does ADD exist?

Question

i got dignosed with ADD when i was 7 but all i ever saw it was was an excuse because i didnt want to do work dos it really exist

Answer 1

Yes, it really does exist. There is a special class for people with ADD at my school and some of them are really normal and some of them need adult supervision. It all depends on how much you fight it. For example, people born mentally retarded can have amazing IQ's because their parents didn't hold their hand everyday. Just fight it, and do your work because you want to.

Answer 2

It does exist, but it's over diagnosed. My 9 year old daughter is ADHD, but fortunately good in school. She's only had a couple friends in her life, but for no more than 1 month. She is very impulsive and does what she wants regardless of consequences. After telling my 2 year old "no" 5 times repeatedly, she'll go ahead and do it without thinking. It's frustrating! Especially because she's the role model for her 2 younger brothers. If you don't think you have/had it you probably don't. Many people grow out of it too sometime through puberty. How old are you now?

Answer 3

"ADD". Just to be sure, its the Attention Deficit Disorder or something, right?

On the TV and in the papers/magazine recently, they recommended "EyeQ", some kind of fish oil supplement that is supposed to replace whatever it is that is missing from the brain and causing ADD. Some little boy was giving his mother/school major grief until she started giving him the capsules. He's supposed to be a different person now.

I've seen it for sale in Superdrug. Costs about £5 or something.

Answer 4

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes referred to as ADD) is thought to be a neurological disorder, always present from childhood, which manifests itself with symptoms such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, poor impulse control, and distractibility.[1] In neurological pathology, ADHD is currently considered to be a chronic syndrome for which no medical cure is available. ADHD is believed to affect between 3-5% of the United States population, including both children and adults.[2]

Much controversy surrounds the diagnosis of ADHD, such as whether or not the diagnosis denotes a disability in its traditional sense, or simply describes the neurological property of an individual. There is also a sizable minority of clinicians who believe that the condition is not biological, but psychological in origin. Those who believe that ADHD is a traditional disability or disorder often debate over how it should be treated, if at all. According to a majority of medical research in the United States, as well as other countries, ADHD is today generally regarded to be a non-curable neurological disorder for which, however, a wide range of effective treatments are available. Methods of treatment usually involve some combination of medication, psychotherapy, and other techniques. Some patients are able to control their symptoms over time, without the use of medication. Other individuals who meet the diagnostic criteria of ADHD do not consider themselves to be handicapped by the disorder and therefore may remain undiagnosed or, after a positive diagnosis, untreated.

ADHD is most commonly diagnosed in children and, over the past decade, has been increasingly diagnosed in adults. It is believed that around 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD retain the disorder as adults.

Answer 5

Yes it does exist. My partener was diagnosed with Atttention Deficit Disorder when he was a child, he would have these uncontrollable bursts of hyperactivity, he had to take some sort of pills for it. He would be so short-tempered and if anyone tried to make fun of him, he would punch them in the face and break their nose without even thinking first. He's 20 years old now and he's fine, you wouldn't notice he had it. He's grew out of it.

Answer 6

I believe it does exist, but it's not as common as the doctors and teachers think it is. I mostly think it just gives a reason for kids not to learn self control. I think most of the time the child that's diagnosed and put on meds don't need them at all. They just need to be taught how to control their self and not be lazy. My nephew has been on meds for this and you can't even tell a difference in him. My stepson was also on them without any change in him.

Answer 7

Yes however most doctors diagnose people with ADHD more now than just saying that they have ADD.

Answer 8

It does to some and it doesnt to some. ADD to me, i guess it exists. But i also think you can control some of it.

Answer 9

yes it is Attention Deficit Disorder.
and there is adhd which is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
the latter is the worse of the two

Answer 10

well i work with students who have adhd, and i do think that in some yes it does exist