Any teens here wit ADHD?? | ADHD Information
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 understand that adults need help but wat bout us teens who could use ppl our age to talk to with our feelings[/QUOTE]
hi there i know how you feel i find every time i ask for help noone knows what to do its as if they are tryin to get rid of me i just need to talk to some one that understands what i go tho in a day i finnaly heard about this site i feel sometimes the world is agaist me[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
hi there i m 18 and most of my life ive tried finding someone that i could talk to about my feelings and problems but intill about two months ok i couldnt find some that understood me i didnt even thing the doctor could help intil i met this person at a party we got talking and i found out that he had ADHD and for the first time in my life i felt understood by some one wot im tryin to say is that talking to someone with the same problems helps it helps alotawwww..... lets talk about FEELINGS.
Hey wwuts up my hyper-fiesty friends... oh look its a pigeon... yay.............
ya im 15.
My email address is ashleynewkirk@yahoo.com..My mother homeschools me and I do need support from other ADHD teens. I just want to know others are dealing with the same problems. I feel I am so different from the sane world. I think that there should be an area where teens can go just to help each other...like how the adults have...but then again thats just my opinion..There was a young lady a couple of months ago that started a site for ADHD kids/teens. I found the post and the link is http://additup.proboards21.com.
I just went there to verify that it still exists. You guys might want to check it out - it looks like it could use some new blood. However, please please don't leave this board. I hope that you are finding at least some support here. I know that I read each and every one of your posts looking for clues on how to help my child. I can't tell you how helpful it is to take a glimpse inside his wonderful brain through your eyes. He is only 11, but he is wonderful and I want to help him reach all of his dreams. Thank you so much for sharing.
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.
yup killerfish, my ADHD boy is superb when I sit with him and go, come on next question. He gets through it. And it gives us some one on one time and I discover so much about him. Alone he wont get through it at all.KillerFish - I've sent a PM to the administrator asking that a Teens Only section be created on this forum. Hopefully - we will see it soon.
Thanks for the advice. Actually, I do try to be in the room with both of my kids while they are doing homework - it seems to help if somebody is easily accessible for questions. Also, my daughter is a good example for my son, and she helps give him tips on staying more organized, plus she motivates him to get finished because she wants him to play basketball with her. Also, I find that if he goes out for a good run before he starts, it's much easier for him - maybe he gets all the wiggly's out, or maybe he really is getting a 'runners high' after his 2 miles, but we have been doing this for the last 3 weeks and last night he actually completed work that wasn't due until Friday, without being told! What a shocker!!
Rae - honey - what are you doing awake at this hour?
that would be great if there was an area just for teens...
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!
ITs not an attitude...its just that I am some feelings towards adults and I feel that there have been some adults that don't understand where I am coming fromLOL
Most people don't understand where I'm coming from. No special room will help that unfortunately.
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 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.comI 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
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 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.
Most parents wouldn't recognise their kids even if they were on the same message board. One because of the incognito names but also cus most teens don't tell there parents how they feel so a parent reading a post would think I wonder if my child feels like that. LOL surprise, surprize mom or dad that was your teen that wrote it.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 understand that adults need help but wat bout us teens who could use ppl our age to talk to with our feelings
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
miace i also took myself off of the meds and never felt better there is another post abut being adhd (in theory) is like a step up in the evolutinal chnage u dont have to believe it i dont entirly but it is a posiblility and then again everyone with adhd would and sometimes is labeled as a freak i know a couple off kids when i was in elementry school started call me names and sh*t cus i was adhd but i just took it and used positive reinforcement
(tell them ok its fine and all that stuff) finaly they stopped cus it didnt hurt me then about a week later i got in a fight and got the **** kicked out of me lol
but i didnt care they got in trouble and now i can kick there *ss's and they dont try to fight or pick on me any more (a solution to some bully's that pick on you is just to say ok i have adhd and i am alright with that) (edited from anuther post on anuther thin ' now i have enuf energy to kick ther *ss for a couple hours help them back up then kick there *ss again)soulknight38330.3996296296i got picked on too soulknight but i cud never fight back..i was too fragile and weak....i'm a good verbal fighter though...i know what to say and where it hurts...good skill i have...i'm a very perceptive person i know what to say that hurts.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
LOL Y'all
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)
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
Good post. I'm 21 too so like kristen I hope I'm not stepping any lines here. It really depends I think on what the personal issues are... I think sometimes parents and children need advice from eachother! Maybe its just me. My biggest issue is having ADHD (capital H!) and going to school to become a psychologist. I feel I have something that I can help others with.... I personally think it would be great to see a doctor that can see such a think from my perspective. Not like jumping off walls, but... oh crap. I went way off topic here. Sorry. Anyway here's my email adress if anyone needs to talk. Or just plain go off TOPIC.darkotic@seductive.com
omg try that with god locing religious teacher. now that is hilarious. wats ya mean?Thats nothing to be ashamed about...i hate being on meds too. dispite the fact that i dont have friends and am failing my maths class...
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
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
atm i'm try to explain to my dad what ADD is and why i take med to help me get better grades in collage and get my course work in on time but he don't really understand it so tiss pretty hard would be nice if i could talk to fellow ppl my age about this and get some help with how aobut teaching my dad how it works
i got adhd and i av 2 take tablets i fight wid me mum n swear at da teachas and stuff lyk dat! I av 2 av a special teacha cum in me leson wid me so i dont get in trubl Ne 1 else lyk me ?? Luv Jayde xxxx88 lbs?? wow. how much did u weigh before?
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
I hope one day that I can finally get off the meds, I am sick and tired of not being able to eat.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
Im on vacation so i dont really get up early enough to take my medication, im taking concerta, i hate it, I also get a little agravated easier, and a lot of my friends said i acted weird on the few days i tried it, also the stuff i normally like doing, i cant do anymore, because it feels so boring, does anyone else have any experiences with this?LancerAlpha38407.6482060185well try to cut back on other sorts of drugs including caffeine. that just aggravates it a lot..drink a lot of water and eat lot of fibre..that helps great! it takes some time to get used to conecerta..just give it time..you kinda have to detox your body...so drink loads a water and eat plenty of fibre and then take your concerta and it feels great!When I was concerta + Aderoll at the same time, I started improving at school work but I was really really depressed and everyone says they felt like they were “walking on eggshells” around me. Also that I was angry and sad and took every little thing personally and got emotional over it. Now that im off the combonation im not doing so good in school. . . and I still don’t have friends. They all left me when I became edgy from the meds. Bleh. Anyone here in Maryland? Lmao I’m pathetic. Also, even though I was angry and sad and felt kind of internally weak, I didn’t do anything about it. I spent every night in my room or with my parents. Even though I sulked, moped around, has SI problems, I knew I wanted friends, but I couldn’t bring myself to do anything. I always felt rejected. Id sit crying in my room because I had literally nobody in my life anymore, but I was still my introverted self. It just so happens that my friends turned bitchy on me….honestly. They’d like “forget” about plans we made and then call me up from where ever they happened to be and ask me why I was spending Saturday night at home…*sigh* But still I had one or two friends that weren’t bitchy but simply turned off by my new mood. I think after my mom told me how I was, it hit me. I knew I was depressed and nothing seemed like it ever went right, but I wasn’t really aware that I was getting agitated with people I loved and became moody and such. Im not like that anymore. Some days are happy and some are depressing, but I don’t have that angry sour edge to me. For some reason Im still not social and I want to be. I just cant bring myself to go out of my way and beg for a friendship that isn’t mutual. That’s isn’t real. I always thought ADHD meant that you’d always be really loud and happy and energetic, but surprisingly enough I’m usually the person sitting alone outside during lunch break instead of with friends inside. Well ok im going off on tangents, but if I were you I would look into alternative medication because you don’t want to end up turning people away(im trying to say this in a nice way but I cant quite figure out how that can be done. I am speaking from my past two years experience with mood change) because people are shallow and wont take you back and be understanding. Well no one was with me at least. Medications annoy me. I hate how either my happiness or my grades are at jeopardy. In addition, I get so many side affects, both the good ones and the bad. I did good in school, lost weight was depressed and angry on concerta and aderoll together, with stretera I couldn’t sleep and it didn’t do much in school at all. With wellbutrin I had multiple never-ending yawning episodes. Yes the school nurse thinks im psychotic. Maybe shes right. But seriously I couldn’t breathe becos Id yawn every 3 seconds. I had to go get some thing to calm me down. It made me fall asleep for hours and hours on end. The school nurse really does think im crazy because I developed pretty bad raynouds, because my skin is really thin and im very sensitive to the cold. I come in to the nurse every now and then telling her how I cant feel my feet and she thinks im very sick because when im super cold (and im always cold so when its really cold out im majorly cold)my skin has a blue cast and my hands are paper white. I’m like a monster. Its no wonder why I have no friends…im a chameleon lmao. Ok. I’ve gone on enough. Well, point is, email me if you need to chat or message me on msn Inferno5@msn.com. Take care, and I definitely can relate.
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.....
crazymusician38420.7003356482I haven't used any meds. One of my friends says its the same thing astaking coke. Another says it makes you into a zombie. However neither
of these people have ADHD. The guy who diagnosed me recommends
ritalin to start and maybe strattera. I don't know if i should or not.Its difficult for some to talk about it because it has caused emotional damage and its hard. I have ADHD and when I was talking to my friend about my past school problems, I broke down crying because it was hard. But it feels good to finally get it out. A good way for people with AD/HD to talk about it is join communities because others like them will understand and know how to help or read books about it. I dunno.