Like if someone is hyper people are always like "omg do you have ADD?
Maybe someone is just hyper. And just because someone isn't good at school doesn't mean they have adhd...
Do THAT many people really have adhd? is add/adhd mistaken a lot?
2007-11-06 12:11:06 · 10 answers · asked by Zachary 4 in Health ➔ Mental Health
yes, i know its real....thats not what im asking
2007-11-06 12:27:41 · update #1
ya, add is mistaken 75% of the time. My aunt thinks my cousin has ADD because he wont read books in school. Um.. maybe he just doesn't like reading? So now they're gonna screw him up on all these meds he probly doesnt need.
I do have one friend who DEFINATELY has ADHD tho... she's seriously off the wall, all the time, and she can not sleep. She wont shut up and she laughs at pretty much everything.
2007-11-06 12:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's over diagnosed. Sometimes parents would rather have a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD and give their child a medication than take the time and energy to deal with a kid who has issues and needs a lot of time and consistency.
I do think that quite a few people have it, kids and adults. I know medication can be helpful for those it helps. Makes life a lot better and helps the person to be more successful.
Sometimes I think it's easier to put a label on something than to spend a lot of time and energy to figure out what is really going.
2007-11-06 12:40:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only ADHD has anything to do with hyperactivity. I had a very bad case of ADD growing up. I could learn anything because I had the concentration span of a goldfish. Turn on my favorite tv show on tv and i'd be born within 10 minutes. I was put on ritalin and things changed very quickly. Now I teach some 10 and 11 year olds and half of them have ADHD. It is noticibly different when they are on medicine or not, and I know if they're on it because they're patches that they wear on their arms. What I'm saying is yes, ADD/ADHD is real and very common.
2007-11-06 12:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by runofthemill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the friends i have that are SUPER HYPER really are add/adhd. ha one of thems medicine wares off at 5:30 so every time you see him after 5:30 he is just bouncin off the walls freakin out ha, and my best friend is just insane, no add/adhd ther! ha shes just well.. crazy ha. i guess people think that is cause add/adhd is an actual thing. people think i am add all the time cause im super hyper like 24/7 heh and so like i geuss its just easier to come to a conclusion is just that someones add/adhd
2007-11-06 12:24:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of you have upload,and your defiantly procrastinator. lol i could relate to varied the flaws you typed! If i'm listening to a sturdy track, lots of the i'm going to start the track, and then it somewhat is going to likely be over and all be like "did I basically zone out that entire track!?" i can't ever study e book the two because of the fact i'm going to be reading and then i'm going to start to think of of different issues a ignore with reference to the e book! real now I could be reading "the super Gatsby" yet once I study I start to in basic terms verify out the words, yet not study it!
2016-09-28 11:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by lindholm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ugh ask my mom... the whole thing is really annoying, the kids who actually do have it are getting grouped in with kids who are just energetic.
Kids are supposed to be hyper!
2007-11-06 12:22:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people just like to joke around about serious matters.
Assholes.
2007-11-07 07:30:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a real diagnosis, but I suspect it is over diagnosed. Even psychiatrists will admit that.
2007-11-06 12:20:24 · answer #8 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait another 20 years. If you think it is bad now, just wait. I'm serious.
2007-11-06 12:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by WhydoIdothis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's easier than parenting.
2007-11-06 12:16:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋