Anyone else here with ADHD?

[Rÿcher]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

Anyway, for those of you who do, do you find that things that are supposed to work for normal people don't work for you? Coffee for example. I've had a cup of coffee in the morning. Meh. Didn't do anything for me besides make me want to pee an hour later. Heck, I can drink a cup right before bed and sleep the whole night through. If, however I drink any of that green tea, forget it. I'm up until 4 AM cleaning, watching TV, working on a model, being here with you red-eye dregs.

One time I had a really bad cold and I wasn't aware that Sudafed was a portmanteau for pseudo ephedrine. Heck, I didn't even know what ephedrine was.

I took four.

I was lying there asleep and at, oh, I don't know 1:30 in the morning it kicked it and *boink* my eyes popped open and I was awake for the rest of the night. Good news though was that I could breathe through my nose.

 

[Lookingglassman]

What was the question?

 

[T'Baio]

Quite often, a lazy over-diagnosis for what is really a lack of mental discipline.

 

[JonathonWally]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

What's this mean?

 

[Jefferies]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

What's this mean?

He is asking if anyone else on this board is suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. His conjecture is that the diagnosis of ADHD and being a Star Trek fan correlate strongly.

 

[trekkiedane]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

My nephew was the first in the family to be diagnosed, then came my sister, then both sis and mum and I agreed our dad (whatever he might think himself) also had ADHD, then a whole batch of psychologists (one being the specialist that diagnosed my sis and nephew) came to the surprising result that whatever it was I had, it wasn't ADHD. At the moment we're a bit whatsitcalled anxious as my niece is showing signs… What was the question?

 

[JonathonWally]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

What's this mean?

He is asking if anyone else on this board is suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. His conjecture is that the diagnosis of ADHD and being a Star Trek fan correlate strongly.

I know what ADHD is, I don't understand why he can assume there's a strong correlation between Trekkies and ADHD though.

 

[trekkiedane]

I don't understand why he can assume there's a strong correlation between Trekkies and ADHD though.

Which begs the question: which is it that yo don't know a lot of: trekkies or people with ADHD?

No, really! The parent's basement dweller-trekkie computer literate stereotype fits a great number of ADHD symptoms as well, you know, nothing more to it!

 

[btflash]

Asking a room full of Trekkies who has ADHD is like asking a bunch of kindergartners who wants to watch Elmo, right?

What's this mean?

attention deficit disorder in high definition?

 

[jkladis]

Quite often, a lazy over-diagnosis for what is really a lack of mental discipline.

Very unpopular of you to say. Oh and I agree.

 

[Rÿcher]

Anyone else here with ADHD?

A swing and a miss.

 

[Jolaris]

Damn... I am a hypochondriac, and I've long held the belief I have ADHD... I knew I should have stayed away, but like a moth to the flame I couldn't help myself...

 

[Mallory]

Keep trying. Some doctor is bound to agree with you sooner or later.

 

[Rÿcher]

I keep trying to convince my wife to be screened for it. I know she has it. She works in mental health so she says she'll be able to see through the tests they they give her but the test I got was very targeted and specific - one that someone can't simply "see through" because it's not a series of questions as in "do you find that you do this when...?". The doctor or her assistant sat me in front of a computer and when a certain thing flashed on the screen, I was to push a certain key. It gauged my reaction time, my anticipation time, my mistakes and the times I got it right on. The results were clear. I have ADHD, badly.

I just think my wife would be so much less forgetful and less doddlesome if she were to be treated for it and I think she would notice a big difference in her dealings at work and stuff.

 

[Trippy]

I do have ADD (the hyper part you usually grow out of). I have definate focus difficulties, and organizational ones. But I deal. I can't focus for long, but I can multitask like no one! I'm not good at organizing...so I over compensate to stay on top of things! I never medicated for it either.

Yes, it is over diagnosed. Yes, it is over medicated. Yes, I have awareness and solutions to deal with it.

It is never an excuse for misbehaving. It is never an excuse for anything.

 

[Kommander]

I was tested for ADHD when I was eight because my 3rd grade teacher saw that there was something wrong and thought it might be ADHD. My father, on the other hand, insisted that I act the way I do just to piss him off and that more discipline was the answer. That didn't work, so a month or two later, my teacher insisted that I be tested for ADHD. So I was tested. ADHD wasn't the problem, and they recomended testing me for other things. My dad was like "Ah HA! I knew disipline was the problem! Not further tests will be necessary!" So whatever really is wrong with me went undiagnosed and to this day my dad still thinks I've made it my life's mission to piss him off as much as possible.

 

[T'Baio]

The doctor or her assistant sat me in front of a computer and when a certain thing flashed on the screen, I was to push a certain key. It gauged my reaction time, my anticipation time, my mistakes and the times I got it right on. The results were clear. I have ADHD, badly.

Yes, if that was the only test they did, the results are clear.

Clear profits for the pharmaceuticals.

 

[Jefferies]

The doctor or her assistant sat me in front of a computer and when a certain thing flashed on the screen, I was to push a certain key. It gauged my reaction time, my anticipation time, my mistakes and the times I got it right on. The results were clear. I have ADHD, badly.

Yes, if that was the only test they did, the results are clear.

Clear profits for the pharmaceuticals.

I have to agree with you on this one. If they only did a single test they screwed him big time. The diagnostic process for ADHD takes several sittings and several weeks of observation and data collection. And even then it is often not that clear. The prescription of the stimulant drugs used for treatment must be very carefully weighed against the downsides, as they can have long-term personality altering effects. They also require long term titration. I say this from experience as I have worked in paediatric psychiatry during the course of my ongoing medical training. I have seen what well treated, badly treated, untreated and misdiagnosed ADHD looks like. Personally, I feel that ADHD is a real issue and not just lack of discipline or a lack of tolerance for lively children as some have been pointing out, although this can of course also be the case sometimes.

The main issue with ADHD is that concentration problems that disrupt scholastic success can be treated quite well, but that the long term effects for a patient's mental health and personality development are still unresearched. So if a child isn't failing in its education because of this or if other options are still open (like behavioural therapy) then I would advise to hold off stimulant treatment.

Having said that, untreated or undertreated ADHD (like only using coping strategies when they are insufficient) can also have very bad long term effects and strongly increases the risk of never gaining a qualification, chronic depression, suicide, etc.

 

[Rÿcher]

if you like in the future, I'll give you a word-for-word account of my doctors appointments so there's nothing for you to pick apart.

There were verbal screenings and tests.

chirst you're picky.

 

[T'Baio]

We both said "if."

Christ, you can't read.