How old are you, Juggalo? You don't say.

I'm not a doctor yet. But I do know that there are plenty of people who don't get diagnosed with ADD until they reach adulthood, and a lot of them struggle needlessly through school when they don't have to. If an observant parent or teacher sends them for evaluation, they can benefit immensely from treatment.

There's a fairly big faction of people in the world, usually ones without medical training or information, who believe ADD is a false diagnosis of behavior patterns that are really caused by foods or environmental chemicals. I don't buy that. As a former teacher and the mother of a young man who had lots of friends with the problem, I know it's a real problem. I've seen it. One of my friends I work with was diagnosed when he was in his 30s and said it was like night and day how different he felt once he began using ADD medicine.

Go ahead and go to the doctor and let him/her screen you. It can't hurt. If they think you qualify, they may try you on some medicine to see if it makes a difference. One of my son's friends suddenly could sit still for the first time in his life when he tried the meds. His impulse control got better. He could focus and learn better. And he made friends a lot more easily.

Seems worth at least going for one appointment, don't you think?
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . ADD? I came home today and my mom asked me to come down to the basement, and asked me to read a little pamphlet about ADD, and she had a list of about 9 things, and 7 of them ticked off.. and she told me she had setup a meeting w/ a doctor about it already is this possible that I could be this old and not have ever noticed it, or is it just cuz I'm a lazy stoner? ... both my rents know I use weed often ..coming to think of this, this sounds like somerthing I should be asking a doctor... oh Rating: 5