Poll: Kids and ADD

[Odude]

Being ADD is characterized by by the learning part of the brain slowing down when stimulus is applied to it instead of speeding up. It's not something they can help. You can fake ADD about as well as you can fake cancer (with a confirmed brain scan, that is).

 

[Lexodus]

You can really tell when somebody's not faking. Sure, until you see a real ADD kid, you might think the fakers are the real deal, but once you see one you will never think the same again.

My best friend is ADD (So much to the point where, when we went to a movie, he had to get up every five minutes to run around and calm down, and every time he tries to watch a DVD he puts one in, then, by the time it's loaded he's off doing something else, or opening the machine and selecting a different film to watch, ad nauseum).

 

[ultracheeser]

unfortunatley I have it, it kind of makes me scitzoprenic,I'm always loud and funny around me mates, but there's 1 girl, who makes me calm and safe (not my mum btw)

That isn't ADD. That's normal. I'm just like that but I don't have a condition or a disorder.

 

[Hybrid Sight]

I feel sorry for the people who actually have ADD. But it seems like alot of the people that I see in my school who claim to have ADD are faking.

 

[Destal]

ADD has the highest rate of over diagnosing of any disorder out there. There are some kids who probably do have problems, but I'm willing to bet the vast majority are just little punks who don't understand discipline.

 

[ShadeOfRed]

I know someone who claims to have ADD. I'm not believing her until she shows me some diagnosis paper or her meds. It doesn't help that she's also self-diagnosed herself with some other disorder.

 

[A random person]

I have Aspergers syndrome.

Nobody has heard of it!

Same here, hive five! At least in my case it's the opposite of ADD.

As for people I know, I was stuck in a special ed class in middle school, I knew several.

 

[Triscut900]

i have adhd

 

[neoman10]

I have Aspergers syndrome.

Nobody has heard of it!

I have

"A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime" was about it

that was a while ago when I read it though

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

I don't think ADD kids fake it, they just adzadurate it so much that its pathetic.

 

[Lonan]

I've been diagnosed with non-hyperactive ADHD (ADD, in other words). You're probably fairly correct in saying that a lot of people are faking, because to some degree, I am. You see I always have to DO something, I always have to be stimulated and to something challenging, and listening to a math teacher drone on about quadratic functions and derivatives and whatever does not qualify as stimulation. I'm sure if I really wanted to to, I could pay attention, but the truth as that I really don't. I have also heard that ADD is over-diagnosed, so it's probably a good idea to take the diagnosis with a grain of salt. I would like to mention though, that I find it very frusterating at how easily everyone else can pay attention and do their work. It almost seems like they're mocking me.

 

[Woodsey]

Personally, ADD has always seemed like an excuse to me; a poor one at that.

 

[ddon]

i dont know someone with ADD but my brother has ADHD. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

 

[funguy2121]

Attention Deficit Disorder. We've all heard of it, and I'm sure it really affects those of us unfortunate to have it.
At my high school a lot of kids seem to have some sort of condition or someone that allows the line "I didn't take my medicine this morning" to appear in an every day conversation. Personally, I think these particular kids are faking. Typically they're emo or scene kids.
Ever notice this? Kids faking ADD or something similar?

ADD is a very misunderstood disorder, which is not AT ALL to say that everyone diagnosed with ADD is misunderstood. Everything ridiculous that can be said about something has been said about ADD, from related medication being referred to as street drugs (cookie for the crazy scientologist celeb who made the claim), to claims that LSD use in the 60's caused the genetic mutation that allegedly causes it.

ADD is also one of the most over-diagnosed disorders amongst young people, and has been for about 2 decades. I was diagnosed with ADD and, after removing sugar from my diet didn't help my hyperactivity, ritalin was prescribed, for about 8 years if I remember correctly. I didn't want to admit it at the time because of the way it made me feel, but the ritalin did help me to focus. When I quit, around 13, I lost quite a bit of the nervousness that I had about talking to my peers, and for the first time in over a year and a half, I had real friends again.

I think it's reductive to claim your classmates are "faking it." They may have been enabled by an opportunistic psychiatrist looking to make more money off of Mom and Pop, but most hyperactive kids aren't hyperactive for attention. They may act like morons for attention, but that is another matter. And it's not difficult to discern the difference between someone who's having trouble focusing and someone who's just lazy.

 

[NotAPie]

i dont know someone with ADD but my brother has ADHD.

I'm pretty sure it's the same thing, I've had people call it ADD and ADHD.

 

[Maze1125]

I have Aspergers syndrome.

Nobody has heard of it!

This is the internet. On the internet, not only has everyone heard of AS, everyone has AS.

 

[funguy2121]

It sounds fake to me. Like I believe that the only reason some things happen is because we think they will happen. And example is a sugar rush. I have people seen people say "Ohhh, I'm on a sugar rush!" but then I say "That was fake sugar dipshit, Splenda isn't real" and then they say "Ohhh....hahaha....akward."

Energy drinks are another one. First time I had one, I was expecting some major rush. And I did feel a bit energized. Second time however, I wasn't expecting much of a change, and there was no noticable change. I seriously do believe that "Being Hyper" is just a state of mind, like hypnosis or sleep.

That's called a placebo.