ADD/ADHD

[Italiano]

I'm just curious to know, whether people actually consider ADD/ADHD to be a problem that should be solved with drugs (i.e. Ritalin, Ederol, etc.) or if it should be taken care of some other way.

Personally, I think doctors and physicians prescribe too much of this stuff. I was diagnosed with ADD and I never took any pills to help me with it.

If I did I would never be able to get up in the morning.

 

[Anonym0uz Bitch]

I dont believe its a real problem, just an excuse to drug up a kid who is hyper.

 

[Malificus]

I have ADD, and have no problem dealing with it without using drugs.

When I did use drugs though, they helped. But as I got older, I stopped needing them. I had no problems with the drugs.

 

[Anonym0uz Bitch]

I think its all in your mind anyway, if you needed to you could easily control it....its allll mental.

 

[Merc]

It's an excuse for parents to drug up their kids because their lazy asses don't feel like dealing with it. Personally, if I was hyper enough and stepped out of line, I got a smack or strong discipline and it taught me a lesson. Parents are all for this passive punishment, which is an oxymoron itself.

 

[Anonym0uz Bitch]

Yeah I know, instead of getting drugged up.

 

[merob]

I know some people with ADD/ADHD, and it tends to be very serious. I wouldn't suggest medication; I hear treatment has caused suvere side effects. Riddilin(sp?), a common perscription for ADHD, causes brain damage. Why jepordise your life when you could learn self control?
Everyone I know diagnosed with the issue had to learn that themselves. Medicine only takes you so far...

 

[Anonym0uz Bitch]

Well parents are basically just to lazy to want to actually teach their children self-control, so they drug them up, as Merc was saying.

 

[Merc]

It goes along with my whole rant on parenting setting a new low. People just don't seem to want to care for their children themselves anymore. They make everyone else deal with their shit.

 

[Nevyrmoore]

Well parents are basically just to lazy to want to actually teach their children self-control, so they drug them up, as Merc was saying.

I disagree with that. I have ADHD and took Ritallin for it. However my parents wern't lazy, they took care of me properly.

Personaly for me, the medicine worked slightly. I still taught myself self-control, which helped at times. Around Year 9 or Year 10 I stopped taking the tablets. The main problem for me wasn't the hyperness, it was the outbursts I had if someone really pissed me off. However, I'm not sure if this anger problem I have is because of the ADHD or just the fact I have a natural anger problem.