How can I find out if I am a.d.d.?!
Question: I was just wondering because my attention span is short unless I am reading a book..I can read for hours!
Answers: I was just wondering because my attention span is short unless I am reading a book..I can read for hours!
i dont believe a.d.d. exsists. i think its just who you are and your learning style. they thought my brother had .a.d.d. for years until we figured out that red dye and preservatives made him that way.
your attention span is probably short because its not interesting or involving. i wouldnt want to pay attention to something i wasnt interested and fixated on either. also, some peoples process of thinking is faster than others. like your teacher explaining something, while other kids need to listen to the whole thing, your brain thinks, okay got it on to the next subject. you just dont take as long to analize things as other people do, which when you think about it, is a very good thing. or like my mom, numerous doctors think she has ADD. really she just moves on quicker. she cant stay on the same subject for more than 30 seconds, and it irritates the crap out of us, but in her mind, she analized it and boom, the subject is over and on to the next.
now, if your not understanding whats going on because you cant 'pay attention', then its not ADD at all. its your learning style. some people learn differently and whatever technique is being used to teach you, is probably not the one that works for you. on the other hand, you could have a comprehension problem where you are lacking a skill that had been taught.
i hate it when people jump to ADD or medication when most of the time, thats not the problem
it depends, like if you're in a class or something or somewheres where you have to concentrate on ..let's say someone lecturing to you , and you catch yourself drifting off or you feel like you haven't gotten a single word out of what they've said in the past couple of minutes.. yeah then there you go. i'm adhd, which is BASICALLY the same thing, except i get a bit hyper (hence the adHd) or too off subject. you can talk to a doctor and tell them about if you have trouble concentrating or staying focused. they can like prescribe you to some kind of medicine and start you off at a low dosage to see if that was really your problem.
WebMD has a quiz about ADHD and I think ADD too...take the quiz, it doesn't cost anything.
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A.D.D
A.D.D who?
hey, do you want to go see a movie?
haha love that joke
but can't you get tested for it?
I think a.d.d. is a bullcrap diagnosis made up to dull acceptionally gifted people with meds. If a teacher has a real firecracker of a student they 'd rather smother that energy that redirect it toward a worthwhile purpose. If you want tested a doctor can test you and yes you'll probably be diagnosed with a.d.d.