Lately Everyone I Meet has ADD | ADHD Information
I found somewhere it is now in 20% of the population now. This is the diagnosed cases. I also got adults are being dx with ASD also.
I think maybe the reason it seems that everyone is being diagnosed is because for such a long time it was thought only to affect children, and also that children would out grow it. Now we are seeing very different. Another idea too is that in the past the symptoms may not have been that obvious. In todays world where so much is expected of children at such and early age things are caught sooner, there is less active/outside time, and the environment it so stimulating it's almost a wonder that everyone isn't hyper and or distracted. I know that if we lived in a world where my daughter could be outside 90% of the time (ie. a farm) and there wasn't the academic preasure of standardized tests and college and all that fun stuff, she more than likely wouldn't be on meds at all. Some of the most famous inventors and artists in the world were thought to have ADHD. Perhaps it wasn't such a horrible thing for them because they didn't have to work in a cubicle, or try to fit in to what schools and work decided was normal.
yep,,, I got it!
I think, for a while, it became cool because people thought it made them like Einstein ... or that they were just suited for the fun stuff and that other people "enjoyed" doing the boring stuff
Reading the partner thread, it seems that most nonadd people really don't like doing the boring stuff either - they just have more ability to get it done than we do.
This disorder seems different from many others in that, there are so many books and articles about the "advantage" of it. There are also articles implying that other people's natural state is to accommodate us. I guess - who wouldn't want the disorder if you didn't really have to cope with the discomfort it can cause - especially when untreated.
I don't see those kinds of books for other disorders - I see articles on better understanding other disorders and how to cope, etc. I wonder why add is different.
my take on this ADD-mania, its BS!!
if you truely are ADD you ve always known something was different about you. im afraid it is getting trendy/cool.
if u ask me there is nothing cool about real ADD, im sure u guys agree who have siffered the obstacles & aftermath...
peace in dah east 5000 son on the real, believe dat 1
If those of us diagnosed with add truly do reflect 20% of the population, and as more and more are being diagnosed every year - perhaps we are really 50% of the population or more.
seeker63
I agree, It took me a while researching and talking to some of you hear to help me to even begin to consider i have ADD, i mean what if i dont? (I was just diagnosed about a month ago) what if i have just made some bad decisions and my life sucks because of that? Maybe i am just "lazy"minded and have no motivation, becasue...i am lazy? and not very smart? I know that the sympotoms the doc told me, and that i have read about are what i have had my entire life and the docs used to say i was depressed, well hell yeh i was depressed, but i am beginning to think i was depressed cuz my life was a mess becasue i had ADD, anyway, i agree, who knows, just thoguth i woudl add to this
chris r
I agree cause at one time all foods were organic produced. Jiffy donna your right. Schools were also more hands on also. You also did the stuff til everyone got it. If education would return to what is truely developmentally age wise. I think school would be easier for a lot of kids. Some materials are designed for the gifted kids really. I say who ever changed no's nothing about Human development. Just my thought. Rn[QUOTE=bepatient][QUOTE=LosTinSeattLe]yea im noticing that ALOT of people have it. not alot, but alot more than what people think. more and more im thinking this shouldt be called a disorder. i think one day this might become a type pf person that is recognizd. if its hereditary then its bound to be...[/QUOTE]
Maybe we are the higher order evolved from the typical humans..perhaps the "normals" are becoming extinct.
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The more I think about that, the more it dosen't sound so far fetched.
I eat raw fish.
I eat red meat.
I eat fast foods.
I eat slow foods.
I eat white meat.
I eat nuked foods.
I eat hormone foods.
I eat processed foods.
I eat processed bread.
I eat chocolate ice cream
Know what the problem is?
Life sucks.
Then it kicks you.
Then it kicks you again.
Harder.
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Just FYI..I don't eat artificially colored food, and I avoid preservatives; have for years. I mostly buy organic fruits and vegies. (including meat) and hormone free milk.
Maybe it was all the Kool-aid Mom gave me 
Awesome! Well there goes my theory, lol. I would sooooo love to eat like that! Old habits die hard, though.
Just FYI..I don't eat artificially colored food, and I avoid preservatives; have for years. I mostly buy organic fruits and vegies. (including meat) and hormone free milk.
Maybe it was all the Kool-aid Mom gave me
or it could be all the CRAP food we consume...food dyes, preservatives, nitrates, unknown allergens, heck even most veggies are coated in a nice cocktail of chemicals. If elimination diets relieve symptoms, that's enough proof IMO that it's an input/output problem. I, however, cannot afford, nor do I have the time to eat the way we were intended to eat. It's much easier to swallow a pil.
[QUOTE=LosTinSeattLe]yea im noticing that ALOT of people have it. not alot, but alot more than what people think. more and more im thinking this shouldt be called a disorder. i think one day this might become a type pf person that is recognizd. if its hereditary then its bound to be...[/QUOTE]
Maybe we are the higher order evolved from the typical humans..perhaps the "normals" are becoming extinct.
bepatient38707.8518518519[QUOTE=bepatient]Maybe we are the higher order evolved from the typical humans..perhaps the "normals" are becoming extinct.
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HAHAHAHAHA
couldnt have said it better myself. i think that thought has crossed my brain at one point. yes im sure it has. but it jumped in and flew out so fast it just sounded like: "fsaorenmwrtbasid eggs and pencils."
[QUOTE=seeker63]it's interesting to me that 'all of a sudden' there are all these people with add just getting diagnosed.
are all these ppl. add? or are they just suffering from the side effects of our modern lifestyle?
you're got a really good point. everyone drinks coffee so they can get through their day.but what happens when the boss demands 20 extra hours of overtime to get the project done in time? some people know how well these stim's work and think it could help them too i guess. i've heard of college kids eating adderall for breakfast lunch and dinner, which is why i felt nervous going to the doc, i didnt want him to think i was making some crap up.
from another point of view- isn't it funny how sometimes all of a sudden, ppl. come into your life at just the time you're becoming aware of, or interested in something they are connected to?
i noticed that too.i think its like..once im aware of anything, i see it everywhere. because since i have the knowledge, i acknowledge it. does that make sense? once i got in a car accident and wanted to go to a chiroprac. for the next couple months, it seemed that every road i drove on, there were at least 2 chiro, offices i passed by.
[/QUOTE]it's interesting to me that 'all of a sudden' there are all these people with add just getting diagnosed.
after all, here in the u.s., the pharm cos. have been advertising like crazy, the news shows have had little stories about it, as well as magazines.
are all these ppl. add? or are they just suffering from the side effects of our modern lifestyle?
esp. in the u.s., there seems to be all this pressure to increase consumerism. everything gets busted up into 'sound bites', and all the ads and programming are designed to get our mind going this way and that, to keep us from thinking things through, and to increase our impulsive habits.
'buy this', 'take this pill', 'choose this candidate', 'you're hungry- go buy this 2000 calorie lunch', and before the 30 seconds are up, next topic. don't think- BUY, BUY, BUY!
even if you don't watch television, advertising, and the constant pressure to do,do,do, and buy, buy, buy, is everywhere.
it is now clear to me why the diagnosis for adults has the caveat of having had the symptoms since at least age 7.
i think i can safely say these symptoms, or characteristics, have been wreaking havoc on me as long as i can remember. there is almost no 'i used to have it together' in my life. i just never have.
from another point of view- isn't it funny how sometimes all of a sudden, ppl. come into your life at just the time you're becoming aware of, or interested in something they are connected to?
I was diagnosed with ADD more than a decade ago. Over the years, I've met some people who have also been diagnosed. It seems like a lot of people go through a phase of talking a lot about it, then hiding it, then just trying to live with it on a daily basis, etc.
However, lately almost everyone I meet is in that first stage. They have recently learned that they have ADD and they're talking about it, etc. I think they'd be shocked if I told them that I have it and have been prescribed stimulants for years.
It's almost comforting to know how many of us are like this.
Sadly, it is comforting to know you're not alone. Misery loves company, right?? :)
Maybe it's misery loves company. For some reason, it's just nice to know that the person next door is also experiencing some of the things ... not in a bad way really, just in a common ground kind of way.
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