An ADD/ADHD Poll?

Question

Which treatment in your opinion is best for ADD/ADHD, Meds,Thereapy,or both? Please include why you chose your answer. Thanx

Answer 1

Medication to control the problems, therapy to help reconfigure your mind so you can get off the meds.

Answer 2

Unfortunately meds. I was accidentally diagnosed with adult ADD years ago, when I was given Anorex for a stimulant. I cannot take it much, because I am not overweight, and currently have some orthopedic problems which contraindicate the use of stimulants.

I have had no experience with therapy. I may be a little too old for ADD therapy, and didn't even know it existed. I am not doing anything that may change my abilities to do my job, which requires a certain mindset.

Answer 3

I am not sure that therapy alone works.

As a former high school teacher, I have had students who, after many years of being on Ritalin, decided to forego meds in favor of therapy.

Disastrous results. Poor concentration, nervous tics, and even behavior changes they were unable to control.

It appears with both meds and therapy people with these disorders function much better.

Answer 4

I believe it all depends. My husband's young cousin has ADHD and he has had some good results with both meds and therapy. I also know a little girl who does well with just therapy and her parents also do exercises with her to try and get her mind to focus better. i believe it all depends on the person and the situation.

Answer 5

Therapy! Do you want your child to start taking hard core meds this early in life. I have ADD, they didn't have meds for it when i was younger. I took therapy and I'm perfectly fine now. I just had to learn how to control myself. Learning how to fix it is better than covering it up with drugs.

Answer 6

No, yet my son, a 30-3 hundred and sixty 5 days-previous mechanical engineer, does have ADHD, having been clinically determined on the age of 7. that's totally simple in his father's family contributors for some reason. till they improve some thing greater advantageous, he will could be on Ritalin for something his existence, even with the undeniable fact that that's greater advantageous than a number of his uncles and cousins who've self-medicated with alcohol or highway drugs or, worst of all, committed suicide. anybody who says it rather is a made-up ailment is the two woefully ignorant, purely undemanding recommend-lively, or has by no ability met somebody who DOES have it. i became rather resistent to the assumption of his taking medicine, yet his instructor, counselor, and our wide-unfold practitioner persuaded me to permit him to objective it. He went from being an exceedingly annoyed person who have been given into hassle no rely how tricky he tried, to someone who made magnificent grades, grew to become an Eagle Scout, and positioned himself by way of between the toughest engineering universities interior the U.S.

Answer 7

Adderall works great. I doubt the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD in most all cases. I have been diagnosed with it, and I can tell you that when I took Adderall, my life had order, I actually finished and followed through with my ideas, I just became better and more responsible in all areas of my life. I dont take it now however, because I started ot abuse it. I figure with hard work I can make myself what I am on Adderall. I havent quite gotten there yet though.

Answer 8

I would take therapy over the meds any day.

Answer 9

therapy cos you dont want to be taking meds for the rest of your life