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Its not a matter of reaching full potential, or even condeming them to alife of struggle, its a matter of knowing how to help the kid deal with
adhd, and knowing how to help them.
If my dad hadnt spent so many hours telling me that I need to be more
respectfull in class and pay attenetion, and just talked with me about my
school work he would have realized that I understood the material, I just
couldnt focus in class. A kid w/ adhd needs to be stimulated by talking
out the problem or assignment with someone who understands the topic.
If they are given a chance to talk it out I think it is easier to just sit and
learn afterward.
If my kid someday is adhd, I will be talking to the teacher on a regular
basis finding out what material is being taught and allow my son to
discuss it with me. I dont blame my parents, they had no idea what was
going on, but I am going to make damn sure my kid is successfull in life,
and confident in himself. 2 things I struggle with every day.
I am at work right now (got here at 4:22 AM). I don't start til 7:30 AM but I just couldn't sleep. I just got my prescription of adderall filled and they replaced my generic brand with another generic brand (I went from these blue pills to slightly larger orange pills). My dosage hasn't changed at all just seems like the manufacturer did. Has anyone else had issues when the medication brand changed?
And yet another topic about the gifted and ADD/ADHD. After one of the recent topics about the gifted and ADHD, I went and took an online IQ test just to see what my score was now compared to 7 years ago. I scored about the same and wanted to see what exactly the rating levels were. I stumbled on to the Mensa webpage then searched for ADHD on it. I found:
http://www.borntoexplore.org/gifted.htm
Makes me wonder if I have ADHD at all now... What do you guys think?
[QUOTE=Coldsun]Makes me wonder if I have ADHD at all now... What do you guys think?
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I think that's a complete load of crap.
Last time my IQ was checked I scored 137 - so according to that site I'm 'gifted' and probably don't have ADD. Yet I can't read a paragraph of text without getting lost - whatever the environment; I can't get started, finish anything even if I manage to start ... all the problems we all know and loathe.
All this sort of rubbish will achieve is to persuade parents of intelligent ADHD kids that their kids are 'gifted', and so encourage them to withhold the treatment that will allow the kid to reach his potential, and instead condemn the poor kid to a life of struggle.
Makes me so angry
Mark Goode38404.2575694444Alright, that makes me feel better.[QUOTE=eicholtz]Its not a matter of reaching full potential, or even condeming them to a
life of struggle, its a matter of knowing how to help the kid deal with
adhd, and knowing how to help them.
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Which was precisely my point. When some ADHD-denying website says "if your child is this intelligent, then he doesn't have ADHD" - what effect are you going to have by depriving him of effective treatment and giving him snake-oil* instead?
*Metaphorical snake-oil, for those prone to nit-picking 
To be honest, I was a little offended.
In no way, shape or form do I believe ADD is a "defect". I believe anybody with true ADD is gifted to a point, no matter what your IQ score. We think differently, and like everything, this has both advantages and disadvantages. Their classification of "gifted" I believe is baloney. Most ADD experts agree that the term "ADD" is a misnomer anyway, though it has come a long way from "minimal brain dysfunction" or whatever it is they called it before.
For the record, my IQ has been tested at 129 - one point off their definition of "gifted".
OK, stepping off my soapbox now.
I agree, I was a little offended too. I was also looking at all the symptoms they listed and those are my exact symptoms. The reason i bought it up is because I am "That Gifted". I have tested multiple times in school between the 140's and the high 160's. At least a professional thinks i am severely ADHD so that makes me feel a bit better with all of your reassurances.Quote from the article:
underachievinganger and frustration high energy, intensity, fidgeting, impulsivityindividualistic, nonconforming, stubborndisorganization, sloppy, poor handwriting forgetful, absentminded, daydreamsemotional, moodylow interest in details I have ALL of these symptoms too. I did well in school, but could be considered "underachieving" because I didn't really complete university (I dropped to a 3-year BA so I wouldn't have to go through with the 4th year), and I now work in a meaningless job that has nothing to do with my education. I often feel unmotivated to do anything about it because I feel what's the point? I guess many folks would consider that as much "underachieving" as a child who fails all of his subjects, depending on the observer.
I am technically not "that gifted", but I certainly feel I am smarter than the average Joe. And an IQ of 129 does fit into the top 2-3% range for the general population.
I agree that it does. IQ is just potential and I do not put much stock into it because almost no one lives up to their potential. What I meant though is that I had high energy as a kid (played sports) but was never hyper active, pretty much paralleling the list. That list is my symptoms, nothing more nothing less. But that list describes alot of people with ADHD, it just initially made me fear a false diagnosis. Thanks to you guys, I can see that the site is non-sense.IQ is fairly meaningless, I wouldn't take whatever score you got too harshly.
All IQ tests ever did for me was increase the amount of dissonance I felt in not having marks that matched the expectations.
Given that I have adpated and developed numerous coping strategies to deal with ADD... I have decided I am not just smart, I am a friggin genius (forget stopping half way at gifted...go right to the top). Looking forward to a measure of Spearmans G that actually measures creative adaptation LOL
There is actually an organisation that I belong to called DENSA. Much more fun than the egoistical mensa crowd!