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I think I have ADD

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Chill out dude, you don't have ADD. There are many things that could cause your lack on concentration and other issues, but ADD ain't it.

Go see a school counselor, or any psychologist (NOT a psychiatrist) and talk it over.

Good luck :thumbsup:
 

Muse

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"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise." - William Blake
 

So

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I may have SUB, or perhaps XOR...

<looks up 8086 instruction set>
 

AbAbber2k

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Male + Under 25 = ADD :p Huzzah! I still have another year and a half of ADD to look forward to before entering old young age!
 

Rookie

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the best suggestion I can give you is to do mo

EDIT: Sorry had to do something else and forgot what I was typing
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: Rookie
the best suggestion I can give you is to do mo

EDIT: Sorry had to do something else and forgot what I was typing
The number of posts with this theme in this thread has to be double digits.
 

mdchesne

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since you finsihed your OP on the same topic, you don't have ADD. ADD would be like this:

Kid 1: How many kids does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Kid 2: Dunno, how many?
Kid 1: ...Wanna go ride bikes?
 

RollWave

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Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: jndietz
I can't pay attention in class. I did horrible on my first exam. Physics is getting really hard because I can't follow what the instructor is saying. I feel incredibly stressed out just because I can't pay attention. I've tried but it just doesn't work. I feel like I always wanna be moving around or something. I feel really restless.

You guys think I might have ADD? I know there aren't any real phsyics symptoms... its a mental thing. Any tips? I used to take ritalin about 10 years ago but it made me really sick to my stomach. Is there any thing else I should do besides "go to google" or "go to a doctor"? Anyone else have ADD? Even adult ADD?

ADD is a sham....just ask Tom Cruise


LOL...that poor soul thinks that a chemical imbalance is fake and that psychology is the same as psychiatry...whoops.
 

miniMUNCH

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Originally posted by: jndietz
I can't pay attention in class. I did horrible on my first exam. Physics is getting really hard because I can't follow what the instructor is saying. I feel incredibly stressed out just because I can't pay attention. I've tried but it just doesn't work. I feel like I always wanna be moving around or something. I feel really restless.

You guys think I might have ADD? I know there aren't any real phsyics symptoms... its a mental thing. Any tips? I used to take ritalin about 10 years ago but it made me really sick to my stomach. Is there any thing else I should do besides "go to google" or "go to a doctor"? Anyone else have ADD? Even adult ADD?


Yet you somehow managed to concentrate long enough to type this post....plus you probably surf the net for hours on end.

You don't have ADD...
 

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
Originally posted by: jndietz
I can't pay attention in class. I did horrible on my first exam. Physics is getting really hard because I can't follow what the instructor is saying. I feel incredibly stressed out just because I can't pay attention. I've tried but it just doesn't work. I feel like I always wanna be moving around or something. I feel really restless.

You guys think I might have ADD? I know there aren't any real phsyics symptoms... its a mental thing. Any tips? I used to take ritalin about 10 years ago but it made me really sick to my stomach. Is there any thing else I should do besides "go to google" or "go to a doctor"? Anyone else have ADD? Even adult ADD?


Yet you somehow managed to concentrate long enough to type this post....plus you probably surf the net for hours on end.

You don't have ADD...

i actually don't use my computer very much anymore since i went to college. i go to class, come back and have to try to teach myself stuff all over again, and then go back to sleep and repeat. there is some minor computer usage in between. haven't played computer games in nearly two months now!
 

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: ScottFern
Do you ever feel like you notice a lot more things in your environment compared to everyone else? Like some guys shirt, or whats on the side of a bus, all this extra sh*t you don't really want to be looking at but you are always scanning and looking at something new every 10 seconds? <--- Me :(

Than yes, you probably have some sort of case of ADD.

YES EXACTLY