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I have ADD
I was diagnosed with ADD around December and I was prescribed this medicine. I have been taking the medicine and my grades have went from mostly B's to all A's. It was a really dramatic change in everything I did. So...my grandma thinks that it's all in my head that I have ADD, but it's totally not. But she just keeps saying it and now I'm getting the feeling it might be. I have all the symptons for ADD and when I didn't take my medicine earlier this week I couldn't slow down, do any homework, was distracted a ton, and couldn't remember important stuff. Do you think I really have ADD or it's all in my head? I'm not sure and it's starting to bug me.
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Yep. I was the same way. I was diagnosed with ADD when I was in 7th grade [I'm a JR. in high school now]. I was the same way. My grades suffered before I was prescribed to my medicine and ever since then my grades have been awesome. Even when I forget to take my pill, I feel really tired and don't want to concentrate on everything, so I'm positive that you have ADD.
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I think you really have ADD. Didn't you try your hardest before you were diagnosed? I bet you didn't understand why things weren't as easy for you as others said they should be. You just couldn't do some of the things that were expected of you (ie pay attention for a long time).
My husband has ADD. My brother, a nephew, a niece, my husband's brother, etc. all have it. It is a real learning difference and the medications do help. There are just some people in this world who would rather think there's nothing wrong with you (maybe because they have negative associations with any brain-based medical problems and they think that people with mental disorders are just 'crazy.') Your condition is neurological, not psychological. Your grandmother would likely rather believe that you are lazy or that you just think you're ADD rather than admit that the tests showed ADD, the treatment works, and you obviously have ADD. Obviously, though, your physician and your parents agree that you have ADD and they are the ones you should be listening to. If your grandmother starts saying things, I suggest that you simply change the subject if you can or tell her that you're fine with things the way they are. There's no convincing some people.
Best wishes.
Sabine
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i think you really have ADD..cause it was a huge change because of the medicine..or try it ..try to oget the same results without taking the medicine to see what happens :)
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I think you do have ADD. My brother has a similar condition and it's deff. not in his head(trust me i know). Sometimes older people have a harder time beleiving modern ideas and medicine and such.
Even if it is in your head, keep taking the medicine because it seems to be working either way.
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i think that you should stay with the medication. if it works for you, and yoru doing better in a lot of things.. then why change it? and if your doctor says to take it then you should. =]
hope i helped.
and if your really like not sure then just talk to your doctor about it.
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