUOTE="MAZ85"]you guys should defenitly check this out : http://add.about.com/od/famouspeoplewithadhd/a/famouspeople.htm http://www.adhdtexas.com/famouspeople.htmBaconbits2004

[QUOTE="MAZ85"]you guys should defenitly check this out : http://add.about.com/od/famouspeoplewithadhd/a/famouspeople.htm http://www.adhdtexas.com/famouspeople.htmBaconbits2004

Your first link has made me curious, how do they know people like Lewis and Clark had ADHD?

idk man , idk

[QUOTE="SirWander"]

I kick it old school son, I've got A.D.D. You kids these days, with your hyperactivity, your 3D movies, and your rock 'n roll. Stop eating so much sugar I tells ya. I remember, I was seven I think, when I was diagnosed. Man it was so boring going from hospital to hospital, test after test. I was only on the meds' for about two years, stopped taking them after that because I just felt off when I took them; like I was wasn't comfortable with myself.

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My cousin supposedly has ADHD, but they're not sure.MAZ85

do u feel hyperactif now , causes u problems ...etc ?

No, I was never hyperactive. I'm pretty mellow, It's just I never seem to put full attention to anything I'm doing. Finishing my homework was always a drag, I was bored ofit halfway through.

I'm diagnosed, I saw a doctor for it two years ago (who said, "Yes, you definitely have it.") and I was put on medication for it for almost a year. The medication didn't help, I changed it twice and never had any results.

It does make school more challenging, with great difficulty paying attention in class, reading long texts and getting certain work done. Apart from that, there are other notable symptoms that I show (but may or may not be the case for others diagnosed). These include constantly shaking my leg without realizing it, having difficulty making even the simplest of decisions, getting offended or upset about the most minor issues or remarks, being unable to decide on what order to perform multiple tasks and my mind becoming cluttered and difficult to function, often feeling like a television with all the channels turned on at once.

It does make daily activities hard, underachievement is often a feeling and coping with certain situations becomes unnecessarily difficult. I believe it would be easier for people to deal with if they have people around them to understand what they are dealing with, or at least not criticize or make judgements. Such an environment can cause one who is diagnosed to become insecure about their issues and have difficulty sharing it with professionals or close friends/family members. Take it from someone with this kind of experience.

Everyone has their own way out of it, but I have yet to find mine.

SirWander

no. but i do have autism.

I absolutely forgot what this topic was about when i got distracted by a pretty bird and then went to eat some cookies. I meant to reply sooner but i decided to go run a mile and was out longer than expected because i forgot how to get home. I am also typing this while standing up and with one hand as the other is trying to hold my figgiting leg still.

Sorry? I couldn't get through the title of your thread...

No, but there is someone I know who has ADD. Only a slight case, though. The person does not take medicine.

[QUOTE="yazter"]I think being diagnosed with ADD was the best thing to happen to me. I got prescribed drugs that make me superman. MAZ85

Probably Adderall? Yep, them things are great, but make you not yourself.Also they keep you up all night, which is fine if you have more for the next day, but if not it really sucks if you got stuff you got to do.

[QUOTE="AL_GREEN"]95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDAmber084

My 4 year old son was recently diagnosed with ADHD. This was after numerous doctor visits and several diagnosis tests. However I can't tell you much beyond what you could read on Wikipedia. This was all less than a month ago. So we're still trying to find out of medication is the right path to take given how young he is.

From what I've read the standard medication isn't particularly addictive. But the human body tends to build up an immunity to it extremly fast. Which has the same outcome I suppose.

On top of that ADHD is one of the most misdiagnosed afflictions, in children in particular. Which is also why medication should be a last resort. Their are doctors and professional consolers that can help someone with ADHD learn how to minimize the problems it tends to cause without the use of medication.

keech

I do know that medication helped me during school quite a bit. Though in the end it's best that your son learns to live without it. I know when I was in about 8th grade I stopped taking my medication because I did not like the effects that it had on me, I had been on it since 4th grade. While I still have ADHD I learned to live with it and I've never once blamed it for any of my shortcomings in my academic career.

People who use ADHD as an excuse really don't have ADHD, especially when they are my age (I'm 22). They would have learned how to deal with it by then.

I think the best advice I can give you is to make sure you teach your son exactly what ADHD means. If he knows exactly what it does, as he grows older he will learn to adapt better as he will find ways of coping without any medication.

ADHD also means an extremely active mind usually meaning a higher IQ and much more capability for high intelligence. It's not all a curse. The hardest part with ADHD isn't learning, it's staying focused on doing the work required to get through grade school. Now I'm on my last year of earning my degree in Software Engineering, and the hardest part hasn't been the learning, it's just been the dedication to the work and fighting the distractions. That's the most difficult part of having ADHD. All of us learn to deal with it differently. I'm sure with better guidance I could have learned more effective methods of dealing with my ADHD, but I got by just fine.

[QUOTE="Ziko360"]ADHD ? what is it ? Assassin's Dreed Hrother Bood ?MAZ85

did you really think I was serious :question:

:lol:

[QUOTE="MAZ85"][QUOTE="Ziko360"]ADHD ? what is it ? Assassin's Dreed Hrother Bood ?Ziko360

did you really think I was serious :question:

:lol:

Nope, but I sometime take ADD meds to help me study in college. Adderall is the best study drug of all time.zombiesfan

95% of people with ADHD don't have ADHDAL_GREEN