News of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Forum

Its not impulsive , its making up for the "Deficit" , I will explian.

The standard party line that is repeated over and over by marketing ghost writers perpetuating the myth is:

"ADHD students often interrupt class and others due to an inability to control their impulses".


Lets say we are all having a polite conversation and me an ADD person is part of it. People are talking abcdefg... and I have something I want ...

...because it's going to be really long. Kinda. And full of me and stuff about me. I'm sorry. D:

(I actually typed three paragraphs of quibbleism here but I deleted it)

OKAY THIS IS GETTING REALLY MESSY. Sorry but I think I'll just spew out all my thoughts in the order they come, best as I can - or I'll never get round to really saying anything.

Since I was a kid, I've been really ...

I am looking for ideas for non medication treatments for my son who has ADHD. He starts 1st grade Monday and I am worried about his focus since 1st graders are expect to sit still all day, unlike kindergardeners who have play stations. Also has anyone used melintonin to sleep, and does it leave you groggy in the morning?

I totaly screwed up my first post so here is a redo. I have had ADHD all my life and only recently have I cared about it. I also have OCD,Bipolar charectoristics,and possible mild Social Anxiety Disorder. I Hate having ADHD because I hate being impulsive,inattentive,kinda hyper etc.I feel like I got screwed up before I was born. ADHD also has an affect on my school work. During Freshman year in high school it was ...

Hi my name is Daniel and I am 15 years old. I have been diagnosed ADHD since I was very young. They thought I had PDD at first because I was socially awkward for my age and lacked some communication skills. Sometimes I think I should have been diagnosed PDD-NOS because even today, I am socially awkward and I often don't know what to say in social situations. When I was in Elementary school I ...

I'm actually posting this as a result of an attention thread on the AsPD forum, but I'm posting here rather than there cause I've got a feeling I'm more likely to get genuinely helpful suggestions here, lol.

I don't really have ADHD (no problems concentrating etc) but I do have a problem where if something happens, that my mind connects strongly & directly as important/related to survival/etc. I'll switch off normal ability to control or ...

Hey there, (so sorry this is really long)

Well where do I start, I never really thought I had something like adhd, because when I think of adhd I think of a crazy child running around splashing paint on the walls lol. I recently read about adult adhd and I don't know if I am just being paranoid (I am 20 btw).

Well first of all, these are my reasons :

When I was younger ...

Hi everyone,
I have ADHD. In addition to it I have social problems, kind of immature social skills.
I was told by someone that I know, who is an expert on special education, that I probably have social learning disability. She told me that it's a very new diagnosis, and that it sometimes comes with ADHD.
I can't find much information on social learning disability. I was wondering if anyone heard about it or knows ...

Hi,

My son is 22 and has been diagnosed with ADHA from the last doctor he visited. Prior to this doctor, there was nothing doctor that has given him a different diagnoses all together. I understand that mental illness is difficult to diagnose but it leaves on so frustrated and confused on what to do to help.

I am new here and have read many posts however, I cannot seem to find a post that ...

My psychiatrist diagnosed me with ADHD a few weeks ago. She put me on 5mg of Adderall for a week, 10mg for the next week, and then finally 15mg the following week. Back in February I was put on 50mg of Zoloft and .5mg of Klonopin (day & night) to help with intrusive thoughts caused by my OCD. Things got a lot better in the following months, however I still need to learn how to ...