ADD/ADHD does anyone have it or know much about it?

I just want to find more out about this, how people deal with, what they did to help it ect.....Any info would be great Thanks.

I used to have it, I just cut down on the Smarties (though now they've reduced the e-numbers!!).

Don't worry, I'll close the door on my way out!

There's plenty of information out there about AD...








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Here's some info.

It's a term doctors use to describe children who would rather be outside playing than sitting in classrooms learning, so they can medicate them to within an inch of their lives.

Also used by adults who want to find an excuse for the fact that they can't be bothered to stay in one job long enough to get anywhere, who may have flitted from one job to another with annoying frequency and who crap out when things get tough.

Why do you ask?

Originally Posted by Bear

It's a term doctors use to describe children who would rather be outside playing than sitting in classrooms learning, so they can medicate them to within an inch of their lives.

Also used by adults who want to find an excuse for the fact that they can't be bothered to stay in one job long enough to get anywhere, who may have flitted from one job to another with annoying frequency and who crap out when things get tough.

Why do you ask?

Don't sit on the fence there. Tell us what you really think

The infamous Bear, pulling his punches again!

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Don't sit on the fence there. Tell us what you really think

Sounds like my old point I make every time I hear a story on the news about the number of 'undiagnosed dyslexics' or similar... There's always an explanation for why children don't perform these days.

When I was at school, it was accepted that some kids were just a bit dense.

[yorkie_chris]

I wouldn't go as far as some, and it's not often you'll hear me counsel moderation;

However like many things at the minute, there are very few sufferers, and a lot of excuse making malingering gits.

You couldn't train a dead dog to stay? Never mind bring up a child? Ahhhh OK lets blame some poncy arsd illness and get a note from an even poincier arsd shrink. Makes perfect sense, oh this makes your child "special" so it's fine for it to f### up it's classmates education...

Gah. Some kids need a clip round the lughole every now and again, not psychobabble, never did me any harm!

Originally Posted by Bear

It's a term doctors use to describe children who would rather be outside playing than sitting in classrooms learning, so they can medicate them to within an inch of their lives.

Also used by adults who want to find an excuse for the fact that they can't be bothered to stay in one job long enough to get anywhere, who may have flitted from one job to another with annoying frequency and who crap out when things get tough.

Bear, I understand where you're coming from (Yorkie_chris' post), so I'll bite my tounge.

svracer12, my only experience of either ADD or ADHD is via my eldest son, who has been diagnosed with DAMP (Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perception) - also known as Dyspraxia. Essentially, that's Autistic traits, mixed in with ADHD.

He has the mental age of approx 4-5years old, but he's 9. Obviously this makes it difficult for him to make friends his own age group, and those he does make, he quickly looses. Due to his disability, he even has difficulty holding a knife & fork. He can't do probably 90% of the stuff other kids his age do, due to either a lack of physical ability or a lack of concentration.

Obviously this leads to a lot of bullying, which he's starting to accept as a normal part of his life, sadly. But a word with the school, and it dies down again for a while.

Luckily, we got on to it fairly quickly for a case of DAMP, and even more luckily, his current school have been amazing about it. It just happens that his teacher is also the school's SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-Ordinator), and he has regular visits at school by a clinical psychologist, who constantly asseses what help he needs.

As for comments made by some regards people claiming they have the right to lay back & take life easy due to a 'disibility' - it's exactly that reason that me & my other half have most of our arguments. I'm firmly of the belief that because of my son's disability, if he doesn't put 150% in, then it's not enough effort. No way is he ever going to hide behind it.