Add vs adhd in adults

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Avatar m tn I am wanting so answers regarding ADD in adults. What are the major symptoms? Does it get more severe with age? My Focus in high school was very difficult. I could not focus in class at all. It is strange because I was voted the outstanding athlete of the year in my graduating high school class. Today many years later i am full of fear when it comes to learning..................
Avatar n tn Weird, never heard that one before - and I have been on this site for 4 years. I think that a lot of the adults with ADD would be real surprised if it were true. As long as you have a prescription you are fine.
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Avatar f tn Kennedy - I thought that supplements such as Omegas, Vitamin B complex, magnesium and zinc have shown to help ADD/ADHD. I agree that, these supplements will not eliminate the symptoms. I think that research ahs shown that these supplements help to reduce the symptoms and also reduce the amount of medicine needed, assuming the parent decides to use medication. I would appreciate your comments.
Avatar m tn Another interesting book is by a UC Berkley honors student with severe ADHD. While it is about growing up with ADHD, not ADD you do get a feeling for what he had to do to get by in school. The book is called - "ADHD and Me, What I learned from lighting fires at the dinner table," by Blake Taylor. Finally, a web site. Its really for adults. Your son is very close to that. Its about how adults (and college students) deal with ADD.
1367899 tn?1278121440 How does Adderall effect ADHD men? [Age & Gender ADHD Treatment] What are parents opinions with Adderall for an ADHD child? [Age & Gender ADHD Treatment] Which supplements and herbs are similar to Adderall? [Alternative ADHD Treatment] What ADHD therapy and psychiatric treatment is available? [Alternative ADHD Treatment] How can I buy Adderall online from a trustworthy pharmacy? [Buy Adderall Online] Can I buy Adderall without a doctor and no prescription?
Avatar m tn There is a very strong link between depression and ADD or ADHD. In kids, its 10 to 30% ("The ADD/ ADHD Answer book," by Susan Ashley. ), My own opinion from reading posts here from undiagnosed adults is that it is much higher. My opinion is that if your therapist wants to help you, the therapist would do some research on AD/HD. Knowing what is the cause of depression is the fastest way to deal with it. If you are not supposed to diagnose, then who is?
7087196 tn?1389306119 //www.medhelp.org/posts/ADD---ADHD/nightares-and-adhd-/show/1341324#post_6131310 Am surprised that Risperdal is indicated for ADHD. I can find nothing online that would agree with that. However, it certainly would work for anxiety which is a common disorder of ADHD. And I do read that it makes some of the other meds more effective. But, I still think it is being used mainly to treat the bipolar problem.
Avatar f tn My boyfriend just recently came out and told me that he does struggle from time to time with ADD. He is studying in University a PHD in Microbiology, he only has 2 years left of his scholarship. And admitted that he struggles at times to concentrate on his studies and from time to time takes ritalin. He told me that he dosent take it regularly, he only takes it when he needs to he said.
1546912 tn?1293809481 "It’s odd that ADHD is still more thought of as a childhood disorder, since there are actually more adults with ADHD than children." -- Ari Tuckman (Psychologist specializing in ADHD, and VP of the ADD Association) In a nutshelff, that's why I started this forum. A fruitless search for an Adult-specific ADHD forum and support community left me frustrated and cranky.
2212714 tn?1342258744 Please hang in there with your interests Cheri There must be more adults out there having ADD/ADHD challenges. Please join in and help make frustrated observers like me feel less like a third wheel! Thank you all and hope to see more replies.
Avatar f tn I have a 13yr who has ADD and CAPD. He is falling way behind in school and now doesn't even want to go. His grades are awful and honestly I don't think he cares. He refuses medicine. Which his doctor said he is old enough to make that decision. I was considering homeschooling him, but not sure if he would even try. Anyone with any advice would help.
Avatar m tn A growing body of work exists about the short- and long-term effects of stimulant treatment on cardiovascular parameters in children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD who are receiving stimulants. These data, limited to healthy subjects without known preexisting cardiac anomalies, consistently demonstrate small, statistically significant, but not clinically meaningful increases in blood pressure and pulse as well as minimal changes during electrocardiography.
1453183 tn?1287849019 t because no long term studies have been done on children (with or without ADD / ADHD). All of the individuals who I know who were diagnosed with ADD / ADHD as children and did not take stimulants are all fine now. Everyone I know who was diagnosed and put on stimulants has mental health problems. Yes, they could be comorbid disorders that would have showed up anyway.
Avatar n tn Well, lying is associated simply because if you have ADD or ADHD, and you are tired of always being blamed for stuff you do that you didn't really realize you did then you start to lie. And once you find that way out, then you keep doing it. Here are Adult ADD symptoms - see if they fit. Can Adults Have ADHD? By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Attention deficit disorder is not just a childhood disorder.
Avatar n tn ll check the links you gave. When i was a kid ADD or ADHD was generally rarely heard of where I lived (in the sense that it wasn't diagnosed, although it obviously existed), be it in girls or in boys (actually I suspect my father of having it too, but obviously when he was a kid it was completely unknown).
1628438 tn?1299557322 Dear whom ever reads this. Im 21 years old 5.7 in. tall and have add and adhd,and have a problem with lying. I constently lye every day about everything, even the most littlest things i lye about. It has screwed up my whole life with everyone iv ever known.. Im asking for anything i can do to cure or even try to brake it. im willing to do anything to stop or atleast controle it. plz help.. i seem like everyday i feel a lil less of my self in side ty..
Avatar m tn ok well i was told the other day that there was a connection between addiction and addictive behavior in peopl who have add/adhd i was curious as to hopw many of u addicts are add/adhd either cuz i may thnk u are or because u have been diagnoised by a dr stating that u are.
Avatar n tn There was a child in my son's K class who sounds just like your daughter. She was quite the hugger -- boys and girls and parents-- you name it. She did grow out of this stage. I would not worry about her upsettting anyone at this point-- because if she does something that offends a child, the child will let her know. And I cannot imagine a parent being upset at a sweet little girl hugging their child. I think discussing with her the importance of appropriate vs.
1549092 tn?1297046311 I think you will find the information useful as it compares Vyvanse vs Adderall XR. Do make sure you also click on their ADHD link at the top of the page once you have finished reading. The site is - http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/07/vyvanse-vs-adderall-simple-vs-complex. You also might want to check out another very good site for adult ADD. Its has a different approach to the matter as it is all done with videos and was recently featured in a special on PBS.
Avatar f tn I have not worked in 6 yrs. Therapists and psychiatrists never thought I had ADD/ADHD because I did good in school. I have been diagnosed with panic disorder, anxiety and depression. I appreciate any feedback, thank u.
Avatar n tn t get worse however a child has very little responsibility and can alter his environment accordingly, adults can not do this as easily. Adults with add are more likely to have relationship problems, problems at work , addiction etc.
1380252 tn?1279892799 Moreover, the relaxing of the diagnostic criteria for AD(H)D, and concomitantly, that of diagnostic creep, have resulted in a 4000 per cent increase in those children (adults?) diagnosed with ADD and ADHD, since the mid-1970s! In essence, children are more likely to be diagnosed in school. Adults, especially those individuals who were labeled in childhood, usually seek out a diagnosis when confronted with those cares and concerns of a "grown-up world".