# ADD/ADHD **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072 "2010-05-12T08:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072/14 "2010-05-12T10:54:06Z")
> [@Amherst PoPo looking for someone...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-popo-looking-for-someone/31879/3): > > I don’t wanna offend Chris or anyone else…but I do feel like SOME (keyword) people do use ‘ADD’ or ‘ADHD’ to their advantage. It’s funny because when I was growing up, ADD didn’t exist. Only in like 10th grade did it become a ‘thing’. I feel like some parents just use it as an excuse for their kid being unruly or whatever else have you. Slap him upside the head and tell him to STFU and do what he’s told. Kids here in the US are coddled way too much. I guess you would only understand if you had the condition. There’s people out there who fake ADD/ADHD just to get drugs. However, this is something you are born with, not something you develop when you get older because you’re not man enough to handle things in the real world. My doctor and GP talked with my mother and asked questions about my childhood to come up with the diagnosis and also referred back to my past medical history. I went in the GP’s office on my own and she was NOT going to give me anything at all until she got a 2nd opinion from someone who knows me better than I do and raised me from day 1 of my life (parent). Take it however you want, however those who really understand what I am talking about really are those who have the condition and/or have lived with someone who has it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072)._