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ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)
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| Inertia |
hmmm. i, lately, have been noticing myself 'slip' very often... to accompany my short turn memory loss, which has been with me ever since i was a kid (i will literally forget what it is i'm doing and remember at least 4 times a day, for instance, i launch a browser to search for something in google and forget what it was i wanted to search as it loads up) and my very severe time management and procrastination issues (although i think these are based a lot more on laziness than anything else) lately, i have been spacing out and daydreaming a lot. especially when i'm trying to concentrate on something that is of absolutely of no interest to me.
lately more than ever, i will space out in class, whilst teachers are mid-explanation, or when trying to read absolutely boring texts. let it be understood; i'm not someone who believes studies are a waste of time, it's just that most of the stuff i'm being taught lately is very uninteresting to me.
furthermore, i have no problems whatsoever in areas of life that i do enjoy, ie. music. i never forget a trackname, for instance, and i can memorize information having to do with music easily. so much, however, that it seems to invade me when i'm trying to concentrate.
i also read that people with ADD or ADHD "spill over" in order to concentrate. this means, as far as i know, when you do things to calm your nerves, such as tap your feet, drum your fingers, scratch, move around, etc. i find myself doing this A LOT at school.
yet, i had never considered me having ADD/ADHD because, well, it had never been so blatant as it is lately, and it normally completely stops as soon as i get out of school. ie. if i actually do sit at my desk, get my notebook out and start my homework, i will finish it, and rarely get distracted. once i'm set to it, theres no real problem. when i'm at a club, or at a friend's place, or listening to music, i'm normally real real calm (unless dancing, of course) and not at all shifty as i am when i'm at school.
so... even if i did suffer of ADD, i wouldn't know myself. so what i'm asking, HOW can i tell if i do? should i be worried about this?
i've already done some research on it, and a lot of the "symptoms" seem to be similar to some things i go through. any information anyone can give me? thanks beforehand.
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| Matt |
well, u did sit down and write that whole thing....
I'm an albatross! |
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| Orbax |
| wait till high level college classes that youre interested in happen. Youre just in bull now. ADD isnt a disease its an excuse for a ty educational system. |
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| PeacefulWarrior |
It seems like you're just like everybody else inertia. With that said, there are several "cosmetic mind enhancing pharmaeucuticals" out there. Although, at first just try to organize things in your life. Get your priorities and agenda worked out exactly how you feel or think they should be. A schedule, calendar or a PDA might help.
-Dave |
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| KilldaDJ |
| get some riddlein like the boys did in south park |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
wait till high level college classes that youre interested in happen. Youre just in bull now. ADD isnt a disease its an excuse for a ty educational system. |
:D thank god someone out there thinks the same way as me
i got similar problems
i'm quite the night owl and usually resist getting up any time before noon
however this term, monday wednesday friday i have a psychology class at 905, but with a in sweet prof. interesting and interactive lecture even in a 350 person lecture hall. no problems paying attention whatsoever |
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| Inertia |
normally, i'd agree with you Orbax, and i think i still do. what did catch my attention, however, is my quite severe memory loss "episodes". i'll catch up to myself in no time as soon as i got something to hold back onto, but reading as people with ADD suffer from this, well, it just caught me.
if i do have it, i'm pretty sure it's to a very small degree, but i'm just curious (and a bit... frightened, for lack of a better word).
however, i have found not all 'people with ADD' are just bullting. for instance, adult ADD is the new craze, but there probably are a couple of them with a geniune problem.
i know organizing my life would help in many aspects, hell, when i used to be organized, i was a straight A student and all that jazz, but i've proved that even though i'm B average, i can manage A's without much toruble and 're-organization' either. but that's not it. it's the losing track of time for large periods (sometimes) and the memory loss that have brought me to question this.
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
wait till high level college classes that youre interested in happen. Youre just in bull now. ADD isnt a disease its an excuse for a ty educational system. |
+1
Back when we were younger, there was no such thing as ADHD. If you didn't pay attention, you got disciplined until you did. Parents now are too lazy to properly raise and account for their childrens behaviour and too afraid to even think of disciplining them because that's, *cough*, 'bad parenting', so they just try and deal with it by slipping their kids some pills. |
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| Floorfiller |
| both my little brother and my older sister used to be on ritalin...personally i think it's just bull too. and now they have "adult ADD"...what a crock...it's just people need an excuse to be unproductive. i mean ...i have a lot of problems focusing sometimes too, especially with TA around hahaha :p, but that doesn't mean i need drugs to cure some chemical imbalance...it just means i'm a procrastinating bastard... |
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| Arbiter |
There's no such thing man, it's just a scam to get you hooked on drugs.
Plenty of people have trouble concentrating on that isn't interesting to them. That's not a disease, it's being normal. You either overcome it with good old-fashioned self-discipline or you don't. |
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| fitom tiel |
| that's right, plus that's not really what ADD/ADHD is. those are 'symptoms', yes, but ADD is really seeking an optimal level of stimulation from the environment. normally we don't fulfill that in class or sitting around or reading, so we do tap our feet or use our pencils as drumsticks. but that's just it. i'm sure you don't poke people or get up and run around or start yelling to someone beside you to entertain you in the middle of an answer. you're alright. just trick yourself into focusing. i think what you lack is interest. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| ADD IS real. It is considered a learning disability, and is horribly misdiagnosed for parents looking for a quick fix. It takes 6 months to a year of testing to determine if a person has ADD. What causes it is lack of glucose entering the activation reticulum in the brain. There are 3 kinds of ADD, inattention, hyperactivity, and uhh, the other one I can't remember. I have ADHD. I NEVER took ritalin, my parents wouldn't hear of it. They gave me a book and said "figure it out". I learned to deal with it, and to be honest, I consider myself lucky I have it. I think faster than most people and can multitask like a mofo, my doctors thought it was part of the reason I was so smart. I wrote a paper on this subject in my first year of college. I got an A. |
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