I like to a.d.d. things.

So who here believes in a.d.d.? OPINIONS.

 

ADD is what happens when humans are born into society and are forced to deal with it.

 

I know exactly what you mean.

 

I think ADD is sort of a cop-out.


I took ritalin for my "ADD" for 10 years of my life.


Ritalin is a horrible thing.


You might want to check out the Indigo child theory.

 

we're just evolving...becoming more aware. dense neuroelectricity.

 

I think we may just be a shadow of what we were previously.


http://educate-yourself.org/cn/howtovanquishfear23may07.shtml

 

of course. it's back and forth forever.

 

I have ADHD and I think it's real. My attention span is always being interrupted and I can't keep my mind on a specific topic for a long time and my thoughts are always racing. Ritalin never helped me, but weed has worked wonders for my ADHD.

 

have you ever tried meta - cognition?

 

Think its a real problem for some people but more often than not it seems to be an excuse to put children on meds.

 

Dumb question. ADD is definitely real. I don't have it myself, but I have 2 family members that do, and holy shit they can't get anything done without they're meds. Also, Ritalin is pretty bad, but it's not the only medicine thats taken for ADD.

 

Adderall is no better. Docs are basically getting children addicted to stimulants, and nobody sees anything wrong with it.

 

I do think that it is very real in a way. I personally have "ADHD" as well but I don't think it is a problem. You just have to learn how to handle it. Lifestyle changes can be so much better than medication. And yes, I feel that weed is great for this problem. It helps me to quite to voices. Not that I hear voices I just can't get to sleep sometimes because of all of the things I think about.

I personally think it is a crime that we are giving these medications to our children. I think parents don't have a clue of the damage that overstimulating your kids can be and how it can affect them for the rest of their lives. For example when I see kids walking around drinking Mountain Dew, I want to go up to their parents and smack them for giving that to their kids. I'm not talking about teenagers, I mean kids like 4 and 5. It is a very bad thing and creates a vicious cycle because then the kids are bouncing off of the walls and the partents get upset with their kids and say stupid things like "my kids are always bouncing off the walls and have so much energy". Of course they do stupid you are feeding them sugar and caffeine. These tend to be the same parents that smack their kids. It's a damn shame.

 

I'm the same way. That's the reason I always stay awake so late, because I know if I lay down before I get really sleepy, I'll just lay in bed for a few hours thinking about random stupid shit and I'll never get to sleep. I'm better off staring at the tv or the computer screen until I can barely keep my eyes open and I know I'll have no problems going to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I also can't go to sleep without music playing, because the music helps me to keep my mind off of my thoughts. lol

 

That is sooo much like me. hahaha


Also, I do the most random doodles on the edges of my notebooks in class, and sometimes the random scratches cover the entire page.

 

16+8=24 nah that wasn't very fun, I'm gonna say I don't like to add things.

 

I have add, and i take Strattera

 

Again we are three of the same. I often stay up way to late and go through the vicious cycle of not being able to go to bed until I am exhausted, then having to get up for work and being tired all day. The worse thing is that then we drink and take stimulants to help us keep awake and then we are cranky. Yeah, it's one of the main reasons I smoke weed. I prefer to do that then to take some of these prescription medications. People don't understand how important sleep is, and I am just as bad.

There are lots of ways to cope with this problem. I often read or watch TV but then I stay up late again. My body is used to it for the most part but it sucks too. Weed rules to help me go to sleep when I want to but there are other ways. I find the best thing is to do the same thing every night. IE, watch TV until 10pm, get up brush your teeth read for half an hour then turn off your light and then go to sleep. It can be hard at first but if you go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time so on and so on, then you will have better results in a week or so. I would also try and find something that you can always think about when you go to sleep. If I am having a hard time sleeping I always try to think about cooking an entire Thanksgiving meal. I start with the bird and mentally prepair it in my head. I am usually out before I get to the side dishes now but I have made it through dessert before as well.

You guys are probally a lot like me in that I am always thinking. There is not a time when I don't have two or three things running around in my head. I sometimes envy my girlfriend she can be out in like 5 or 10 minuites of her head hitting the pillow. Me I can be up for hours. I also hate it when I wake up in the middle of the night because if I start thinking about stuff I will never get back to bed.

 

deep breaths

 

I jus got medication to help me with this n also received straterra, I cant take them tho after a week or 2 of takin them they start making me angry.