OT: A.D.D.

Gryphin · #1 July 21st, 2003, 03:19 AM

Guys, I'll post more tomorrow. If it was not for the meds I take to counter ADD I would not have been able to read through the entire thread to this point.
It is not a lack of effort, It is not a lack of desire. Is not due to training by parents or anyone else.
Up threw 8th grade I never got better than a C in school.
In high school I flunked most science and math classes. I passed most classes which were interactive, (Spanish, sign, history, English, etc...).
All report cards said, "Gryphin shows such potential but is not working up to capacity"
It was not a lack of effort. Still many of you have seen I don't stick with long term projects very well. It is why I don't do PBW. I can't stay with something that long.

I am now takin Welbutrin. It has given me a huge amount of control over my life. I still can't do PBW type things but...More Latter
I would suggest anyone truly interested to look up a book: You Mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?

That said, I do agree it is likely it is often misdiagnosed and mis treated. I am sure that some parrents use it for an excuse.
More later.

Another symptom: Impulsiveness.

[ July 21, 2003, 02:21: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

minipol · #2 July 21st, 2003, 03:32 AM

Wow, i read all the stuff, especialy about the changing sleeping habits, being focused on one thing and not on the other and so on, these are all things i suffer from.
As for the comment, "minipol shows such potential but is not working up to capacity", this sounds very familiar. I'm a nervous type as well so this makes one wonder.

I've seen once in a documentary that there are a lot of adult people who don't even know they suffer from ADD in one form or another.
How is ADD diagnosed? I've got a little boy (7 months) and he's behaving just like me when i was his age according to my mum. At some point, she didn't know what to do with me because i was so energetic. Seems my little boy is heading there also. Makes one wonder if there could be ADD involved? Anyway to early to tell i guess.

Fyron · #3 July 21st, 2003, 03:32 AM

Ever see the South Park episode about Ritalin?

minipol · #4 July 21st, 2003, 03:41 AM

South Park, one of the best "cartoon" series. As was "Ren and Stimpy" and "Pinky and the brain".

What happened in that episode?

Gryphin · #5 July 21st, 2003, 03:41 AM

Background:
I am 49, was diagnosed 4.5 years ago.
I graduated 1973
I was not dianosed untill the end of my second marriage, (when I ended up in therapy)
They put me on 60mg of Ritalin, (an upper) and 3mg of Klonopin, (a downer and a narcotic). every day.
I lost 40 lbs in 3 weeks because I stopped eating. Ritalin kills your appitite.
The Klonopin "takes the edge off".
During the next year and a half I was nearly fired 3 times for behavior issues. Go figure.

Statistic (that I can't back up at the moment so it constitutes hear say)
ADD is responsible for or present in 50 percent of divorces.

minipol · #6 July 21st, 2003, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Background:
I am 49, was diagnosed 4.5 years ago.
I graduated 1973
I was not dianosed untill the end of my second marriage, (when I ended up in therapy)

How does the diagnosing work? I mean is it with tests or do fill out a questionnaire?
And diagnosed at the age of 44.5? Makes you wonder how many doctors know about ADD and what to look for in people

Gryphin · #7 July 21st, 2003, 04:12 AM

ADD, (note I don't include the "H" because I am not Hyper Active)
There are about 10 symptoms that are common to people with ADD. Most people who are diagnosed with this have 6 or more.

It was not diagnosed in me because it had not been identifyed when I was in school. The teachers all thought I was lazy. What they could not figure out was how did I excel in some classes and fail others.

I have not been in a shrinks chair till the start of the divorce.