Shoot I started this thread in a very serious mood and now we're going off-topic all the time :uhoh:

I take offense at that autistic comment :snobby:

 

Just kidding :lol:

 

You should get spammy. I have never gotten spammy though, so I can't you tell this from experiance.

I knew you wouldn't :)

 

I will do my best. Although I can't take your advice seriously, as you have no experience.

Now let's continue this off-topic spamming somewhere else.. Because I feel my thread is being waisted, and my intentions really were very serious.

So what shall we talk about to get this thread back on track? :nice:

Uhm.. The fact that I wanted to go to bed at 1 and that it's now 3.37? :uhoh:

I think my mom has ADD.

We're pretty sure my mom has it, though not nearly as bad as me.

 

My paternal grandmother definitely had it, even if it wasn't diagnosed back in her time. Everytime I really screw something up my dad is like "you're just like my mother!" :lol::uhoh: When Dad met up with some of his distant cousins on her side, he found out that whole branch of her family is very prone to it- second, third, fourth cousins. It's kind of crazy.

 

Even two of my first cousins -Dad's side- both have it as bad as I do. But they got it from their mom too. So there definitely seems to be some sort of genetic component to at least one type of ADD.

 

This sort of reaction is exactly why I'm a bit scared to tell people about it.

I'm not saying that people with ADD are pathetic stupid and incapapble of anything.. I'm doing the 2nd highest level of high school myself, and I'm doing the best I can.

That's exactly why I have no problem talking about it as much or as little as people are willing to hear. When I treat it like a normal part of life and no big deal, they do too. And I find that attitude seems to make it easier for people with other mental challenges to talk about them when they need to. Yes, it means having to have patience for ignorance and being willing to answer a lot of questions, but the less stigma there is the better the world will be.

 

ADD is a challenge that needs to be dealt with. It is one small part of a big life, and I don't see why it has to define me or anyone. (Personally, I don't actually believe that it's a disability, but that's another long story...)

You guys write such long things about it...I find it hard to even write a paragraph about it. Or anything. :shame:

You guys write such long things about it...I find it hard to even write a paragraph about it. Or anything. :shame:

:laugh3: Well I've been living with it for a long time, and I spend too much time thinking about the philosophical implications of things, so I guess I have a lot to say.

Mo, you're my saving angel for saving my thread :)

 

We're pretty sure my mom has it, though not nearly as bad as me.

 

My paternal grandmother definitely had it, even if it wasn't diagnosed back in her time. Everytime I really screw something up my dad is like "you're just like my mother!" :lol::uhoh: When Dad met up with some of his distant cousins on her side, he found out that whole branch of her family is very prone to it- second, third, fourth cousins. It's kind of crazy.

 

Even two of my first cousins -Dad's side- both have it as bad as I do. But they got it from their mom too. So there definitely seems to be some sort of genetic component to at least one type of ADD.

I didn't know it runs in the family! I'm the only one in the whole family who has it I guess..

 

That's exactly why I have no problem talking about it as much or as little as people are willing to hear. When I treat it like a normal part of life and no big deal, they do too. And I find that attitude seems to make it easier for people with other mental challenges to talk about them when they need to. Yes, it means having to have patience for ignorance and being willing to answer a lot of questions, but the less stigma there is the better the world will be.

Yeah I hear yah.. I guess it's just because I only found out about it a month ago myself. I need to find a way to explain it to others. I'm just really insecure and I quickly think that people won't understand and think that I'm trying to make up excuses or something.

 

ADD is a challenge that needs to be dealt with. It is one small part of a big life, and I don't see why it has to define me or anyone. (Personally, I don't actually believe that it's a disability, but that's another long story...)

Yes it is. And I do think it's a disability, because it had a bad influence on how I function.

You guys write such long things about it...I find it hard to even write a paragraph about it. Or anything. :shame:

Well that's what I was looking for.

I'll try tomorrow :nice:

I have the same problem! It effects my everyday life too. I'm horrible at my core classes at school. I have AD/HD actually. all it means is I'm a bit hyper as well as my ADD part. It is really an annoying diagnysion..? (is that a word? LOL!)

My doctor thought I had ADD for about.... 9 years.

 

Turns out, I have NLD. Non-verbal learning disorder I think it stands for. It's just pretty much like a minor version of ADD. However, I take ADD medicine called Vyvanse for it, and I've also taken Adderall. It does indeed make you feel weird (after all, it is like taking over your brain) and yes I had a huge loss of appetite I've been taken off medicine several times because I've lost like 20 pounds, but Vyvanse is the one that truly helped me. I do so well in school with it.

However, when I was taken off Adderall, I practically did better without it. :\

 

EDIT: How NLD affects me is that in order to accomplish something (ex: homework) I have to create a "schedule" to complete it. Does that make sense? :confused:

I have the same problem! It effects my everyday life too. I'm horrible at my core classes at school. I have AD/HD actually. all it means is I'm a bit hyper as well as my ADD part. It is really an annoying diagnysion..? (is that a word? LOL!)

Yeah it is. So you have ADHD with less hyparactivity.. :thinking:

 

Originally Posted by graceberryman

My doctor thought I had ADD for about.... 9 years.

 

Turns out, I have NLD. Non-verbal learning disorder I think it stands for. It's just pretty much like a minor version of ADD. However, I take ADD medicine called Vyvanse for it, and I've also taken Adderall. It does indeed make you feel weird (after all, it is like taking over your brain) and yes I had a huge loss of appetite I've been taken off medicine several times because I've lost like 20 pounds, but Vyvanse is the one that truly helped me. I do so well in school with it.

However, when I was taken off Adderall, I practically did better without it.

 

EDIT: How NLD affects me is that in order to accomplish something (ex: homework) I have to create a "schedule" to complete it. Does that make sense?

That's interesting :thinking:

I've never heard about these medications. I really don't know if/how Ritalin's gonna work for me but I guess if it doesn't work, I'll try something else. I have a huge loss of appetite, now I eat maybe half of what I used to eat. But I wouldn't mind losing a few pounds :)

 

Yeah it does. I also have to do something like that.

That's interesting :thinking:

I've never heard about these medications. I really don't know if/how Ritalin's gonna work for me but I guess if it doesn't work, I'll try something else. I have a huge loss of appetite, now I eat maybe half of what I used to eat. But I wouldn't mind losing a few pounds :)

 

Yeah it does. I also have to do something like that.

 

You haven't even heard of Adderall?

No... :uhoh:

^As I understand it, it's a type of dexedrine which is basically a close cousin to ritalin. It works about the same but people who might have side effects to one might not have side effects to the other.

For a while they had me on Dextroamphetamine, some weird capsule things. I'm not sure what it was called..it wasn't Adderal or Ritalin.

It was because I kept forgetting to take it at school, but then they put me back on ritalin.

I really wanna contribute to this thread..it would be nice if somebody had some direct questions or something for me to answer. I can't always do things unless there's written precise, instructions. I'm actually starting to fail a class i had 100% in because of that which is my computer class. We have to do things like make websites and slideshows and stuff instead of the word processing and such that ended </3 I'm behind because by the time the teacher realized I had no idea what to do and told me what to do my slideshow on and what to make each slideshow about I was two classes behind. And now we have to do a bunch of other things and I have no idea what to do </3 I just realized I kinda gt into an off-topic rant. Especially since that probably has nothing to do with my ADD, but instead my autism :P

But what i'm saying is, I want to be an active part in this thread but I have no idea what to do :P

You're doing a good job! I find it very interesting to read your experiences and stuff.

 

If Ritalin works for me, maybe I'll start on something called Concerta. It's the same drug as Ritalin, but you only have to take it once a day, because it gives you like 'boosts' of methylfenidate (or however you wright it) every 4 hours or something. But it's not fully payed for by the inurance company, so we'll first have to see if the Ritalin works and if I can manage to take it on time.

Do you always take it?

I only take mine in the morning if I have school or sports or something and in the afternoon if I have something I have to go to.

Yeah, since I've only started a bit over a week ago.

Were you happy to get your diagnosis? I remember I got it when I was little and I was devastated and thought of it as something like, cancer. :P

What took so late to get your diagnosis, was it ever suspected early on?

Apparently like around the time I was born, my doctor said he was sure I had ADHD and something else. Smart doctor.

After a long investigation, I finally got my diagnosis, ADD, about a month ago. I felt really relieved when I got the diagnosis, in the first place because for about half a year I've been pretty sure I had ADD, I just needed the pros to confirm it. And now I know that it's not completely my fault that I'm always late, that I forget everything, that it takes hours do get my homework finished, and so on. And now I know there something can be done about it.

So yeah I was really happy!

No it was never suspected earlier on, I guess we never really thought about it. ADD just hadn't been troubling me (if that's how you say it) until last year. But I have always been a dreamy girl, they already said it at primary school.

I've been neglecting my own thread :uhoh:

 

I saw my doctor last week. Because I still didn't see the effect that I wanted, I'm taking a higher dose now. But to be honest, it's still not working like I'd want to. I'll await it for a while, and if it's still not working, I guess I'll try something else.

 

I got 2 new side-effects. One is that I have a dry mouth, so I'm drinking a lot of water (also because I want to avoid headaches), which causes me to have to go to the bathroom every hour :uhoh: And it gives me a bad breath.. Long live chewing gum!

The other side-effect is a rash in my hands. It's not really obvious. At first I didn't know it was a side-effect, so I was gonna see the doctor. But then I read in the information leaflet, that it was a side-effect.