Think I have Inattentive ADHD- 12 yrs old?

Question

I am 12 and i have all the symptoms for innatentive ADHD to an extreme level. My parents call me an idiot, my teachers call me lazy, but i cant stay on task. My test scores are A+, but my homework, usually tried to procrastinate. I dont want to be a "special" person, because I have a girlfriend, and friends who hate those type of people. Asian Indian parents dont accept ADHD, so what do I do?

Answer 1

You're 12 . Don't let the parental pressure get to you.Chill out and read...

Pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrist have gone to bed to create one the biggest profit centers in the history of legal drugs.

Ask yourself this question and really think about the answer. What kind of society drugs its’ children to force their compliance with the system? Drugging has become a tool of conformity and control.

The DEA found that methylphenidate had nearly identical effects on humans as amphetamines and cocaine.

This powerful stimulant, that has the highest abuse potential and dependence profile of all drugs that have medical usefulness, is prescribed mostly to children. By the mid nineties, methylphenidate sales leveled off at 11 million prescriptions per year. Around that time the sales of other amphetamines (primarily Adderall, used for treatment ADD and ADHD) increased from 1.3 million prescriptions in 1996 to 6 million prescriptions by 2000. According to United Nations data the United States of America consumes 85% of all methylphenidate production. Of this 85%, 80% is prescribed to children. Apparently, ADD and ADHD are not common afflictions in other parts of the world.

In 1985, 500,000 American kids were diagnosed with ADHD. Today, between over 7 million children in the United States are labeled with this disorder.

What happened in the nine years between 1991 and 2000? In 1991, the United States Department of Education made children with ADD and ADHD eligible for special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act. In 1991, kids diagnosed with ADHD or ADD became eligible and entitled to extra government funding for their schools. School districts across America now had a financial incentive to label kids with ADD and ADHD.

It is pretty clear that we have become a society that drugs its’ children for financial gain and to force compliance with the system. Schools have a financial incentive, but why would parents drug their kids? Some parents who resist are threatened by schools and social workers. They are told refusing to medicate their kids is akin to abuse.

Many parents cooperate in the drugging of their children, because if their kids have a “disease”, it is not the parent’s fault. Behavior problems are the parent’s fault, while a disease is out of their control. Parents are labeling their kids, so they do not have to take the responsibility for their child’s behavior. This behavior may be nothing more than rebellion to conformity, but nonetheless embarrassing to the parents. Support groups for parents further these beliefs. Not surprisingly, groups like CHADD, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, are funded by Ciba/Novartis, maker of Ritalin.

Worse yet, they are teaching these kids that they are not responsible for their behavior either. If they misbehave, it is the disease in control. Then they drug the kid and credit the medication for his good behavior. These drugged kids become nothing but shells of human beings, not responsible for themselves and addicted to powerful drugs.

ADD is not even a real disease. According to Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary, ADD is a syndrome of disordered learning and disruptive behavior that is not caused by any serious underlying physical or mental disorder and that has several subtypes characterized primarily by inattentiveness or primarily by hyperactivity and impulsive behavior or by the significant expression of both. There are no physical or chemical abnormalities conclusively associated with ADHD.

Diagnosis of ADD comes from observation of the subject. How can you diagnosis a mental disorder, like attention deficit, by observation of physical activity? The people who diagnose children do not have any idea of the mental functioning of the subject’s brain. By the syndrome’s name it implies that the subject can not keep his attention focused, he has lack of attention. You could possibly say a person’s attention was not on a certain subject, but that does not mean his attention wasn’t totally focused on something else.

Some neurologists believe ADD is a sham. Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D., a Chief of Neurology (Board Certified) Fellow, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology said, “In numbers unmatched in any part of the world, U.S. school children are diagnosed and drugged in a quid pro quo association between education and for-profit psychiatry and psychology. Labeled ‘brain-diseased’, the schools have an excuse for the rampant illiteracy and unpreparedness, cause enough for the mounting unhappiness and failure of the children, while psychiatry/psychology gains lifetime patients….. Parents, wake up! Do you really believe that your child, seemingly normal until eight (the average age of diagnosis) has a ‘brain disease’ due to a ‘chemical imbalance of the brain’, diagnosed by a teacher? I don't think so. .... As a child neurologist for 35 years, I have authored original descriptions of real diseases characterized by objective abnormalities. Witnessing the burgeoning numbers of school children said to have A.D.D. and made to take brain-altering drugs, I have found I can validate none of it.”

Over 7 million little “square peg” children line up every morning to swallow down powerful drugs. ADD and ADHD would be better labeled PDD, Parental Deficit Disorder.

Answer 2

Don't worry, you're not stupid or lazy. Go talk to a school psychologist or counselor, and they'll be able to help you. They might be able to run some tests and talk to your parents about it if needed.

For the record, I know a few people with a Ph.D. who have ADHD. It can make getting things done kind of difficult, but it just requires some different techniques to work through.

Answer 3

The problem is not with you, but rather with your intolerant teachers and others.

There is no such thing as ADHD, and this is a myth for those not wanting to admit that they're wrong for their pressuring you to learn and perform like a trained seal, according to the program that the zoomaster wrote out for you to follow.

Nevertheless, try to bear it and do the best you can. Schools are like prisons and adults are wrong.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Mt step-son has this and my husband found that caffine actually has the opposite effect on people with ADHD. It helps calm them down and helps them concentrate. You can try talking to your Guidance Counselor at school and maybe they can get the appropriate testing for you.

Answer 6

adhd comes in many different forms. some people can not pay attention, some people spell things backwards and say numbers backwards, this is something you have to find your own way to deal with this because there are no medicines to really correct this. lack of attention is the most common factor of this. hope this helps you some with this

Answer 7

hey if you had addhd you would know it and so would your parents. first of all you would be tearing the house down and dirupitng the class with the noises you make and al the unruley things they do. as for sticking with the subject i bet you think of al those electronic games you got at home and the phone you gonna get on when you get home. if you are addhd you will be very hiper and no one can tolerate your behavior without your meds.