What happens to kids who have ADD and become adults?

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  • BJ
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    • Mar 2002
    • 5590

    #1

    What happens to kids who have ADD and become adults?

    Do they continue to take Ritalin, Adderal, etc..... or do the meds stop???? Could be a dumb question but I really never heard of adults on Ritalin.

    Help me out here
  • mrthumbs
    salad tossing sig guy
    • Apr 2002
    • 11702

    #2
    Do a search for "Ampute your head"

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    • Cyrano
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      • Apr 2006
      • 930

      #3
      More often than not, children with ADD/ADHD outgrow the disorder by adulthood, although it can persist.

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      • pr0
        rockin tha trailerpark
        • May 2001
        • 23088

        #4
        Originally posted by Cyrano
        More often than not, children with ADD/ADHD outgrow the disorder by adulthood, although it can persist.
        you don't "outgrow" it, you learn work around it
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        • mrthumbs
          salad tossing sig guy
          • Apr 2002
          • 11702

          #5
          oh and btw.. ADD is a myth

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          • pr0
            rockin tha trailerpark
            • May 2001
            • 23088

            #6
            Originally posted by mrthumbs
            oh and btw.. ADD is a myth
            yea....tell that to the kids who went from a 1.2 gpa to a 4+ in a month when properly medicated

            adhd is a myth....add is not
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            • Cyrano
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              • Apr 2006
              • 930

              #7
              Originally posted by pr0
              you don't "outgrow" it, you learn work around it
              Are you sure? I thought the intensity of the disorder progressively faded away in most cases.

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              • chadglni
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                • Dec 2002
                • 6924

                #8
                They become webmasters.

                Seriously.


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                • BJ
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 5590

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mrthumbs
                  oh and btw.. ADD is a myth
                  I agree. There is nothing wrong with focus.

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                  • chadglni
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                    • Dec 2002
                    • 6924

                    #10
                    Originally posted by pr0
                    yea....tell that to the kids who went from a 1.2 gpa to a 4+ in a month when properly medicated

                    adhd is a myth....add is not
                    I have it and still got good grades in school. I would not want to live without it and would kill my parents if they had put me on ritalin.


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                    • pr0
                      rockin tha trailerpark
                      • May 2001
                      • 23088

                      #11
                      Originally posted by chadglni
                      I have it and still got good grades in school. I would not want to live without it and would kill my parents if they had put me on ritalin.
                      To each his own. It helps some, doesn't others.
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                      • KrisKross
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                        • Jan 2006
                        • 5025

                        #12
                        Originally posted by pr0
                        you don't "outgrow" it, you learn work around it
                        Exactly. You simply learn to adapt to it.

                        Adults can continue to take Ritalin, Adderal, Dexedrine, etc.

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                        • chadglni
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                          • Dec 2002
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by pr0
                          To each his own. It helps some, doesn't others.
                          It's an overdiagnosed, overmedicated, bullshit "disorder". Behaviour modification drugs should only be used in very rare circumstances as they normally fuck people up way more than they were to start out with. The worst part is that I know they are fucked up, other people know they are fucked up, but the person on the drugs really thinks they are "normal". It's sickening.


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                          • pr0
                            rockin tha trailerpark
                            • May 2001
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by chadglni
                            It's an overdiagnosed, overmedicated, bullshit "disorder". Behaviour modification drugs should only be used in very rare circumstances as they normally fuck people up way more than they were to start out with. The worst part is that I know they are fucked up, other people know they are fucked up, but the person on the drugs really thinks they are "normal". It's sickening.
                            If they are "fucked up" their probably abusing it. Properly diagnosed people, taking the correct amount are perfectly fine. (for the most part)
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                            • BJ
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                              • Mar 2002
                              • 5590

                              #15
                              Originally posted by chadglni
                              It's an overdiagnosed, overmedicated, bullshit "disorder". Behaviour modification drugs should only be used in very rare circumstances as they normally fuck people up way more than they were to start out with. The worst part is that I know they are fucked up, other people know they are fucked up, but the person on the drugs really thinks they are "normal". It's sickening.
                              you are focused

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                              • chadglni
                                Confirmed User
                                • Dec 2002
                                • 6924

                                #16
                                Originally posted by PureMeds
                                you are focused
                                Seen a lot of people on a lot of shit and every single last one of them that acts a damn fool because of some drug seriously think they are ok. I define their existence as BLAH. They just go with whatever and think it's ok because their mind is being pounded by chemical substances that don't let them be themselves.


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                                • Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE

                                  #17
                                  what happens to them? well, i just sit here at the computer and look at hot naked girls and get paid, i think its the ADD that did it to me...

                                  Ritalin had a weird side effect on me when i was little, i started to have a slow metabolizm and gain weight without eating, so i stopped taking it and haven't hadit since, just figure ways around my problem, not much can hold my attention, but i found out internet does.

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