i have adhd and it is an illness that cant b help'd i also do not thnik it is fair 2 judge peole by it either xxxxxx

hello adhd 

    can i know about u 

I was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. I wasn't able to focus, or sit down. Mental illness is any sort disorder.

ADHD is, in fact, a disorder.

Attention Deficite Hyper Disorder <- 

my son has adha and yes it is an illness its not a made up thing for money

Add/ adhd is an actual diagnoses.  It can be a nightmare for some people. You should be tested by a professional That deals with people that have ADD/ADHD.  Medication can really help you with your symptoms.  Your regular doctor doesnt have the experience or proper knowledge to really diagnose a person.  A great place to get information is from Dr. Daniel Amenn at www.amenclinics.com/

They are finally getting the results back from a twenty year study that show if medication is started on kids at an early age it will help to reroute the pathways in your brain so that as an adult you may not need medication at all.  Medications really need to be monitored closely to insure that your child or who ever is taking the medication is working properly.  This is a very important process and in children you may have to change the type and amount of medication depending on activity level, age, weight etc.  My wife and I Monitor my son very closely and we inform his teacher also.  this way he or she can help monitor also.  You may even need to meet with school officials to make an education plan for your child.  It is very important to become knowledgeble on the subject since you are the most important advocate for your child.  Kids as well as adults are not stupid or anything else  because they have add/adhd, they just process differently than others.  Most of the time it is like we have thousands of thoughts that run through our brain in lets say a minute while other people may only have about ten.  Our brains are running on overdrive so we don't really process the information properly.

One of the best things to do is go to the site for Amen Clinics and that will give you alot of useful information then make sure and find a very good professional in your area that can you.  There is hope for us all.  I have ADD and medication does make a great difference but there are areas in your life that medication will not help but hard work on your part will correct many short comings.  Let me know if I can be of more assistance.

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i have add i know how to controll it hey look a butterfly

ADHD is an illness, but one must be cautious, many people, especially are misdiagnosed with it, and some of the medications can be extremely difficult to stop taking! I hate having to take my meds, but I hate it when I am unable to take them, even more!

I have ADHD as well, nice to see people actually think before posting here. I actually recently started hangning out with another girl with ADHD and now I wonder if ADHD might actually be a few different issues all diagnosed as 1. I was diagnosed by several professionals and it is VERY miss diagnosed....I find ti ahrd to concentrate..i'm much better now but my focus often wonders...while this girl is obviously also very hyperactive but she can also and says MUST drive a stick shift....I find this interesting...because she is very overly almost OCD organised, while I am well...not. This also might be because she is medicated...I do not know. I was on riddalin (sp) most of my life and found that when I was off of it I would get panic attacks...later when I stopped taking it at age 18 the pannic attacks became something I have till this day...odd...

my belief is that adhd is bullshit
i have adhd
i do not think that it is a disease or disorder, its just the way someone is, little kids are hypher and unfocused all the time whether or not said to have adhd
i was once told that because i do not like to be told what to do and in return do the opposite (a rebellious state of mind, a choice by me to be an individual) that i have some sort of mental disorder that makes me do it... bullshit