šŸ¤£ So my girlfriend has Adult ADD

ADD is bs. Tourettes is where its at.

I have never been around someone with ADD(that I know of), have never looked into it, probably will never look into it. I just like going against certain people on certain days of the week, today itā€™s you. ADD is a rumor, that 8.1 truck sucks ass, and the buick will rape your maxima in a race. :love:

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i donā€™t knowā€¦ i wonā€™t get into itā€¦ just seems like a bunch of bogus, ambiguous BS>ā€¦ so what are they claimingā€¦ that people with this ā€˜disorderā€™ lack the physical connectors to their nervous system? what EXACTLY is the issue with someone when they have ADD?

what is perplexing is the fact that you go and type in for a search for something like mesothelioma and you come up with actual sites with actual information on the physical aspects of asbestos related cancerā€¦ then you type in attention deficet or anything add adhd related and itā€™s a huge fucking billboard for shit pills and miracle drugs

i donā€™t knowā€¦ i know people that claim to have the disorder and i know people thta have been ā€˜diagnosedā€™ā€¦ and all i see is prescription drugs being sold so that healthcare companies see some $ and doctors see some $.

Iā€™ve also seen people that have this ā€˜disorderā€™ complete tasks objectively and fully, as well as, giving up and claiming they ā€˜canā€™t do itā€™.

so thatsā€™ my basis for the argumentā€¦ people that have this disorder have been seen completely and objectively completing tasks that ā€˜should notā€™ be able to be completed iwth this problem. I honestly think itā€™s just the person lacking focus on something they have little interest inā€¦ when people hate their jobs and cry about not being able to complete tasks, itā€™s because their miserable and doā€™nt WANT to do their jobā€¦ when kids canā€™t sit through class because they canā€™t learn, itā€™s because they donā€™t WANT to suck it up and learn.

my .02

you do realize you are trying to rationalize this to a person who things pot should be legal.

i think pot should be legalā€¦ do you konw how many people in the US smoke it illegally? there is a huge market, that for nothing more, will open up new jobs and production of productsā€¦

i think that cigarettes should be illegal and shit that IS GOING to kill you.

i think they both think it should be legal.

I think it should be legal just so they can tax it and keep my taxes lower. But they would just pocket the extra money or piss it away somewhere else, fuck politicians.

i agree with you to an extent. Im sure there are plenty of people that would like to use ADD as an excuse, but there are people that do not. Im sure there are tons of people on ADD drugs that dont really need to be. And this undoubtably takes away from the publics conception of the disorder. But there are people out there that really do benefit greatly from ADD drugs.

and on a side note, the governments prohibition of pot and the costly, totally ineffective ā€œwarā€ they wage against it is one of the biggest hypocracies/wastes of taxpayer money in modern society.

i honestly would like to know what is physically wrong with someone with addā€¦ canā€™t find it online, gotta sift through so many adā€™s for pills itā€™s annoying. i guess it has something to do with a person not being able to control their nervous system? or something like that?

no it supposedly has to do with your neuro transmitters in your brian. The same transmitters that affect your moods, depresion, anxiety, and so forth. Unfrotunatly I donā€™t believe this and Iā€™m with shaler on this. Trying to claim that not beable to pay attention is due to a chemical imbalance or misfire is BS. Work on it a bit mroe and I;m sure you can pay attention.

anyone remember the south park episode with ADD? that was pretty funny

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i have 3 cousins with BAD ADDā€¦ like bang your heads on the wall bad. two were NOT diagnosed and two are goth kids now and the third who scored over 1500 on his SATs was. my brother was diagnosed, after the medicine he went from failing to honor roll.

yes a ton of ppl get meds bc they are lazy or their parents canā€™t PARENT, but that doesnā€™t make the disease fake

those are the connectors to your nervous system arenā€™t tehy?

"Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a neurobiological brain disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development. ADD begins in childhood, and, has only recently been understood, can persist into adulthood as well. While some children outgrow ADHD, about 60% continue to have symptoms into adulthood. The disorder manifests differently in adults as hyperactivity tends to diminish. "

sounds like total BSā€¦ still no real information

Well, thatā€™s the beauty of the brain. Itā€™s a mystery and we have very little understanding of it. I donā€™t know how people can say that chemical levels or things like that donā€™t have an effect on how people act. Of course they do. Itā€™s just we donā€™t know how or what else also impacts the brain.

But, itā€™s like all drugs. Itā€™s easier for a doctor, no matter what kind of doctor, to give drugs then to actually try to really diagnose the problem and most people see the commercials and make themselves believe that they have these conditions. Iā€™ve talked to parents of kids with ADD, sometimes kids in the early 20ā€™s, and they tell me how much better the kids are once they are on medication. I also work with a guy who says he has a ā€œlearning disabilityā€ yet I see him learn all kinds of stuff. I think someone told him that when he was little and heā€™s believed it all his life and itā€™s held him back.

Do you really think everyone thatā€™s taking Viagra really has a medical condition? The drug companies are spending just as much or more on advertising than research and development of new drugs. Itā€™s bs. There are tons of people taking drugs for no good reason. My doctor understands that I only want medication if itā€™s the last possible option.

I think Darkstar is smart enough and it does sound like this really is a case that medication can help. Thereā€™s very little information on any psychological disorders.

Yes, I have a degree in Psychology - all the hot chicks are in Psychology classes.
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While Iā€™ve never met anyone that had ADD (not that I knew about anyways, I have met some crazy bounced-off-walls people though), my mom (after being prescribed anti-depressants for crying at her doctorā€™s appointment) swears by anti-depressants. I think itā€™s ridiculousā€¦

Some people may actually have a problem, for most I think itā€™s all in their mind. They donā€™t have the desire to control their feelings, they medicate them.

dumbest post ever
edit: no itā€™s a tie with some of the other posts in this thread. we can do stem cell research at a cellular level but medicine canā€™t help CHEMICAL depression or hyperactivity. fuck, they do MRIā€™s that show the drug making previously affected areas calm down. fuck half of you are the science over religion bunch so now science drops teh ball and itā€™s back to 1950ā€™s archie bunker armchair yinzer pyschology? choose or lose bitches.

cool post :bigthumb:

Did you even read my post? I meant that some people may actually have a problem chemically or whatever, most people are being medicated for nothing because itā€™s all in their mind and what they are willing to change about themselves.

IMO.