Is anyone ADD or ADHD?
Question:
i am ADD
Answers:
I am- been my whole life as far as I can tell. ADD that is. I am 49 now- I was diagnosed at about age 40. My early history was being quite distractable, daydreaming a lot in school, being unable to focus on projects for more than a few minutes at a time, being only motivated by sheer deadlines and absolute adrenaline producing situations. Could never finish cleaning my room or my house. In high school I did a lot of shoplifting and freight train hopping just for the adrenaline rush of it- I was truly an adrenaline junkie-- quite addicted to my own brain chemicals. As mentioned I was diagnosed at age 40- treatment with stimulants was successful- helped me FOCUS my attention and achieve more success in my life. The one aspect of ADD folks is that while we are quite distractable, we can also sometimes "hyperfocus" on a project and block out all other stimuli for many hours at a time- we get to be good at it- it's a survival skill. ADD/ADHD cannot be diagnosed by paper and pencil psychological testing but instead by interview and history of behaviors. ADHD is the stereotypical hyperactive child, easily identified as disruptive in the classroom- ADD kids/adults are harder to identify.
Other Answers:
nope.sorry!
yea i have add and i hate it! my son is both add and adhd
I had adhd when I was a little girl and I now have bi-polar diorder because my adhd wasn't treated. It is not fun at all. everyone thinks you are crazy or something I cry alot . I empathize with you. Please seek help for it.
my dog has add, in the begining i was really hard to train him. but after doing the same thing over and over agian and using different ways to get his attention he is getting better.
I'm not but my son who is 19 is and in the last year has given us allot of trouble.I have never seen a person change so much in the blink of an eye. No but I work with a lot of people who are.
My brother and I are both ADHD. We're 23 and 24, and I don't see us "growing out of it" any time soon.
I have been trying to help a 14 year old boy that has ADHD!
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