# ADD/ADHD

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**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072 "2010-05-12T08:57:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072/27 "2010-05-12T12:25:44Z")

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> [@this one's for Fuzzyfish........](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-ones-for-fuzzyfish/31873/9):
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> Fuck this ADHD shit in the ass. I know some people on meds for this and it really fucks with them. It makes them someone they really arent. It gives them nightmares and mood swings. It doesn’t make them any smarter, just more alert/attentive.
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> IMO you can train yourself to be more alert/attentive without drugs. That was the good ole days, if I was doing shitty in school, I’d get my ass beat. Not sent to the doctors to get drugged up.

I have to disagree. I have been trying for over a year now to find some possible way to beat this on my own and it actually made it worse. I agree that a lot of people use it as an excuse, but there are some of us that really have the issue and cannot control it.

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