Does ADHD even exist?
Does ADHD even exist?
Ryder Lopez
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Ethan Walker
no
just a polite way to say you have poor discipline
Nathaniel Turner
yes
my friend had complications during his birth which make him act like a retard sometimes
Christopher Thompson
I have it, it basicly means that you have the attention span of a brik. Not much else to it though
Thomas Watson
In my opinion yes. I have it, and my attention span is garbage,but I'm sure everyone will just say I have a functioning amphetamine addiction, which, while true, is an oversimplification
Jack Green
Made up ' disorder'.
William Long
I was reading a book that talked about how it could be an immune disorder that causes you to have it. The way gluten is processed nowadays such as being made water soluble for processed foods is apparently a culprit.
Xavier Cox
That and constant energy and alertness to everything
Carter Bell
Also, just for those wondering how diagnosis works, in the US at least
>Around 8 years old, get real bad headaches
>Go to neurologist
>Ran through battery of tests
>Tells mom I have ADD
>Mom is all "no he minds, he has straight A's"
>Doc says wait until puberty
>FF to middle school
>I have a 13/100 as my overall grade in Advanced math (Middle school speak for calculus)
ADD meds work. But I'm sure meth heads say meth works, so 6 of one, blah blah blah
Wyatt King
it depends but short answer... yes.
It's a cluster of traits, eventually it will fragment into more specific diagnoses, papers published every week.
You can have attention problems for many reasons, be it high functioning autism, being hit in the front of head, getting heavy metals into your system etc. If you are highly neurotic as a personality trait or generally anxious you may be predisposed for attention problems.
Still there are genetic factors. Down my mothers line we all test in the lowest percentile on stroop tests indicating abnormal anterior cingulate cortical functioning apparently.
Since the 70's a curious link between hearing problems and ADHD has been identified. It is very common among deaf kids or anyone who has hearing disrupted as an infant.
Hyperactivity can be induced in mice by disrupting their hearing at a certain age. This somehow effects the sensory tissue in the ears, which in turn causes up-regulation in motor cortex and therefore hyperactivity.
Ryan Reyes
yes, it's just the lower end of the continuum of attention span and impulse control
Xavier Wilson
Yes, although in my case it was caused by a sleep disorder, I would sleep all night and still be exhausted in the morning. Sadly it's easier to treat ADHD than sleep issues. If u have ADHD it's really easy to pick it up in others. Boris Johnson for example. There's a guy who needs a cpap
Gabriel Young
No, it's just a way to de-stigmatise defective people.
Dominic King
>>Hyperactivity can be induced in mice by disrupting their hearing at a certain age.
>You can make a mice freak out by deafening it
wow shocking find.
Jace Green
>a mice
Okay time to sleep.
Austin Murphy
The autism is strong
Brody Sanders
Yes, I think It’s real because there is scientific proof that says the disorder is in your DNA.
Eli Ross
Anterior cingulate cortex is also involved in processing emotional pain. I wonder if ADHD people show an increased or decreased receptiveness to emotional pain.
Austin Rogers
Sorry I wasn't paying attention, what?
Ryder Reyes
Apparently i have primarily inattentive adhd which means i have a big problem with focus and organisation no matter how much i try. Sometimes i overfocus on some things leaving the rest and practically forgetting about them. I can easily miss details.Drinking coffee from time to time helps but not too much because im oversensitive to caffeine. Never went to a doctor with it, but whether it is adhd or not it gives me a hard time. Someone nuke me out of this misery.
Joseph Garcia
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Yeah its pretty fascinating actually, and not deafening merely blocking their hearing temporarily for a certain period, then allowing them to develop as normal... They've even identified the genes which were up-regulated. So you could have an inner ear abnormality and get ADHD for your troubles.
Andrew Miller
Makes caffeine and sugar have the opposite effect. If you really have it that is.
Jason Hughes
>my friend had complications during his birth
You mean being born in Poland?
Carter Harris
Nah its just a made up diese made up by the gov to fund the healthcare sector.
Ayden Torres
Friendly reminder that sugar has no proven correlation to hyperactivity. And the caffeine statement is just blatantly false. Stimulants are still stimulants.Thats why most kids with ADD/ADHD are written clonidine to lower their BP and let them go to sleep
Jaxson Allen
I can't keep my thoughts concentrated but when I take a little speed I feel way more clear-headed.
I think that is ADD or whatever it is, I was never the hyperactive type but when I sat in class I constantly slipped into strange thought-patterns that made learning hard.
Charles Nguyen
Keep an open mind about it possibly being autism. Inattentive ADHD is often that, if you are socially awkward too that is. Executive functioning and organisation problems are typical. If it is autism you are in for a rough ride and need to know asap so it is worth evaluating.
Either way sensory issues can often be huge in both disorders, try and figure out whether anything is bothering you in your environment, background noise etc.
Other than that just try really hard, put yourself through hell, work harder than other people and find your own way of doing things.
The biggest danger is self pity. You could fuck your whole life up with that shit. I lost a decade for no reason.
Meds can help but the main thing is work ethic.
Jose Richardson
HAHAHAH so funny
Kill yourself fuckwit
Evan White
t. 3rd generation polish immigrant
Thomas Wright
Im polish but only a faggot would be offended by this
Owen Smith
it wasnt meant to be offensive you fucking maciek
its banter
Noah Johnson
Im talking about the retard that replied to you ahmed
Jose Carter
If it was a made-up disorder, they wouldn't use brain scans to diagnose it.
healthline.com
Most of the people talking in this thread are operating on a 15-year-old understanding of what ADD/ADHD actually is.
It just astonishes me how ignorant somebody can be and still consider themselves entitled to an opinion alongside people who DO know a little something.
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Noah Barnes
It does, but it's wildly over-diagnosed. Maybe 10% of people that supposedly have it actually do.
Zachary Brooks
Yes. There are measurable differences in the brains of those affected by ADHD.
This is a great video on it:
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Jack Wright
>Being this mad that you can't sit still
Josiah Rodriguez
I'm Polish and I'm laughing my ass off.
Blake Martin
This.
I actually just started Clonidine myself, and it actually works pretty well IMO.
Ethan Gonzalez
Of course it fucking doesn't.
>WAHHH I CANT CONCENTRAAAAAATE
You didn't try.
No, really, your lazy, pathetic, undisciplined ass didn't try. You gave up because it was TOOOO HAAAAAARD.
And now you have a chemical dependence, and think that's where concentration and motivation come from.
You are lazy, your parents were lazy, and your doctor was lazy.
Evan Anderson
lol
Jonathan Perez
I'm an ass and i'm polishing my toilet off
Brayden Ramirez
>scientologist detected