Mental probs, dyslexia, ADHD, and how they affected you.

[moxie]

Agreed. It's absolutely ridiculous that the first solution is to throw medication at a child that behaves slightly out of the norm. Some of them are just quirky kids that get diagnosed with ADD because they can't sit still when their teachers are being boring shits, and others are kids with genuine problems that need to be helped and not pumped full of meds. It's really sad to see kids walking around like zombies because docters and school officials are so incompetent.

 

[Juan J. Sánchez]

I've had problems concentrating since the 7th grade. Now, I'm in med school, but it's awfully hard for me to sit down and read boring textbooks for really long hours. I really doubt anyone in my class has as much problems focusing on something as I do. My real problem is depression. Every few weeks or so I become terribly depressed. I stop studying and it really kills my GPA. I've given thought to taking SRIs, anti-depression medication, which, contrary to what people think, don't produce that many adverse effects and is not addictive. The worse (and uncommon) side effects include: nausea and vomiting, headaches, sexual dysfunction, anxiety and trembling. Of course, it depends on what kind of drug you're taking. SRIs are the most common, but there are others.

Regarding methylphenidate, more commonly known as Ritalin or Concerta, I wouldn't recommend it. To begin, it's incredibly addictive. Sure, it's a psychostimulant drug and will probably get you better grades, but you'll get hooked on it. It also has terrible side effects. The truth is, children, specially in America, are over diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. We all have problems concentrating. It's just about making a small effort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate#Adverse_effects

 

[Juan J. Sánchez]

i got tourette's, which was fun growing up. the biggest problem i had with it was all the useless pills they ran through me to "suppress" it or whatever. it's actually kind of cute all the shit they tried - they even put me on the nicotine patch once because some cunt said it "might help". i was a lab rat for this shit. they all fucked me over in one way or another but none of them actually did anything beneficial.

kids shouldn't be taking shit like risperidone or clonidine or haloperidol, oprah can go fuck herself.

Jesus Christ, you were taking Risperidone and Haloperidol? Those are about the strongest anti-psychotic medications on the market. They can even give you Parkinson-like disease. D:

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

Regarding methylphenidate, more commonly known as Ritalin or Concerta, I wouldn't recommend it. To begin, it's incredibly addictive. Sure, it's a psychostimulant drug and will probably get you better grades, but you'll get hooked on it. It also has terrible side effects. The truth is, children, specially in America, are over diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. We all have problems concentrating. It's just about making a small effort.

It could depend on the person. I'm not addicted to my Ritalin, 'nor have I had any side effects from it. O_oa

 

[moog]

Well i nvr really showed symptoms of any mental condition but every1 used to swear I was bi polar cus I would get angry extremly fast (but I always had my reason) nd my brother says that I always think ppl are out to get me bt to be honest I can jst tell when sme1 is tryin to use me or some1 is insulting me to my face with out really talkin abt me..its all in the eyes lol but yeah abt 9 months ago I tried some ex nd from then on for some reason it seems like every1 is freakin telepathic or sme shiet..Ive been constantly hearing voices in my head getting into mind battles with people one time I heard all of the telepathic traffic in all of miami, but yeah most days I spend my time proving it isnt true which I always do..bt it still doesnt end..there was only one time that I actually had a whole day that some chick I was with was talkin abt everything I would think abt bt we were both high ass shiet so it wouldnt really help my situation out seein as weed makes your psych go up 25% bt yeah Ive looked it up its supposed to be some form of scitzophrenia bt to be honest..ive done some amazing shiet on it..like ive made it rain, sometimes I can control lightning nd sometimes I knw when things are gna happen b4 they happen bt still i rather nt have a bunch of noise in my head even if it is jst pressure.. :/

is this a troll post? dont post stupid shit like this before reading the topic dude :|

well to be honest my schitzo works in a weird way every time I hear of a new mental disease i show symptoms of it..ere go I heard of dementia so every now nd then the world around me changes thus all i did was enter a little game world in my head..which is how I was able to do that..

the coolest one to me tho was when i found some demons in crib it ws cool bt yeah its all abt control dudes

yeah ok seriously stop making terrible posts and please spell better

 

[moog]

well to be honest my schitzo works in a weird way every time I hear of a new mental disease i show symptoms of it..ere go I heard of dementia so every now nd then the world around me changes thus all i did was enter a little game world in my head..which is how I was able to do that..

the coolest one to me tho was when i found some demons in crib it ws cool bt yeah its all abt control dudes

yeah ok seriously stop making terrible posts and please spell better

 

[domowoj]

i got tourette's, which was fun growing up. the biggest problem i had with it was all the useless pills they ran through me to "suppress" it or whatever. it's actually kind of cute all the shit they tried - they even put me on the nicotine patch once because some cunt said it "might help". i was a lab rat for this shit. they all fucked me over in one way or another but none of them actually did anything beneficial.

kids shouldn't be taking shit like risperidone or clonidine or haloperidol, oprah can go fuck herself.

Jesus Christ, you were taking Risperidone and Haloperidol? Those are about the strongest anti-psychotic medications on the market. They can even give you Parkinson-like disease. D:

to be fair it was the '90s. nobody knew what the fuck they were doing.

 

[Vampdzl]

@moog: look whos talking about terrible post's all you did was quote my post and insert a stupid comment yourself..

And as far as terrible spelling I was on a laptop using the on screen keyboard so obviously Im not onna sit there and take my time..

And that actually wasnt a troll post at all everything I wrote actually happened over a period of time.. plus I was only on drugs when the girl read my mind..seems like thats the only part you understood out of the whole post if you would skim through youd notice that i mention how my schitzo works nd if you even knew about mental diseases you'd know that most of what i wrote is common with schitzophrenics you could look it up to..

 

 

[moog]

most of what you wrote was bullshit and trash

my sister is schitzo and she cant control the elements like fucking merlin. quit talking out of your ass.

weed makes your psych go up 25% bt yeah Ive looked it up its supposed to be some form of scitzophrenia bt to be honest..ive done some amazing shiet on it..like ive made it rain, sometimes I can control lightning nd sometimes I knw when things are gna happen b4 they happen

like seriously did you even read how stupid this sounds

 

[mawk]

I said don't have a pissing contest, moog.

 

[action]

Alright, to end a stupid troll war Vampdzl started, let's all just ignore those comments.
Back on subject...

Often people's behaviours are linked to medicines. I can't say myself that this was the case. But alot of people are written off as having attention deficits because of the medicines they take for allergies or other medical problems. Alot of allergy medications cause drowsiness (hence the fact they add "do not drive or operate machinery on the bottle") Drowsiness basically equals an attention problem.

I know there was a topic a while back about doctors quick to assume ADD/ADHD in children either overactive, which is what mawk's post reminded me of.

 

[Venetia]

growing up i had all kinds of "problems"

a doc swore up and down i had autism when i was about 4 or 5
probably just b/c i hated talking to him so i would ignore him and stare at birds through the window
luckily i was under the care of my grandmother at the time and she told him he was batshit for suggesting that.

throughout childhood, i was dx'd with depression, manic/depression, anorexia, ptsd
prescribed a lot of shit ... lithium, paxil, etc
i hated taking them. didn't like shit affecting my emotions. refused to take them.

recently dx'd a narcoleptic. it's really hard to get that diagnosis. you have to jump through so many hoops ... but i don't quite understand why, considering how doctors only needed to hear me say "yes i feel rather mopey" to scribble off rx's for horrific mind-altering bullcrap.

i have to take a rather large amount of amphetamines and sleep aids to force myself to function. it's kind of rough, but now that i've found a balance, i wouldn't say it's impacting my life in a huge way. i've always had problems dropping off and falling asleep randomly ... teachers and bosses always used to get so mad at me about it, and laugh when i'd try to tell them i couldn't help it, but now it's fairly regulated so i don't really have much to complain about.


i never agree with developing kids/teens being prescribed shit for "ADD" and misc hyperactivity or depressive disorders ...
it is 100% normal for a thing going through massive hormonal changes to react to said changes.
occasionally, they may need help. but there needs to be more testing for it. we still don't know what kind of problems are going to arise late in life from these things since the first gens are basically my age.
even if there are no biological repercussions, what is it teaching a kid to allow them to believe all their problems can be solved with a pill?
bullshit

 

[Glitchfinder]

...even if there are no biological repercussions, what is it teaching a kid to allow them to believe all their problems can be solved with a pill?
bullshit

Pills don't even solve half of my problems. As for the diagnosis, my parents got it done right. i was in and out of various places for a good three or four years before they ever even tried medications, and they kept me going to regular psychologist appointments the whole time to help me work through associated issues. (For example, it wasn't the pills that got me to pay attention to the rest of the world. They made it more visible to me, yes, but I'm the one who actually chose to start paying attention to it.)

And as for the pills, they've slowly been weaning me off of them as I've worked through various issues that they've been helping with. They're not a solution, not by any measure of the word. They're merely there to enable me to fix myself. But going cold turkey is a very, very bad thing. I've forgotten to take my pills for a couple of days, and, while I never actually end up having withdrawal symptoms, I'm unable to focus on anything, sit still, or stay reasonably calm (read: not angry) without them.

 

[Juan J. Sánchez]

I've always thought modern psychiatry hands out prescriptions like candy.

 

[action]

It is relatively easy to get prescriptions that you don't really need. Easy for people who are addicts needing a prescription.

 

[Lyric]

As a former teacher, I've seen all of this and more. The sleeping problems were in a friend of mine, and memory issues in my adopted grandparents (neighbors from when I was a kid). You should add autism to your list. It's growing.

 

[bluehazed]

I went to a psychiatrist before, who was all like "Yeah, you've got ADD, here's some drugs". They just look for problems :P

GPs are a little less eager to give out the fun stuff, but they've no qualms about putting you on whatever anti-depressants or whatever.

 

[Sgt. Cookie]

I am slightly manic, I can go into some serious laughing fits. But it hasn't affected me all that much.

 

[moog]

I went to a psychiatrist before, who was all like "Yeah, you've got ADD, here's some drugs". They just look for problems :P

me too man, and it sucked cause it turned out i had an anxiety disorder for awhile. alot of psychs get paid reguardless so they pass out Px's like hotcakes.

 

[Pokémaniac]

My father has paranoid schizophrenia, my brother and sister have epilepsy(does that count as mental or physical?), my sister has a mild learning disbaility(not too bad but still pretty noticeable), and my brother has fairly bad autism. So far I'm clear, though I've always suspected I have like Aspergers or something(which would go well with the rest of the mental illness in my family.).