anyone here dealt with adult ADD?

[haider]

A relative of mine struggles seems to have all of the symptoms of having ADD.

Anyone here dealt with this condition themselves or have a family member who did? What helped / what didn't? Was professional help necessary?

I'm very interested in getting him to put his life together, but I'm at a loss for what I can do.

[ukjeff]

I have it.
You can always.................. ....oh look a butterfly.

[haider]

I have it.
You can always.................. ....oh look a butterfly.

focus 

[Disgusted]

No such thing, a fictitious disease that was made up by drug companies to market a new pill.

[Rami]

A relative of mine struggles seems to have all of the symptoms of having ADD.

Anyone here dealt with this condition themselves or have a family member who did? What helped / what didn't? Was professional help necessary?

I'm very interested in getting him to put his life together, but I'm at a loss for what I can do.

Don't get involved with doctors, they will give him drugs that age him faster

[BIG_TRENDY]

Ask the resident Falcon for the "magic" food to fix what ails ya

[240 is Back]

i probably have it a bit.   what can ya do?  stay busy, accept it.

[epic_alien]

tell your "friend" he was a spaz as a kid, and he  grew up to be a even bigger  spaz.

 no pill will help him not be a spaz

[haider]

The symptoms ARE very real. We're not all born the same.

[el numero uno]

I don't know about it but what's up with people saying it doesn't exist? Our brains are not wired equally, some people are born with tendencies to insecurity, depression, etc.

[el numero uno]

The symptoms ARE very real. We're not all born the same.

beat me to it

[haider]

lol the posts were seconds apart

[jwb]

They are saying many people who they thought are ADD are actually Autistic.

[viking1]

My friend was diagnosed in 1991. It was the first time I ever heard of it.... we were seniors in high school. He always seemed to have a lack of focus...  and sometimes he would just take off walking away or running while we would be standing around talking at school. It was bizarre. Not so much physically amped up, just his mind and eyes always going. Where his mind would go, his body would follow.  They put him on medication for a couple of months back then, but it just turned him into a zombie.  He got off them immediately and seems to be okay all of these years.... staying very active and a working professional guitarist. I think the chatter which goes on in his mind constantly can be manifested into his music writing and gigging. In his case, he just needs to stay busy....    sorta like a Type A. Hes married with two kids.

[Primemuscle]

A relative of mine struggles seems to have all of the symptoms of having ADD.

Anyone here dealt with this condition themselves or have a family member who did? What helped / what didn't? Was professional help necessary?

I'm very interested in getting him to put his life together, but I'm at a loss for what I can do.

I think it is highly possible that I have ADHD. Looking back on my early school years, I exhibited a lot of the symptoms of this disorder. Of course it was not something people knew much about, if anything, that many years ago. I never took meds, I just muddled through with my teachers often complaining that I didn't pay attention. I'd score fairly high on IQ tests, but my grades often sucked. I remember one teacher telling my mom that I was off in a world of my own and that I was basically lazy.

Since ADHD usually continues into adulthood, I think I was lucky to work in fields where this problem had little negative affect. Plus, one learns to cope and adjust if they want to survive. Unfortunately, the first line of defense these days is drugs. While drugs can lessen the problem of ADHD they do nothing to help people who have it, cope with it. The mind is much more powerful than any prescription drug if you learn to use it to control, adjust to and alter, when possible, your behavior.

[viking1]

I think it is highly possible that I have ADHD. Looking back on my early school years, I exhibited a lot of the symptoms of this disorder. Of course it was not something people knew much about, if anything, that many years ago. I never took meds, I just muddled through with my teachers often complaining that I didn't pay attention. I'd score fairly high on IQ tests, but my grades often sucked. I remember one teacher telling my mom that I was off in a world of my own and that I was basically lazy.

Since ADHD usually continues into adulthood, I think I was lucky to work in fields where this problem had little negative affect. Plus, one learns to cope and adjust if they want to survive. Unfortunately, the first line of defense these days is drugs. While drugs can lessen the problem of ADHD they do nothing to help people who have it, cope with it. The mind is much more powerful than any prescription drug if you learn to use it to control, adjust to and alter, when possible, your behavior.

         I agree. All of these crazy prescription drugs just treat the symptoms and not the cause. The power of suggestion is huge.

[el numero uno]

I think it is highly possible that I have ADHD. Looking back on my early school years, I exhibited a lot of the symptoms of this disorder. Of course it was not something people knew much about, if anything, that many years ago. I never took meds, I just muddled through with my teachers often complaining that I didn't pay attention. I'd score fairly high on IQ tests, but my grades often sucked. I remember one teacher telling my mom that I was off in a world of my own and that I was basically lazy.

Since ADHD usually continues into adulthood, I think I was lucky to work in fields where this problem had little negative affect. Plus, one learns to cope and adjust if they want to survive. Unfortunately, the first line of defense these days is drugs. While drugs can lessen the problem of ADHD they do nothing to help people who have it, cope with it. The mind is much more powerful than any prescription drug if you learn to use it to control, adjust to and alter, when possible, your behavior.

That's actually a very difficult task to accomplish.  

[Primemuscle]

That's actually a very difficult task to accomplish.  

Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No. The problem is many people don't ever try.

[SF1900]

That's actually a very difficult task to accomplish.  

Not if youre a getbigger.  

[Coach is Back!]

I have it.
You can always.................. ....oh look a butterfly.

Hahahahahahaha

[Coach is Back!]

A relative of mine struggles seems to have all of the symptoms of having ADD.

Anyone here dealt with this condition themselves or have a family member who did? What helped / what didn't? Was professional help necessary?

I'm very interested in getting him to put his life together, but I'm at a loss for what I can do.

I know I have it. I wish there was a diagnosis for it when I was in school. I'm a great multi-tasker though.

[haider]

Thanks for sharing your stories.

He's far from stupid, just has a tough time with everyday life skills that help people get through life. There seems to be extreme inattention to priorities in life, and what needs to be done. A lot of times I think he needs to stop being lazy, and will his way through it but I think a person with an ADD mind has a tough time with these things.

He does seem to do okay when he stays busy, but if he has to self-regulate his activities he seems to have a very tough time.

[King Shizzo]

Good thing the pharmaceutical industry discovered this disease. Otherwise, civilization would have come to an end.

Do you also battle with gluten?

[haider]

Good thing the pharmaceutical industry discovered this disease. Otherwise, civilization would have come to an end.

Well I'm no scientist so I dont know. I don't really care how its classified as long as it provides some way of understanding and dealing with the difficulty that people have in life.

[King Shizzo]

Another bullshit "disease."

Passion for cigars?