Comments on: Exploring ADHD: Do I really have it? (3) http://www.digsite.net/2010/03/01/exploring-adhd-do-i-really-have-it-3 An exploration in self-discovery Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tania (digsite) http://www.digsite.net/2010/03/01/exploring-adhd-do-i-really-have-it-3/comment-page-1#comment-3860 Tania (digsite) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:37:58 +0000 http://www.digsite.net/?p=2856#comment-3860 What I've read seems to indicate adults should still take the meds because the problem hasn't (and won't) go away. If it helps, why not continue? Still there are other things (exercise, omega-3, cutting out the sugars) that are supposed to help it too. I don't do any of those things ...yet. If the doc wants to put me on something for it, I'll do it, but still look for natural remedies. I'll be blogging whatever I find that looks promising. What I’ve read seems to indicate adults should still take the meds because the problem hasn’t (and won’t) go away. If it helps, why not continue? Still there are other things (exercise, omega-3, cutting out the sugars) that are supposed to help it too.

I don’t do any of those things …yet. If the doc wants to put me on something for it, I’ll do it, but still look for natural remedies. I’ll be blogging whatever I find that looks promising.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.digsite.net/2010/03/01/exploring-adhd-do-i-really-have-it-3/comment-page-1#comment-3857 Stephanie Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:58:24 +0000 http://www.digsite.net/?p=2856#comment-3857 I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was in 10th grade, and put on Dexedrine, which is an amphetamine that used to be used to treat it. I went from a D/F student to an A/B student in literally one semester. I'm convinced that it is real. I aced my honors and AP classes in my junior and senior years - but I still got B's in my regular classes. I am sure, looking back, that it was boredom. Like you said, if I was interested, I had no problem studying, but if I wasn't...forget it. To this day, if someone is trying to teach me something I don't really care about, at work or in school, I have a really hard time focusing, but if I am interested, I can do it for hours on end. I'm not on meds anymore, so I need to really make myself focus now. I'm not as impulsive as I was as a kid/teen, but I still have the symptoms. Is it over-diagnosed? Probably. But for some people it's very real. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was in 10th grade, and put on Dexedrine, which is an amphetamine that used to be used to treat it. I went from a D/F student to an A/B student in literally one semester. I’m convinced that it is real. I aced my honors and AP classes in my junior and senior years – but I still got B’s in my regular classes. I am sure, looking back, that it was boredom. Like you said, if I was interested, I had no problem studying, but if I wasn’t…forget it.

To this day, if someone is trying to teach me something I don’t really care about, at work or in school, I have a really hard time focusing, but if I am interested, I can do it for hours on end. I’m not on meds anymore, so I need to really make myself focus now. I’m not as impulsive as I was as a kid/teen, but I still have the symptoms.

Is it over-diagnosed? Probably. But for some people it’s very real.

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