What happens to kids who have ADD and become adults? - GoFuckYourself.com

BJ · 04-21-2006, 08:29 PM

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 · 04-21-2006, 08:31 PM

Do a search for "Ampute your head"

Cyrano · 04-21-2006, 08:37 PM

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

pr0 · 04-21-2006, 08:38 PM

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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

mrthumbs · 04-21-2006, 08:39 PM

oh and btw.. ADD is a myth

pr0 · 04-21-2006, 08:41 PM

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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

Cyrano · 04-21-2006, 08:43 PM

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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.

chadglni · 04-21-2006, 08:43 PM

They become webmasters.

Seriously.

BJ · 04-21-2006, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

oh and btw.. ADD is a myth

I agree. There is nothing wrong with focus.

chadglni · 04-21-2006, 08:45 PM

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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.

pr0 · 04-21-2006, 08:53 PM

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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.

KrisKross · 04-21-2006, 08:58 PM

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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.

chadglni · 04-21-2006, 08:59 PM

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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.

pr0 · 04-21-2006, 09:03 PM

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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)

BJ · 04-21-2006, 09:05 PM

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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

chadglni · 04-21-2006, 09:14 PM

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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.

04-21-2006, 09:28 PM

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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