ADHD Symptoms & Treatments : How to Deal With a Person With Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

[luckymirixox]

I am 31, have a dual BA in Architectural studies & Psych. I am in grad school and just got diagnosed w ADD. I am not hyper active, over the yrs I learned to manage sme of the symptoms but I always have had problems w concentration.

[mzzrandomnessful]

wow, now i know i have ADD! I gotta go see a doctor!

[mikelmunny]

I have been diagnosed with ADHD,Major Depression,Disthymia,/ocd,/ocp­d,Socail anxiety disorder and addiction.I live in Canada and psychologists are not covered here.Only psychiatrists.Even if there was help it would be a never ending uphill battle.

[1thebabyalex]

Alter the individual and you alter the social. This list of symptoms, of child and adult, is no more than those behaviors deemed willful, disruptive, troubling, etc. This discussion of "symptom" recognition (not that of disease "sign") is suggestive of the latter. As a state licensed mental health professional, and a member of a secular "clergy", Mr. Bosworth serves the status quo, by deflecting attention away from the larger problems, and placing societal issues squarely on the "disordered".

[farodemon]

This is no bs. I'm 16 and I have ADD. No one would belive me if I told anyone and its so bad cuase everyday when you wake up its like 1000 channels of a tv on at once and at some points you can't focus so much it feels like you don't even exist. I have to buy the Aderol (ADD medication) from people at my school for any relief, and having no job its very expensive.

[chibiariel]

@farodemon - It's terrible that people think it's crap. I usually don't even tell people about it and I shrug it off. It's overwhelming and not worth it to have people coming at me saying that I need to "get over it" and I'm just lazy and I could do it "if I really wanted to." People that don't have ADHD/ADD just don't understand most of the time. They don't realise people with ADHD/ADD would LOVE to do those things like everybody else.

[luckymirixox]

@farodemon I thnk it's a good idea to speak w a counselor/ advisor at your school. The sooner the better. I am 31 and I just got diagnosed, w ADD. I was never hyper active but always mentally scaped. No one ever thought that I might have ADD... And pls do not self medicate w drugs. They can throw off your brain chem even more. But if they are gives by a Dr. they can be very effective. Hope it all workout for U!. Best.

[SSuperCuriouss]

ironically co-workers or employers first need to realise the person has a problem and is not a bad employee, then has so find interest in adult ADD to even watch this video, in order to "get" this advice, and then try to apply it.

[krammer66]

I agree, I am 43 male in college for the 4th year and have 30 credits. And I work 20 hours a week no kids living with my parents. How could can I be successful? From Ponte Vedra Beach Fl.

[metalshredhead1]

@krammer66 Depending on the severity of your symptoms, you should look into getting the proper medication and follow up with therapy.

[purelightink]

I've been thinking I might have ADD for the past year or so. This does seem to give some affirmation to it. Even the guy at ACE hardware indirectly suggested the possibility today. I'm always doing several projects and rarely finish any. Sounds about right. I'll keep looking into it.

[BuddyProducers]

@purelightink me too

[purelightink]

@BuddyProducers @BuddyProducers Doctor says I don't have ADD. Read John Taylor Gatto's book "Dumbing Us Down," or any of his works and see what you think. I think we don't "have" anything. We've been conditioned the schools to be this way. The bell rings, next class, no focus. Or once involved, there's no finishing what you started. The teacher's right, the book says so. No one is allowed to question. Not only that, temper tantrums will be in next issue of DSM-V Mental Health guide book. think.

[BuddyProducers]

@purelightink but listen not just in school dude. I find myself doing this in other tasks when I'm typing a word document I'll automatically jump to just watching a video on youtube for the rest of the day without even a thought about the word document even running through my head. Trust me if I knew I wouldn't have been commenting here. Think.

[purelightink]

@BuddyProducers I do similar things as you. (I should be watering the garden right now). Think Pavlov's dogs. After conditioning, the response to drool was still there, even with no food. I'm saying there's the possibility that these conditions were "programed" into us. I won't deny that certain people may have real attention problems, but I as a Teacher's Aide most kids I've seen who "need" meds, are utterly fine without them, and others are zoned out or no better on them.

[BuddyProducers]

@purelightink Correct me if I'm wrong though, how could I be programmed to be a certain way if I can't even concentrate on whats happening half the time?

[purelightink]

@BuddyProducers Read the suggested book, then get back to me.

[BuddyProducers]

@purelightink I can't even concentrate on reading the book. I spend excessive amounts of time trying to read the first page. I know what you're getting at here, but trust me. I know myself better than anyone else and I'm going to schedule an appointment with my doctor.

[purelightink]

@BuddyProducers You're right about that: you do know yourself better. Remember, too, I'm throwing out options, different angles, things I see, in me and others. But there certainly could be other things going on in your brain influencing/affecting your abilities.

[BuddyProducers]

@purelightink I completely agree with you 100%. I definitely appreciate your point of view.

[NIKOLEHERRERA88]

Sequential32 I feel the same way:(

[NIKOLEHERRERA88]

--->Sequential32

I feel like I'm on your same boat. Im 22 and believe i still have ADHD. My mom, who is a very strict single parent and also having a mother with mental disorders, doesn't believe me and denies everything about it esp after being diagnosed as a child. I've tried telling her now about it and about wanting to get help. But she always twists it saying I'm lazy and this and that.

[1mpartyhats]

Wow. Everyone tells me that I could finish stuff if I really tried, but its just so hard. Everyone tells me that I am very intelligent(i am one of the smartest people in my school), but that I do not put school first. I really do try, but people dont understand. I am constantly told by my dad that I am a slob(i kind of am i admit), and that im just lazy.

[smiletoowide]

im exactly the same, interestingly, have you ever tried doing some one else's work, im in college and i cant study my own subject for more than 20 min at a go, but if one of my friends asks me to help them study or write an assignment or something i can literally focus until the taske is done no matter how long it takes,

a.d.d for me is the inability to focus on myself and my own work

[FalseTrinityDoctrine]

Having ADD in the Military is NOT easy at all. Im in the Air Force and have had so many problems, my supervisor said that she never supervised someone with ADD so she doesn't know what to do. I have to take meds in which i dread :(

[spiritmbc]

thankyou john. it feels like theres a missing pc. between 'here' and 'there'. im going to try an ADD advised diet. wish me luck.

[sequential32]

I have ADHD, but my parents dont believe it. They just think Im just a slack with no direction in life..

Kinda sucks

[FalseTrinityDoctrine]

If you believe you have it, you should go to a doctor to get proof and therefore, your parents will have to believe. My mom didn't believe me either but when i moved out, i got tested and i do have ADD, yet their are times when im sooooo hyper, i guess the hyperness is an on and off thing with me.

[1mpartyhats]

SAME, but i think i have ADD...

[researchfiend]

(this comment is continued from my previous one)

My question is that you recommend that others dealing with someone with ADD be tolerant.

The thing is other people might have another type of ADD or some other issue, so why does everybody have to walk on eggshells when the person with ADD might be the one responsible for creating the mayhem in question? How are we R-E-A-L-L-Y supposed to deal effectively with this chaos?

[researchfiend]

Recently I realized my boyfriend might have ADD. He is 25 and he is a self admitted slob, has very messy hobbies, he is big procrastinator when it comes to helping out with the house or being responsible about things like getting broken locks fixed on the car. These days, he becomes instantaneously angered when I ask him for help with anything though I help him with his many projects. Every once in a while he becomes fair and understanding.

[McWiggels]

Im 16 but I have it to. I am way the hell over focused on music and video games but cannot do school work to save my life. nEed jrugz! tell me which ones? failing everying

[ApostolicGodsChild]

Wow thank you so much for this video. I have ADD but i am constantly looked down upon because my employees don't understand and it does hurt. They think that i don't have it because im not Hyper but it told them they you don't have to be hyper. My mind get so clouded, its rediculous and its hard for me to pay attention to what they are saying. They have to tell me stuff over and over and i get in trouble but I don't do this stuff on purpose. Being in the Military, its a big deal to listen.