Topic: Does anyone in here have ADD?

postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ started this discussion 14 years ago #19,634

Attention deficit disorder.

Does anyone else here have it, or does anybody you know have it?

what's your experience with it? How much trouble does it cause you? Do you take medication, and if so which brand, and how much?

Thoughts on ADD in general.

Also, there's a bird outside my window

dw !QXQD5x4SgE joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #322,015

yes i have it

dw !wcGhozXBms joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,016

@previous (dw !QXQD5x4SgE)
no
i have it

dw !QXQD5x4SgE replied with this 14 years ago, 36 seconds later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,017

@previous (dw !wcGhozXBms)
ive lost interest in this conversation because i have add thanks

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 42 seconds later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,018

@OP
Describe the bird.

dw !wcGhozXBms replied with this 14 years ago, 42 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,019

@322,017 (dw !QXQD5x4SgE)
want to play indie games on steam?
(they only take 5 minutes to beat (most of them))

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 16 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,023

ADD = not being able to sit still for long periods of time doing something one doesn't enjoy, mainly school.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #322,027

i gots mild add, i useta not be able to set still, but i think i grew out of that

also, i see people popping ritalin to stay up and i get the sads knowing itll make me sleepy insteas=d

advi !!3gpAcg/hF joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,032

@322,023 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
I have it and it keeps me from doing things I actually like too. My technology fixation is due in part to my need for constant stimuli to keep focused.

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 12 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,036

@previous (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
Sounds like ADD is good to have in your case.

postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 31 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,040

@322,018 (D)

It was a red cardinal, there are lot of them here.

@322,023 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
ADD kind of, but not really

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,041

@previous (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)

Catherine !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,058

I sometimes think I may have a touch of ADD/ADHD as sometimes I lose focus on things and I am bad at multitasking too.

Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,063

I have it. I wasn't diagnosed with it until my college years, but looking back there were lots of signs that I had it, going all the way back to first grade. The problem is that I had parents and teachers who refused to accept that I had a real medical problem and that I just needed to learn to focus. Some kids have the opposite problem, where parents and teachers just want to shove whatever pills necessary down their throat to make them behave.

@322,023 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
That is not what ADD/ADHD is, and that's part of the reason for the above problem. There are a lot of kids who do not have ADHD but have behavioral problems and are misdiagnosed as having ADHD because parents and teachers just want them to sit down and shut up. Meanwhile, people like me who have real problems focusing and staying on task, but do not act out in school, slip through the cracks and don't get diagnosed because we're not creating a problem for the teachers and other students. The squeaky wheel gets the oil.

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green joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,086

I'm lazy.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,093

@322,019 (dw !wcGhozXBms)
what games are you talking about

dw !55WtalNb.g replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,094

@previous (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
all of them thanks

dw !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #322,095

@previous (dw !55WtalNb.g)
not true i have zero games on steam that are shorter than 5 minutes

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