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Liveformx64 · 02-19-2008, 06:02 AM

I am asking for anyones' help who has experience with treating, suffering, and or expereincing Adult ADD.

I myself am very much set against using this as a crutch, or an excuse as to why I am incapable of doing this or that. But my research, experience, and overall feeling tells me there may be more to this than say, just being mentally lazy.

Throughout my youth, school came very easily to me. I rarely studied, and was always in the top 3% of my class. I went to the special conventions twice a year for the "gifted" kids of the state of Pa and all that jazz. I didn't understand why. I never studied, I couldn't study. My eyes may have been looking at a book but my mind was a 1000 miles away deep, and I mean deep in my own thoughts and imagination.

overall my education experience could be summed up as bored, unchallenged, and uninterested. Needless to say I didn't feel much desire to go to college. So jump to my current age 25. I work for a successful company making more than most of my piers who have put their time into grad school and all the extra Edu.

The long and short of it, I am fairly successful and effective as a business person. But the day to day stupid mistakes I make, combined with my 100% inability to finish anything I start has me wondering.

I consider myself an intelligent creative person who has the ability to tackle just about any problem thrown at me. I just leave trail of loose ends behind everything I do.

I have taken online ADD tests from the different prescriptions sites, and of course I qualified for all them with flying colors.

I guess my questions are these:

1. If you have adult ADD, or have the symptoms of what people call ADD. What do you do to with the frequent mistakes and unfinished products.

2. Has anyone taken a Ritalin or Ritalin type RX medication, and to what success or failure?

3. What are the real life potential downsides to taking the RX. Eg: "I can't function without taking my pills in the moring" type situation.

I am sorry for the book, on only my second post, but anyone that would lend any advice, I would truly be great full.

Live4

02-19-2008, 06:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Liveformx64 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PA Posts: 424	Adult ADD -- HELP I am asking for anyones' help who has experience with treating, suffering, and or expereincing Adult ADD. I myself am very much set against using this as a crutch, or an excuse as to why I am incapable of doing this or that. But my research, experience, and overall feeling tells me there may be more to this than say, just being mentally lazy. Throughout my youth, school came very easily to me. I rarely studied, and was always in the top 3% of my class. I went to the special conventions twice a year for the "gifted" kids of the state of Pa and all that jazz. I didn't understand why. I never studied, I couldn't study. My eyes may have been looking at a book but my mind was a 1000 miles away deep, and I mean deep in my own thoughts and imagination. overall my education experience could be summed up as bored, unchallenged, and uninterested. Needless to say I didn't feel much desire to go to college. So jump to my current age 25. I work for a successful company making more than most of my piers who have put their time into grad school and all the extra Edu. The long and short of it, I am fairly successful and effective as a business person. But the day to day stupid mistakes I make, combined with my 100% inability to finish anything I start has me wondering. I consider myself an intelligent creative person who has the ability to tackle just about any problem thrown at me. I just leave trail of loose ends behind everything I do. I have taken online ADD tests from the different prescriptions sites, and of course I qualified for all them with flying colors. I guess my questions are these: 1. If you have adult ADD, or have the symptoms of what people call ADD. What do you do to with the frequent mistakes and unfinished products. 2. Has anyone taken a Ritalin or Ritalin type RX medication, and to what success or failure? 3. What are the real life potential downsides to taking the RX. Eg: "I can't function without taking my pills in the moring" type situation. I am sorry for the book, on only my second post, but anyone that would lend any advice, I would truly be great full. Live4