do i still have ADHD

[Anonymous]

i was disose with ADHD when I was 3 year. Now I am 21 and i can force on a task for 3 hours. I can teach child with ADD and ADHD in preschool. I am not hyperactivity any more. but somtime can’t stop talking. but i still can’t be attendtion when people talk to me somtimes. i have the other symptoms. People said i am borderline ADHD. Do i still ready have the H OR am i ADD now?

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[shutterbug55]

Short answer… Yes.

Sorry, but it’s a genetic thing. It is something you are born with, and it is something you are going to die with. Good news is that along the way, you get to learn more about how your brain works than most psychologists. You are going to be more self aware. and you will learn more skills to help you in life. Look at what you have accomplished so far.

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[Anonymous]

I believe your 100% correct shutterbug55…….but if I may add dolphin….those things do not happen automatically. I can happen but…it takes time and effort and research on our own. I found the more I learned about how my brain works and the human development process in general (that is also very important), the more I could exploit the powers that lie within the ADD brain. The converse also appears to be true. Because we (all people) develop in specific steps and stages or tasks, through our lives, we as ADDers may miss steps, or critical tasks, or receive improper support or feedback during those critcal development process(s) which have the potential to send us reeling down the wrong paths or leave with uncompleted development steps. Therefore….we need to understand the process(s) and how our path have harmonized or were in conflict with those developmental phases or tasks. That’s how we become fully developed and functional people.

Without doing that work….. it’s like putting a child behind the wheel of a Grand Prix race car, you just wouldn’t do it and expect a good outcome!!! The life results can be devastating. There is much evidence of this as I read what some unfortunate folks are dealing with on a day by day basis.

I’m not a Dr., just an avid student of life…….

toofat

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[Anonymous]

i dont think the know what they are talking about.

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[Anonymous]

who?

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[BuxomDiva]

to be clear, the DSM, which is the “bible” used by the medical profession for the diagnostic criteria for “mental illness” only defines “ADHD” but there are different subtypes

many of us call ourselves ADD’ers cause it’s just easier to drop the “h”, even if we do have some hyperactive symptoms

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[Anonymous]

thank u that help BuxomDiva. are u a dr?

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[BuxomDiva]

nope – just an ADD’er who has been reading everything I could get my hands on about this stuff for the last 14 years or so

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[Anonymous]

BuxomDiva is secretly a doctor-could-have-been and a loyal supporter as are many of our contributors like Toofat. We value your input always.

Regarding the ADHD versus ADD story, it is officially ADHD but ADD is more sensible. The DSM-IV has it’s own issues and as much as it is often considered to be a “bible” it is actually very disappointing. At best it allows physicians to talk a similar language.

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[BuxomDiva]

aww shucks

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[Anonymous]

thanks

but overcome the hy sym.

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[Flashlight]

I thought it was lately officially AD/HD (i.e. with a slash). No?

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