I have no will or ambition?!


Question: I'm 14 and I have been diagnosed with A.D.D. i think i lost ambition and will. I constantly feel bored all the time even at school or with my friends. I have no will or ambition to get good grades in school or learn a new hobby or even play video games. Is there something wrong with me or I am just very bored of my life.


Answers: I'm 14 and I have been diagnosed with A.D.D. i think i lost ambition and will. I constantly feel bored all the time even at school or with my friends. I have no will or ambition to get good grades in school or learn a new hobby or even play video games. Is there something wrong with me or I am just very bored of my life.

Fish oil and certain herbs like Ginkgo work great for ADD. Try this link for more info _> http://www.amenclinics.com/bp/articles.p...



Please note, the nutrition things I mention will do the same things to your brain that a pill will do- only without the horrible side affects. YOU DON'T NEED PILLS FOR DEPRESSION, despite what your doctor says. If you need pills, then why do so many people do the things I mention below and never need to take medication for depression because it goes away (including me) ? Think about it, your doctor can't make any money by prescribing exercise and fish oil, he makes loads of money by recommending you drugs.

Nutrition-wise: To help you out, get a multivitamin with iron, take at least 6-10 grams of fish oil a day (this REALLY helps, I encourage you to do more research on it as it has helped me a great deal and is a good price), a b-50 complex, and start exercising for at least 2 hours a week (this one REALLY helps), and get in the sun at least 30 minutes a day (and expose as much skin as possible for vitamin d). Sleep with drapes closed and in complete darkness(this sounds crazy, but it increases melatonin which causes you to sleep better) and get at least 1/2 hour sunlight in morning to wake your body up and help you sleep better at night. Get enough sleep 6-9 hours, however much your body needs without an alarm clock. Get 10 glasses of water a day Look this stuff up if you need second opinions. Much of depression is a sign of something wrong in your body, it can't function as well because things are missing that it needs. A good way to solve it is by adding those thing in. This takes a few weeks to really feel the affects, but it is so worth it and it gets better as time goes on.

Then, get a counselor and do not take any drugs they tell you to. The things above do the same chemical reaction in the brain, but with far less side affects. Get the counselor just to take about things. Believe me, I know that they will pressure you into drugs, but they get so much money from that. Let them know you are working on your nutrition and just want to talk about your problems. You really need to talk about your problems, depression is many times caused by emotional problems. By having someone to help you through and understand and deal with those problems, you will help yourself feel better and grow as a person making you more capable of resolving your problems in the present and in the future. Depression is usually a sign something needs to be addressed and as those things are addressed, you will begin to feel better over time.

Depression is best helped as a combination of the healthy things I described above AND counseling of the emotional components, not just one or the other. The work in synergy, as you improve your diet it gives you more energy and enthusiasm to resolve what is really bothering you. Don't just forget about your emotional problems just when you begin to feel better because the problems will flare up again, they don't stop just because you feel a little better. And don't stop the healthy living once you feel better, either. This will help you feel better FOR LIFE. It will help you weather many future storms as your body will be better equipped for things and will handle things better.


Some extra info:

Exercise works just as good as meds for depression. You have to do it 30 minutes 3-5 times a week though. Look it up on google, several major university studies have concluded this. No need to pay money for meds that will only eventually deplete your brain of the very nuerotransmitters it needs to feel better. And then leave you feeling just as bad as before.


Get a pet. Another's company will surely lift your spirits and talk with friends. Journal writing helps. Music. Things that make you feel better. Nature helps, spirituality.

Depression has many reasons, but many of them cause lowered seritonin and dopamine and these are some ways to increase them cheaply without side effects. Some of these things start to take effect after a few days and you will feel much better. I've been there and just want you to know that there are other ways to deal than paying for meds that may or may not work and then you have to take another one and then you have to wait a few weeks to see if it kicks in, you have to go back to the Dr to reevaluate, and then the side affects (short term and long term).

I think you may be so depressed that its just something thats there, do u know what I mean. But did you feel like this before you were diagnosed or after? Are u taking any medication..that could be one of teh side effects! Talk with your doctor so u can get a counselor or a mentor or a responsible adult, seriously! Join something get religion..work hard in school bcuz u don't wnt to be a bum.
Theres definetly something that needs to be adressed don't put it on hold!
Good luck

You probably just havent found anything that interest you. Public School is pretty bland in it's self. Many teachers teach just one way and expecty students to learn. You may need to find a tutor and any kind of outsidie help that can get you interested in life again. Dont let ur diagnosos define your life.

ADD can be very frustrating and over time that frustration of not being able to accomplish what you want to do can lead to loss of motivation and depression. A lot of people brush the diagnosis aside and the ignorant (but lucky) people that that have no idea what it means to have the disorder speak up about things they do not understand (saying things like "ADD is just a made up thing) - which doesn't help. ADD is a very real issue with a neurological basis.
There are a couple of books you might find interesting.
"You mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?"
"Healing ADD" by Daniel Amen

Well...not much I can add to the answers given before me but as they have said..definately an issue to pay attention to. In my honest opinion i think you've just lost the will to do anything just because of the diagnosis. Its some psycological phase which i am sure you can and will get over. So cheer up..like they say life's for the living. You've got to MAKE yourself believe you want to do somthing if you really want to do it.
Good Luck ~

if it helps ADD or attention deficit disorder does not affect how smart you can be it just afffects your focus. the lack of drive may be a side affect of medications used to decrease the effects of ADD





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