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The CDC reports that, as of 2007, 5.4 million children in the U.S . between the ages of 4 - 17 had been diagnosed with ADHD. And the National Institute of Mental Health reports that 4.1% of U.S. adults also have ADHD .
A recent shortage of ADHD medications...
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I just hate seeing so many kids on these ADHD....
He was a typical hyper kid but the symptoms didn't show .
Well come to find out he had ADHD.
My husband yrs old.
I dont think 100% of the children that are diagnosed actually have ADD or ADHD.
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Is it true that meds for adhd can cause suicide and psychotic epsiodes and that adhd is caused by diet and? environment. I heard the zolof was to blame for some of the teens that were tossed into jail for killing someone. They had psychotic episodes when...
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As the most diagnosed childhood mental health problem, identifying causes and treatment of ADHD is imperative, or attention....
Proven that stuff in our foods now days cause adhd
http://www.fyiliving.com/mental-health/a…
ADHD.
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I have diagnosed ADD. Mild but enough to affect my work:
Easily distracted Can't concentrate on one project at a time Addicted to the web Procrastination etc. What strategies do you use to compensate?
One clarification
I have real ADD. I was diagnosed...
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Considering that programming requires higher concentration levels than the norm, yet ADHD means you have lower concentration solve the ADHD then programming....
I really don't think you can be a programmer if you suffer from ADHD - sorry....
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Mods : It's lifestyle related because millions of people worldwide are "diagnosed" with and "suffer" from ADHD.
Everyone who isn't a mod: Before you post an angry tirade about how you consider me to be ignorant, uninformed, off my head, or a loony; I'...
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Sad TheAlmightyRockStar XXX someone talk....
Sure there are people who
take.
Neutral I believe ADD/ADHD is over diagnosed.
ADHD is just a softer medical term for stupid.
But you're right.
I've never thought about it until five seconds ago...
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I was watching Dr Phil today and he had this out-of control 14 -year -old girl and her long-suffering mother on the show.
This girl was a REAL little piece of work. Extremely badly behaved at school and everywhere else, and giving everyone a pain in the...
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It was good publicity and I hope he will approach adult ADHD or even the lesser discussed on right after "Oprah"...) and if he really said that ADHD is a very real and very serious/people who claim to know better, might use Dr Phill's ....
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Hi, my other thread was deleted due to the link. So I'm making this new thread without any links.
This blog is about how I've lived with ADHD, and how it's affected me and others around me. Millions of children/adults around the world live with ADHD, ...
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I firmly believe ....
As this thread will be deleted again!
x Just to share my experiences - I don't have ADHD myself, but I have ADHD stories portray the image of kids with ADHD being unruly, defiant and generally horrible children.
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I have recently been made aware of a newer medicine for ADHD named Strattera (atomoxetine hcl). The literature and studies I have seen make a strong case for this over Ritalin. Perhaps the biggest problem with ADHD kids is that period of time in the evening...
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HOW ABOUT NO DRUGS FOR ADHD? How about a Rx for ritalin or any other ADHD....
Oh boy have I been waiting for a question on this .
It isn't cents.
ADHD is the most studied mental health disorder of childhood.
Extended release forms.
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Hello TB'ers!
I have two children, ages 2 & 4. The four year old has severe ADHD & Bipolar symptoms and is medicated for the ADHD but not the Bipolar. The medication has helped in a few areas, but there are still issues that need to be addressed.
For ...
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How did you come to diagnose....
Just curious.
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One of Dr. Russel Barkley's main points seems to be that ADHD is an inhibition-problem. Is this really how ADHD works? It seems that the core problem in ADHD is not that one is forced off the track by distractions. But instead that the track is hardly...
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They found about how it was harder for people with... .
I was reading an article about how it was harder for people with ADHD to forget bad memories than people without it.
Includes inhibition control and many other problems associated in ADHD.
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I'm really surprised that my doctor did some sort of malpractice to one of her patients. I've read that she was giving Vicodin and Ritalin at the same time to a person suffering from fibromyalgia and ADHD. And hasn't been doing check ups, which led to...
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The location of the....
All I know is that my new doctor is one of the main developers of the TOVA test .
Maybe it won't be so bad.
On the other hand they both need to be dosed about ADHD.
With narcotics if someone is on stimulants for ADHD.
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