Starting to wonder if I have ADHD

[hillkill]

so your answer is yes then.


amazing these "will power" diseases people have these days. anyone can victimize themselves and claim a disability.
so pathetic

what? no where in that sentence did i say yes to that.

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[Bisjac]

because dealing with your problems is what maturing is.

you aren't to bright are ya

[hillkill]

because dealing with your problems is what maturing is.

you aren't to bright are ya

well forget you too

[TristanLuigi]

well forget you too

...he's got a point you know. "forget you" is hardly a good counter-argument.

[Johnimiester]

I have ADD myself, and I actually was, at one point, diagnosed with ADHD.

I find the idea of ADHD (and the whole phenomenon of the mass distribution and prescription of designer drugs to be given to young children) to be rather sketchy, mainly because of the type of evidence that ADHD is based upon, and the seemingly dangerous amount of power that popular stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin possess and enact upon very young children, who all are being given this medication in droves, simply, in some cases, upon a parent just walking into a doctor's office and saying that their child possesses some difficulty paying attention in class. I often find myself agreeing with the notions that is often claimed by many psychologists that ADHD is not only being over-diagnosed to a mass extent, but also that the concept of ADHD and evidence behind ADHD actually being a real disorder is questionable at best, and that this could very well be a case of pharmaceutical companies exploiting the system as to make a large sum of monetary assets as a result of the overt amount of diagnoses for ADHD, and the relation that has to the ability of the said companies being able to sell their drugs.

[hillkill]

...he's got a point you know. "forget you" is hardly a good counter-argument.

well i'm not trying to argue about anything. he was being an ass so i was an ass back.

[Xalos]

"Signs and symptoms"

• Fidget and squirm in their seats
• Talk nonstop
• Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
• Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, doing homework, and story time
• Be constantly in motion
• Have difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities

I love how there's that qualified "story time" item in the list. It makes it sound like 99% of all diagnosed cases happen to people in kindergarten. (Oh wait.) Not to mention how all of the 'symptoms' are what any child who would be in kindergarten is likely to be doing.


I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was eight. Yeah, right. I may be a particularly silly and energetic individual in real life, but my main problem is never a lack of focus; it's being unable to stop focusing, even if I know I should:

"Hey, the house is on fire."
"Just another five minutes, I'm almost done writing this program."

[BluetoothBoy]

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was eight. Yeah, right. I may be a particularly silly and energetic individual in real life, but my main problem is never a lack of focus; it's being unable to stop focusing, even if I know I should:

"Hey, the house is on fire."
"Just another five minutes, I'm almost done writing this program."

This is actually more akin to what I experience. Xalos, you and I may be more like each other than we realize. :o

[Johnimiester]

"Signs and symptoms"

• Fidget and squirm in their seats
• Talk nonstop
• Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
• Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, doing homework, and story time
• Be constantly in motion
• Have difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities

I love how there's that qualified "story time" item in the list. It makes it sound like 99% of all diagnosed cases happen to people in kindergarten. (Oh wait.) Not to mention how all of the 'symptoms' are what any child who would be in kindergarten is likely to be doing.


I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was eight. Yeah, right. I may be a particularly silly and energetic individual in real life, but my main problem is never a lack of focus; it's being unable to stop focusing, even if I know I should:

"Hey, the house is on fire."
"Just another five minutes, I'm almost done writing this program."

The thing is about ADHD that the criteria for ADHD is much too broad. Although all of the symptoms clearly demonstrate executive functioning issues, all of those could be the result of a multitude of physiological disorders and factors. In other words, ADHD is more of an umbrella term than anything. (This wasn't directed toward you, more toward anyone who would use such symptoms as an argument)

[Maxwell.]

• Fidget and squirm in their seats
• Talk nonstop
• Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
• Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, doing homework, and story time
• Be constantly in motion
• Have difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities

I am the polar opposite of this

[Trogtor]

"Signs and symptoms"

• Fidget and squirm in their seats
• Talk nonstop
• Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
• Have trouble sitting still during dinner, school, doing homework, and story time
• Be constantly in motion
• Have difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities

I love how there's that qualified "story time" item in the list. It makes it sound like 99% of all diagnosed cases happen to people in kindergarten. (Oh wait.) Not to mention how all of the 'symptoms' are what any child who would be in kindergarten is likely to be doing.


I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was eight. Yeah, right. I may be a particularly silly and energetic individual in real life, but my main problem is never a lack of focus; it's being unable to stop focusing, even if I know I should:

"Hey, the house is on fire."
"Just another five minutes, I'm almost done writing this program."

I'm 15 and I still tend do these things

ADHD isn't always for kids.

[HellHound]

From my knowlegde, ADHD makes it impossible to do anything that is uninteresting. I can power through any of my math homework, but when it comes to doing other tasks such as writing, I'm poor and unable to focus for long periods of time. ADHD also affects the types of conversations you have: Things that have the vaguest of connection will cause incredibly long tangents from the actual focus of a conversation.

[SlayerZ99]

i think i got a case of ADHD from this videos

[BluetoothBoy]

I'm 15 and I still tend do these things

ADHD isn't always for kids.

>Implying that 15 isn't still a kid.

I have a friend who's 18 and he's still on his ADHD meds.

[TristanLuigi]

From my knowlegde, ADHD makes it impossible to do anything that is uninteresting.

Sounds a lot like everybody on the planet.