ADHD is a real disability. get over it.

but there is a really visible line between OCD and neatness... plus OCD doesnt even mean that you're always really neat... it can be many different things.

its hard to distinguish between being bored and having ADD
 
I know a guy that personally got diagnosed with it and then they found out he had a nutrition problem that was causing him to get all lazy and shit.

I know it's real but it seems some doctors are too quick to jump on the "GIVE THEM RITALIN" wagon.
 
I once took an ADHD test when i was in elementary school, in like 2nd grade.

They had me sit at a computer and click when it told me to, and measured how much i move the mouse in between clicks.

At home, I had a big roller ball mouse, so I didn't move the mouse at all because I wasn't used to it.

BUT I fell off my chair 4 times in the 3 minutes the test took, and they had to tell me when to click because I wasn't paying attention to the screen.

Skiing, biking, and photography (and things related to the three) are still the only things that are capable of retaining my attention for any length of times.
 
Same for me.

I have really bad ADD but I stopped taking medication in 7th grade because it changed me so much, even though I got good grades I just wasn't myself when I took it. My grades dropped and I eventually just dropped out of high school. But I don't care, school has never felt like a matter of consequence to me. Being myself is more important.
 
not opinion, fact.
Mental problems of all kinds run rampant these days. I'm dyslexic, and have mild OCD. I know numerous kids that have attempted suicide, etc. We're so fucked.
 
My girlfriend's sister is the first ADHD I've met and it really, really shows. I've never met anyone like that. She doesn't have too much medication (large dosages) as her parents want to wait for a while for medicine to advance a bit and not cause side effects too much. She is also very smart for her age (12) and speaks very good Japanese (self-taught) and English. Her thoughts are sooo out there and intriguing but she just doesn't have the focus or drive to do anything about them, really. We'll see what happens.
 
pretty sure this kid has ADHD

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I love bikes! im gonna make a thread about bikes.

also, i have adhd, was only diagnosed before my senior year of hs. it was a really comprehensive program that couldnt be bsed including brain scans, medical studies, and other qualitative studies.

I was medicated with stratterra and i absolutely hate it. Im convinced it's evil. now that im in my junior year of college i dont take it at all, and my moms on my back about it every day. she gets fed up with me when im off it (im all over the place, a little bit crazy), and i cant stand me when im on it.

I know its gonna sound like classic bullshit, but honestly discovering marijuana changed my life. i had tried it in the past(end of HS), not really gotten that high and not liked it. Then, just this year in April I tried it again and really felt what it could do for me. It's changed me as a person in the best way possible. I'm now living in NYC and i'm not dependent on my parents, working full time on Wall Street, and I'm poised to launch a really cool company with fantastic prospects. I know it seems unrelated, but mj put me in the mindset i needed to be in to be sucessful. Its brought a perfect balance to my life. I think its people that go into it with a lazy mindset that give it a bad name.

I know ill get flamed like crazy if anyone reads this. so now ill go make a thread on bikes.
 
dude i think every adhd kid just loves bikes! the kid i road bike with regularly (in im finally getting him into MTB, hes a newschooler too, fattyplankers has adhd. when im feeling a little nuts in the head, i just go ride my bike and it calms me down immensely.

/dubpost, and now ill go make that thread on bikes.
 
i'm more convinced that hypochondriasis if what all you add fools have. doctors tryin to make money...welcome to america you pussies.
 
I have ADHD, it sucks, whatever. I have been on many different types of meds. a lot caused me to have some side effects. the one i found out that does help me the most is focalin. Not many side effects. I will be a junior in HS. Taking the meds helps me so much. you can concentrate so much easier and school seems to be fun. when not on them i do not want to do anything. and to the people who say man up and don't be lazy. well people with adhd don't often realize they are being lazy and not concentrating until you look back and see what you really did that day. it sucks to live with but you can control it at a level. A lot of people use it as an excuse because they are just plain lazy fucks. But kids that really do have it struggle.
 
adhd in my eyes is more of a developmental disorder. people say when they are actually diagnosed with adhd they always feel and act younger then who they should be. its like being 10 steps back from everyone else.
 
I don't think many people deny it exists at all, I just think that a lot of people, myself included, think that it's diagnosed way too often. All of a sudden if a kid is hyper and can't pay attention at school because they're too busy jacking around they have ADHD...
 
I kind of find that if someone diagnoses themselves with ADHD, or even OCD, it's bullshit.

Ex: Yea I failed the test because I can't focus and stuff. I probably just have ADHD.

Look how tidy my room is, I'm really really OCD
 
i know two people with adhd and neither of them are lazy or don't do homework.

one of them keeps losing jobs however, but he always gets a new one, because he's bad at math, and never finished high school, and not the sharpest tool in the shed, however, he's a sweet guy, with good intentions. he's just not very mature, but is still responsible.

the other one studies at mcgill, and just is really eccentric, she has to get good grades because that's what her parents expect, and she studies, and without the meds. she got expelled in high school for running around on the roof of her school(it was tiny and private, built like a house) but that's really the extent of her. other than that, she's just a hyperactive person, always boucing, and on the move, saying weird things, and has a really wild imagination.

neither of these people are lazy or unmotivated due to adhd.

i love people who misdiagnose things so easily.

if you're lazy and don't do school work, it's not adhd, you're just a teenager, and your hormones are going apeshit. if you're young and full of energy, or your sibling is and loves to play and run around, that's completely normal.

it's only when the actions are to extremes is that it's really a case of it.

bipolar is a completely fucked up depression, and saying you want to do shit and don't doesn't mean your bipolar.

however, you can be depressed, which causes social withdrawl, lack of interest, irritability, and sleepiness or insomnia etc.
 
Kids who actually have it use it as a fucking crutch too.

"OHH THE TEACHER'S PICKING ON ME, BECAUSE I HAVE ADHD!!!!"
No she's picking on you because you're a fucking retard and won't shut the hell up.
 
not being able to focus on tasks and forgetting simple things is a terrible feeling. i was recently diagnosed with inatentive ADHD and am now on focalin. its not a crutch for me, it just puts me on the same level as other kids by balancing out my centeral nervous system with my external nervous system.
 
i have adhd... i think that its important that it is reconigzed as something real, but that it is not used as an excuse for failure.
 
go to Manage My NS, and turn your GUI off.

last 4 seconds of that video made me lol

and Jenifa, even if this is not necessarily true, it's a lot better to hear this on the news then to hear about SUPER KUSH!!!!!!!!!!!
 
my favorite scenario:

"I don't do homework... I have ADHD"

"Oh really, don't you have medicine for that stuff?"

"no, I never got any"

"so you never got diagnosed with ADHD"

"no, but I know I have it"

self-diagnosed ADHD as an excuse for laziness ftw
 
typical media bullshit. they say that it's as dangerous as cocaine, because the prices are the same. it's just dank weed.

 
Solution: A backhand across the face and some ass kicken! Hmm there seemed to be no sign of this back in the olden days when teachers had paddles and when ur dad could take his belt to your ass. For god sakes now a teacher yells at you in the wrong tone and its a lawsuit. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK HAHA
 
this.

fucking this.

when i was a kid,if i fucked up i got the belt. and thats whats at.

children need frequent beatings.
 
Thankyou someone finally agreeing with me.

My dad works at a school and when kids flip shit, get in trouble or fuck off they go out and get ice cream to calm them down. My buddy got so mad at the principle and he got suspended, his dad came and took him out to lunch. Now for example thirty years ago he would have gotton beaten so bad in front of everyone. Teachers grad your ass out of the class room by your ear.

ADHD?

FUCKING DISCIPLINE!
 
ADHD and all other mental disorders are not likely on the rise. We just know much more about them and can easily identify them. The brain is complicated, and I am not surprised that things seem to frequently go awry. We now have treatment to fix them, so why wouldn't we?

I think a lot of people don't really understand ADHD... it's not laziness or any of that, given that there is a fine line between the two.

It is a regulatory disorder. You can't regulate emotions, intentions, or motivation. An ADD/ADHD child can focus on a video game for a LONG time (incorrectly known as hyperfocus) because they cannot regulate their intentions. They should have stopped what they were doing hours ago, but they didn't. They have awful working memory, so their brain does not remember to tell them to do things that they should be doing. It is not their fault.

It's awful not being able to understand things and be unable to channel your focus to where it should be, especially in today's college-oriented world. That's where shit is unraveling for me right now since I have to hold myself accountable and it feels terrible, especially when I did exceptionally well in highschool. This is common for late-diagnosed ADHD-PI(aka ADD) people. If you are "smart", you slip through the cracks.

When I took the intelligence scale test (WAISC if you feel like wiki-ing), I got the highest score possible for verbal reasoning and very high for perceptual reasoning. I scored in the 34th percentile for processing speed and 40th for working memory. This dissonance is indescribably frustrating and I can't even begin to tell you what it is like. It is a red flag for ADD/ADHD. It feels like one part of your brain wants to surge ahead and no matter how hard you try the other part of your brain just will not pick. up. the fucking. slack.

It's a chemical imbalance in the brain, and medications fix this. There are other ways, but medication is the most efficient.

I know you were probably trolling but I wanted to say this anyway.
 
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