Any teens here wit ADHD??

I understand how you feel Neldy. I have ADHD (I'm extremely hyper and inattentive) and had no one to talk to when I was a teen. Even as an adult (I'm 27 now) I hardly ever find other adults that are struggling with the disorder. Most adults I've met on message boards or in chat rooms either have children that suffer and don't have the disorder themselves or have ADHD but have only a mild case that doesn't interfere to much with there daily life. Of course there are some adults out there that are like me and there are teens out there like you. They are just harder to find. You might be able to meet other teens through some of the parents on this board that have children your age. I've seen many people write about their teenage son or daughter. Maybe if you contact some of them they will see if their kids are interested in talking with you. Most likely they wish they had a peer to talk too about this too so you might find a group you can share with.

Good luck

Whats with this Teens only thing?  Does that mean the teens won't be allowed to post in the adults section also.  I doubt that!.

Parents learn a lot from talking to the teens and it surprises me that you all have this attitude.

It has worked fine until recently - so whats going on?

Personally I think this attitude stinks - but WHATEVER!

Krobb, i find it really helpful when my mum or dad sits with me when im doing my homeowrk. They dont necessarily help me but to just sit with me and to keep me on track is unbelieveably helpful. He might feel as if your treating him liek a baby by doing this but i am nearly 16 and it helps me so much!!!! if he complains its too hard let him have a 10 minute break, but make sure he knows he has to come back afterwards to finish.

I dont know whether I want to go to the other board, because its just somethign else for me to forget; another password/username/webadress

It would be good if we could have like ADHD teens seperate board on this site like the adults have.

LOL

Most people don't understand where I'm coming from. No special room will help that unfortunately.

I wish I was still on that aderoll...it made me drop to 88lbs :)

that was nice.

still, med free is prolly the best way to be...ive just been switched to wellbutrin which is for ADHD and depression...I had some awfully bizzare symptoms...

mainly uncontrollable yawning for an hour or so...I couldnt talk breathe drink ect. becuase i was involuntarily yawning every 3 seconds. it was horrible...and everyone made fun of me in school

but im on a lower dosage now and im seeming okie dokie

I weighed about 106 give or take a pound or two. Aderoll+Running everyday…the Aderoll not only decreased my appetite, but made me much less lazy than I am now lmao  

Me!

I've been a member of a drug study for two years now, and it's helped me so much. Now that I'm older, I've decided to learn more about ADHD.....

Hi...im a newbie

I've been diagnosed with add for a long time but now they say its adhd...so i dont quite know what ive got.

anyhow my names Stephie, I am 15...and yea thats bout it

Guys, I understand that ya'll need a place to go and talk, but really, we learn so much from ya'll! How can we be  effective if we don't know how ya'll really feel and what ya'll are going through. I've learned so much through ya'll and I know this might sound weird, but I've kinda grown to really care about you. If you do decide to branch off, don't leave us hanging.... come back and share your stories. Please Please please 

(  sorry about all the "ya'll's", I'm from the south)

Sorry to say this but i have decided to try meds again for a while my grades sociall life and anything and everything else is going to sh*t and i need to see if i can have help dealing with it im sure my mom will be extatic to have me back on meds but i dont relly whant to but it is my last choice

I'm 21 so kind of on the cusp of teen/ adult. My email is ROCKSTATIC@hotmail.com if you ever need to chat.

Kristen

i'm a 19 year old with adhd and i find it impossible to find people like myself to relate to. they could share the same feeling and emotions as i would understand a lot and i'd find this person and i would sorta click. otherwise i'll always b alone and sad

I find normal people too boring for attention span. if i find them boring i will just lave them in the shoppin centre and just get the bus home without them

nice ea? but it's just that i find normal people make sh*t out of me so i dont' really bother being that nice to them. maybe it's part of my character but i'd love to meet someone like me. we'd have a great time 2gether.

I'm 19 with ADHD....bu tI can't say that I leave people in shopping centers if I am not having fun with them!! Yeah, "normal" people can be kinda boring...especially when they just sit around and don't want to do anything!! I can't handle that!....But I am always out with people havin fun. It's just a matter of finding people who you get along with. Good luck!       

I think that a teen with parents on this board would not feel free to say things unless there was a teens-only board. They would know their parents would read it. I think it's great that there are adults to talk with these teens but having a teens-only site would not keep the teens from coming to the adult sites to talk to us. My grandaughter isn't a teen yet and I find that the teens on here have advise and insites I can really use to help her now. I really listen to them. They help younger children without even knowing it. But I also believe that teens should have a site that their parents won't read.

What if a kid wanted to describe a specific problem, i.e. the teacher told my parents such-and-such today or I have a certain book report...the parents will recognize them. What if a parent says a certain thing to the kid and the kid wants to know if other parents say the same thing. I'd recognize my kids by their writing style after ten years of helping with their homework. But maybe this is a decision for the kids themselves. They need to know that they do help us with our younger kids and maybe that would make them think twice about wanting a seperate board. My 9 year old already thanks several of them. And so do I since it helps me stay patient with her.

I dont mean it shud be teens only, but I think that it would be cool if teens could have a section to discuss things like school and college and how to cope and stuff. A lot of teens are newly diagnosed and it would be good to discuss this too.

I dont know because Im not an adult yet, and Im not saying ADD s easier to cope with as an adult, but i think it could be a different experience for teens cos theres hormones and pressure to comform with everyone else, and teachers who dont understand, and parents, and being told what to do by eveyone and how to cope with exams, and having to sit and concentrate through compulsory lessons that you dont like, and also things like, interests and teenage problems that we have to go through as well as ADD. All stuff that is hard to deal with, but doesnt seem right to post on the adult board or the childrens board.

I sometimes post on the adult board because i can relate to some of the things on there. But it would be cool to have a board dedicated to  coping with being a teenager with ADD. Adults could still post there because it would help us, and  they can get advice there too on how to help their teenager with ADD.

Theres no attitude, honest! its just an idea, so that ADD teenagers can share their feelings with the people who are most like themselves. Other ADD teenagers.

I agree with u there killerfish....:)

I think that the teen board is not a bad idea.....although by having it all one big board, it does allow for more "advice" to be given and taken. I think that having the teens read the adults' posts, they can gain insight to other peoples' perspectives....perhaps they're even similar to what their parents and teachers believe/feel. I also think that by integrating teens and adults, it keeps the topic more interesting and broad. I think that if adults are "banned" from a teens only section, they could be losing a lot of valuable insight. Especially if they have children that are coming upon their teenage years. I'm sure that by reading posts from different teens, they learn different ideas about what they should/should not do. On the other hand, I do understand that the teens want a place where people can relate in the here-and-now sense.

Okay, I had my cranky fit, maybe I just dont like change either.

But power to you if that is what you younguns feel like ya need.  But I will miss you all that is all

hi, im very new to this board. i am 17 and have been diagnosed with adhd.

i always seem 2 need sum1 2 tlk 2 but no1 eva seems 2 no how 2 help.

does ne1 no where i can tlk 2 sum1?

does n e 1 if i can get sugar coated ritalin. cuz i take ritalin but i tend to choke on them and i hate having to swollow them cuz i dnt like the taste.

If you do, what do they look like and what are they called?

please reply soon,

love vicki

well when i was younger i done a lot of things i didn't realize doin like. one day my cousin who was few years older then me, took out a library book and i waited to see where she put it......when there was no one lookin i climbed and got it and ripped it up and threw it out on to the street. don't know why i done it. then i rang the emergency services on their phone and just hung up.

i didn't mean to get myself into so much trouble lol.

[QUOTE=Neldy]I pefer to have friends that are ADHD...and chances of me having ADHD friends are very slim so that is why I turn to the net....lol.....to meet ppl who also have ADHD and how they deal with their feelings...I am 17 with ADHD since I was young....if u want to chat on MSN email me at angel_all_star_baseball_gurl@hotmail.com[/QUOTE] you learn to deal with your feelings as you get older im 18 and bin diagnosed adhd  sinc3e i was 9 they first but me on ritilin but i was to zombified so i took myself of them i learn to control the feelings instead of letting my fellings out every day i wait til the end of the week walk out in the middle of no where and let loss you have to learn that it is your body and you cant let feelings take control i feel that you cant just talk to a doctor or counsler to help the only people that can help is someone with thje same problem as you and have pulled thro