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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 19, 2009 11:11:00 GMT -5
Yes it does exist but its has been grossly over diagnosed. It also doesn't help that there are a lot of stupid parents who believe that Ritalin is a magic pill that solves everything. This. A million times this A good friend of mine was diagnosed with ADHD and given Ritalin. They took him off of the damn pill once they saw it did nothing to "help" him. Needless to say, said friend is doing a-okay.
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Nov 19, 2009 12:17:36 GMT -5
I have ADD and ADHD. No, I don't think it was diagnosed just to be diagnosed. I was on Ritalin for about 7 years. So yes, I do think it exists.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Nov 19, 2009 12:40:20 GMT -5
Yeah, you can tell who really is affected and who just has lazy parents.
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Post by Numero Dos on Nov 19, 2009 13:46:42 GMT -5
I think it exists but a lot of parents claim there kids have it to try and excuse their bad behaviour
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Nov 19, 2009 13:56:48 GMT -5
Oh trust me, it does exist. My sister has ADHD. And I mean the real kind. Her mind is constantly veering off into different paths. She almost never completes a full thought and well....she tends to just ramble on a lot, oh and when she does talk too much, she NEVER. SHUTS. UP. We would tell her to quiet down a bit or slow down her talking, and it'll work for a second and then she's back to zipping off words. And she has constant mood swings. And I mean constant.
In one hour she can have roughly 7 or 8 different mood swings.
Ok, so maybe not ADHD, but she is psychologically messed up a bit. But hell doctors said ADHD, and well since she is so hyper and random, it make sense.
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Post by Desi on Nov 19, 2009 14:11:19 GMT -5
They exists, but I do think that it's become too much of a fallback for people who just want to feed people pills to sedate them and not work to help them, which is a shame.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Nov 19, 2009 14:39:57 GMT -5
Yeah it does exist. I've lived with it most of my life. I was on ritalin and adderal for a few years but got off it after high school. Its kicked my ass today I've been watching a movie n here started at 1pm-ish and still havent finished it because i've been sidetracked by other things.
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Nov 19, 2009 15:17:30 GMT -5
Yeah it does exist. I've lived with it most of my life. I was on ritalin and adderal for a few years but got off it after high school. Its kicked my ass today I've been watching a movie n here started at 1pm-ish and still havent finished it because i've been sidetracked by other things. It normally takes me 3+ hours to watch an episode of The Ultimate Fighter. Watch Watch Watch OOH LOOK SOMETHING ONLINE Pause
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Post by B.B.M on Nov 19, 2009 15:47:56 GMT -5
I have ADD and ADHD. No, I don't think it was diagnosed just to be diagnosed. I was on Ritalin for about 7 years. So yes, I do think it exists. Did you ever get Paranoia like me?
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Post by Triple B on Nov 19, 2009 15:51:17 GMT -5
I think that... LOOK SHINY KEYS!
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Post by kickassJP on Nov 19, 2009 15:51:52 GMT -5
No, I think it's just an excuse
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Post by Triple B on Nov 19, 2009 15:52:14 GMT -5
I have ADD and ADHD. No, I don't think it was diagnosed just to be diagnosed. I was on Ritalin for about 7 years. So yes, I do think it exists. So if I gave you birth control pills for 7 years, that makes you have a female reproductive system?
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Post by biafra on Nov 19, 2009 15:54:47 GMT -5
My doctor wanted us to dope my daughter with drugs at one point. I basically told him to f*** off, set firm but fair guidelines for behavior along with consistent consequences for her actions and she has improved dramatically.
And she got to keep her personality!
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Post by Hypnotix on Nov 19, 2009 16:15:33 GMT -5
It exists in the minds of the pharmaceutical companies. In my eyes, its all in your mind.
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Post by The QC Loser on Nov 19, 2009 16:22:32 GMT -5
My doctor wanted us to dope my daughter with drugs at one point. I basically told him to f*** off, set firm but fair guidelines for behavior along with consistent consequences for her actions and she has improved dramatically. And she got to keep her personality! Oh now that is just crazy talk.
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Post by B.B.M on Nov 19, 2009 16:26:29 GMT -5
It exists in the minds of the pharmaceutical companies. In my eyes, its all in your mind. Then that will mean my life up till now has been wasteful.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Nov 19, 2009 16:33:31 GMT -5
Hey, hey! AIDS and Cancer aren't real either, just because I choose not to believe it. I'm glad we have so many scientists here that have dedicated their lives to studying the human mind and the way it behaves to come to such logical and desisive decisions as blunt as "It just doesn't exist"! Sorry guys, you can stick your head in the sand all day long if you choose to, but the conditions exist.
Now, if you we're talking about if the conditions are falsely diagnosed often, that is a different story.
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Nov 19, 2009 16:54:12 GMT -5
I have ADD and ADHD. No, I don't think it was diagnosed just to be diagnosed. I was on Ritalin for about 7 years. So yes, I do think it exists. Did you ever get Paranoia like me? From time to time, along with the occasional panic attack (which I feel may be unrelated, but it's still there). I have ADD and ADHD. No, I don't think it was diagnosed just to be diagnosed. I was on Ritalin for about 7 years. So yes, I do think it exists. So if I gave you birth control pills for 7 years, that makes you have a female reproductive system? ...my brain hurts wrapping it around that logic. I have a problem, so in order to help with the problem, I was on medication. After a while, my parents decided to stop the medication after seeing it was turning me into a zombie. I wouldn't eat much, but I was focused in class from time to time (yeah, some times I'd cheat and put the pill in my milk carton, because I wasn't a pill kind of kid). I still have said problem, but I'm trying to control it myself without medication. Now that I have my serious response to this question noted, here's what the insta-response portion of my brain wants to say: So if I put my foot up your ass for 7 years, that makes you a shoe? 'Tis a joke. No offense.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Nov 19, 2009 17:11:05 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can have both of them at once. After all, ADD is basically ADHD minus the hyperactivity. So if anything, you'd probably just have ADHD.
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Post by I Like Your Poetry on Nov 19, 2009 17:13:30 GMT -5
Real but over diagnosed. Same with Aspergers. As somebody currently in medical school, I support this post.
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