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I have ADHD [atention,defiset,hyperativeity,disorder] and I was wondering who else did and since I like haveing it, see who else felt about it.

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Woo! Time warpage as well. Shall I make a poll?
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I don't enjoy not being able to pay attention to things

i dont think its bad

there is no such thing as ADHD.

:upyours:

i don't speak n00b smiley language.

:upyours: there is no such thing as ADHD.

Oh yes there is, I believe i have considerably more knowledge surrounding the subject than you.

I have the related condition dyspraxia, meaning it is like having mild ADD on that side of things.

ADHD is very much real, but I believe overdiagnosed in the cases of merely disruptive pupils in schools as opposed to the actual cases.

Oh yes there is, I believe i have considerably more knowledge surrounding the subject than you.

I have the related condition dyspraxia, meaning it is like having mild ADD on that side of things.

ADHD is very much real, but I believe overdiagnosed in the cases of merely disruptive pupils in schools as opposed to the actual cases.

Okay. Question #2: Who are you?

No, I do not want your name or address.

Im mr treacle mine road, and i do quite a bit of work into developmental mental conditions of all kinds, which includes ADHD. Mostly admittedly i help with autism and dyspraxia.

I have trouble believing you.

Im mr treacle mine road, and i do quite a bit of work into developmental mental conditions of all kinds, which includes ADHD. Mostly admittedly i help with autism and dyspraxia.

:confused: how old are you!!!:confused:Oh yes there is, I believe i have considerably more knowledge surrounding the subject than you.

I have the related condition dyspraxia, meaning it is like having mild ADD on that side of things.

ADHD is very much real, but I believe overdiagnosed in the cases of merely disruptive pupils in schools as opposed to the actual cases.

:confused: how old are you!!!:confused:

while i am not the guy you are talking to, there is no need to wrap your text between emoticons. also, responses go below the quote.

16 if you must know

How can you say that ADHD doesn't exist? What a fool. And yes, i agree that it may be "overdiagnosed in the cases of merely disruptive pupils in schools as opposed to the actual cases"

And the treacle mine road, i also have Dyspraxia :P

oh

I am rather sure that it exsists. However I often have a hard time taking it seriously. I find alot of times people over medicate children, because they are active children.
I am origenally from denmark.
There has been a case in denmark, someone I know, who has spent years, and I mean YEARS taking her son to all sorts of doctors and shrinks, for someone to tell her and sign a paper saying that her son has ADHD. With that little piece of paper, she can claim alot of money from the danish government to help her pay for his medication and for the grief it causes her, having such a troubled child. There is nothing wrong with this child. She feeds him this medication that makes him tired, drowsy and he loses his apetite, so he is skinny to the bone. She does it soely for the money, and that is just sick.
What I find is an even bigger probelm is people who claim that they are dyslexic...there are even more of them in denmark. Alot of children dont care about school, so they dont pay attention and they dont learn, and then when they reach the age of 13, and cant read all that well, and spell like apes - they claim the be dyslexic - when in fact the fault is that they havn't learned anything through the years growing up. In denmark children get their first report cards and propper grades when they are 13 - meaning parents have no clue, day to day how their children are doing in school...and therefore have no way of keeping an eye on their progress.
In Denmark it is accepted that you are dyslexic, it is accepted that you have back problems and now even stress has become an illness that you get time off work to recover from.
People can go to their boss and say that they feel they are showing some of the typical symtoms of stress and their boss is oblidged to look into the matter, send them to a shrink (paid by their work place ofcourse) and once the shrink has okayed the diagnoses they get sent home for R&R fully paid, because they are ill with a "work related illness"

:headbang:

I have ADHD [atention,defiset,hyperativeity,disorder] and I was wondering who else did and since I like haveing it, see who else felt about it.

I do!!

I'm not one of them 9 year olds invading the internet and making wild claims if that's what you were thinking

I'm not one of them 9 year olds invading the internet and making wild claims if that's what you were thinking

you don't have to be 9 years old to make false claims on an internet forum.

I personally believe ADHD does not need medication, as we should be wary of medicating in the case of developmental disorders. If raised well, people with ADHD can be very nice people, but often things go wrong and they aren't nice.

I am rather sure that it exsists. However I often have a hard time taking it seriously. I find alot of times people over medicate children, because they are active children.
I am origenally from denmark.
There has been a case in denmark, someone I know, who has spent years, and I mean YEARS taking her son to all sorts of doctors and shrinks, for someone to tell her and sign a paper saying that her son has ADHD. With that little piece of paper, she can claim alot of money from the danish government to help her pay for his medication and for the grief it causes her, having such a troubled child. There is nothing wrong with this child. She feeds him this medication that makes him tired, drowsy and he loses his apetite, so he is skinny to the bone. She does it soely for the money, and that is just sick.
What I find is an even bigger probelm is people who claim that they are dyslexic...there are even more of them in denmark. Alot of children dont care about school, so they dont pay attention and they dont learn, and then when they reach the age of 13, and cant read all that well, and spell like apes - they claim the be dyslexic - when in fact the fault is that they havn't learned anything through the years growing up. In denmark children get their first report cards and propper grades when they are 13 - meaning parents have no clue, day to day how their children are doing in school...and therefore have no way of keeping an eye on their progress.
In Denmark it is accepted that you are dyslexic, it is accepted that you have back problems and now even stress has become an illness that you get time off work to recover from.
People can go to their boss and say that they feel they are showing some of the typical symtoms of stress and their boss is oblidged to look into the matter, send them to a shrink (paid by their work place ofcourse) and once the shrink has okayed the diagnoses they get sent home for R&R fully paid, because they are ill with a "work related illness"

:headbang:
how on earth did you type that fast

I do!!

how to fell about it

I have ADHD. And I take medication for it that does cause me to lose my appetite and make me lose weight.

I think ADHD is also an easy excuse though, for the people who want "perfect" kids, and it downplays the problems of the real ADHD cases. Every parent wants their kid to have perfect grades or just behave... so they over-medicate them instead of helping them. That's retarded. If the kid does not have ADHD, and a doctor says that they don't have ADHD, don't go around thinking you know more than your doctor and try to give your kid medicine for something they don't have, but instead try to actually BE A FREAKIGN PARENT! :mad:

I am rather sure that it exsists. However I often have a hard time taking it seriously. I find alot of times people over medicate children, because they are active children.
I am origenally from denmark.
There has been a case in denmark, someone I know, who has spent years, and I mean YEARS taking her son to all sorts of doctors and shrinks, for someone to tell her and sign a paper saying that her son has ADHD. With that little piece of paper, she can claim alot of money from the danish government to help her pay for his medication and for the grief it causes her, having such a troubled child. There is nothing wrong with this child. She feeds him this medication that makes him tired, drowsy and he loses his apetite, so he is skinny to the bone. She does it soely for the money, and that is just sick.
What I find is an even bigger probelm is people who claim that they are dyslexic...there are even more of them in denmark. Alot of children dont care about school, so they dont pay attention and they dont learn, and then when they reach the age of 13, and cant read all that well, and spell like apes - they claim the be dyslexic - when in fact the fault is that they havn't learned anything through the years growing up. In denmark children get their first report cards and propper grades when they are 13 - meaning parents have no clue, day to day how their children are doing in school...and therefore have no way of keeping an eye on their progress.
In Denmark it is accepted that you are dyslexic, it is accepted that you have back problems and now even stress has become an illness that you get time off work to recover from.
People can go to their boss and say that they feel they are showing some of the typical symtoms of stress and their boss is oblidged to look into the matter, send them to a shrink (paid by their work place ofcourse) and once the shrink has okayed the diagnoses they get sent home for R&R fully paid, because they are ill with a "work related illness"

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The situation is quite a lot like that in the UK actually! It is easy to cheat the system when it comes to getting time off work, and citizens advice advise you to push it as far as you can and get as much time off as possible... which isnt clever.

I also agree with the whole thing about kids just not being bothered, becoming stupid and claiming they are dyslexic, which just annoys me. It also annoys me when someone spells something wrong, you correct them and they say "Oh sorry im dyslexic" or something stupid like that. Everyone uses it as an excuse for everything! Idiots!

In my case, im quite sure that i didn't learn to speak until i was three because i have dyspraxia, not because i just couldn't be bothered to learn to talk... Heh. Although, it does come in handy having it behind you even if you do really have it, because you can push the issue, ie. getting extra time in exams etc (Now would i do a thing like that?)

I have ADHD. And I take medication for it that does cause me to lose my appetite and make me lose weight.

I think ADHD is also an easy excuse though, for the people who want "perfect" kids, and it downplays the problems of the real ADHD cases. Every parent wants their kid to have perfect grades or just behave... so they over-medicate them instead of helping them. That's retarded. If the kid does not have ADHD, and a doctor says that they don't have ADHD, don't go around thinking you know more than your doctor and try to give your kid medicine for something they don't have, but instead try to actually BE A FREAKIGN PARENT! :mad:

i take aderal wat do you take

I have ADHD. And I take medication for it that does cause me to lose my appetite and make me lose weight.

I think ADHD is also an easy excuse though, for the people who want "perfect" kids, and it downplays the problems of the real ADHD cases. Every parent wants their kid to have perfect grades or just behave... so they over-medicate them instead of helping them. That's retarded. If the kid does not have ADHD, and a doctor says that they don't have ADHD, don't go around thinking you know more than your doctor and try to give your kid medicine for something they don't have, but instead try to actually BE A FREAKIGN PARENT! :mad:

The problem alot of the time is that people dont trust their doctor, which I have to admit, I will at times agree upon. But when people are searching for an answer, and they dont get it, they will keep searching and searching until they find the answer they want, which is just not fair on anyone.
Speaking of faulty doctors - my grandparents doctor, who actually has been my whole family's doctor for many years - well to say the least, they should have their license revoked.
My grandfather got operated on because he had a pool of blood, that had placed itself between the scalp and the brain membrain - causing him to act very strange because this collection of blood was pressing on his brain. After the operation, my grand parents doctor came to them and told them that he had had the feeling, for several years now, that my grandfather was becoming slightly dement - now that is something you can medicate in early stages to stop the progress and lessen the damage, however he never put my grandfather on medication for that specific thing. My grandfather took medication for all sorts of other shit...but not demence.
The same doctor told my aunt and uncle that my cousin was a typical case of "girl doesnt like school" after she several times, last summer fainted, literally passed out, in the bathrooms both at home and at school. He said that they shouldnt worry it would go away, she just needed time to get used to the classes she was in, and she would soon change her mind, and the fainting would go away. This diagnoses was based on his opinion of her, not on ANY tests that were taken.
And to make thins even worse, my other aunt found out that her son had severe pollen allergies and when she confronted the doctor testing the slime membraines inside his nose, to finde out what types of pollen it is that he reacts to - the doctor told my aunt that it would be a waste of his reasources and her time and that she would be better off just keeping the child inside during spring and summer - because then he wouldnt break out. Is it too much for a mother to wish to know what kind of pollen her son is allergic to, so that she knows whether or not he can keep playing football or climb trees?

The situation is quite a lot like that in the UK actually! It is easy to cheat the system when it comes to getting time off work, and citizens advice advise you to push it as far as you can and get as much time off as possible... which isnt clever.

I also agree with the whole thing about kids just not being bothered, becoming stupid and claiming they are dyslexic, which just annoys me. It also annoys me when someone spells something wrong, you correct them and they say "Oh sorry im dyslexic" or something stupid like that. Everyone uses it as an excuse for everything! Idiots!

In my case, im quite sure that i didn't learn to speak until i was three because i have dyspraxia, not because i just couldn't be bothered to learn to talk... Heh. Although, it does come in handy having it behind you even if you do really have it, because you can push the issue, ie. getting extra time in exams etc (Now would i do a thing like that?)

You can't cheat the system in the USA, which is the one benefit of health insurance, but you can manage to get everyone to think "Oh, ADHD doesn't exist, the kid's just an idiot".

I didn't learn to speak until I was 3, and I hear that a lot of people with ADHD don't learn until 3.

i take aderal wat do you take

Concerta.

Diamanties you live in US, dont you?

You can't cheat the system in the USA, which is the one benefit of health insurance, but you can manage to get everyone to think "Oh, ADHD doesn't exist, the kid's just an idiot".

I didn't learn to speak until I was 3, and I hear that a lot of people with ADHD don't learn until 3.

yet 1 simtom of ADHD is averig to above averig intelligents

yet 1 simtom of ADHD is averig to above averig intelligents

I'm two points away from "gifted". :)

ADHD? Is that the latest in high-definition or something? I can't afford it yet.

So no, I don't have it.

Rido, not being able to speak doesn't mean you're not intelligent...

No, I live in Denmark. We have a health care system here too, where our taxes pay for doctor and schools and so on and so forth. So you should think the system would be interested in telling people the truth, especially if they claim they have an illness, that they in fact dont.
But then again - because they health care in denmark is free, alot of people go to the doctor without real reason, we breed hypocondriacs in this country. No kidding! I mean you have to admit, it makes more sense to go to the doctor and have a free of charge pregnancy test done, after a 1 night stand with no condom, than to go to the drugstore and buy a pregnancy test for 50 Danish Kroners. But then again, the government knows that people would get completely shell shocked if they put down our rediculously high taxes, and then made us pay to go to the doctor...people would have heart attacks and shit, just out of shock, and then again they wouldnt because who dares get sick if you have to pay for it...haha...silly really:p

I'm two points away from "gifted". :)

wat IQ mine 135

Rido, not being able to speak doesn't mean you're not intelligent...

i Hate to type

I have it, and I was diagnosed last year. But since I`m 23 already, most of the symptoms are gone or I have figured out how to deal with them, so I dont take drugs anymore.

For me, I "self-medicate" by doing a lot of exercise. That helps quite enoug. Or alcohol :D

ADHD? Is that the latest in high-definition or something? I can't afford it yet.

So no, I don't have it.

read the 2ndpost

I think Mikesburg was joking :P and Rido, what did you mean about the intelligence thing? I am dyspraxic (seems to have some similar symptoms to ADHD like not being able to talk until i was 3) and i am pretty intelligent... which is shown by my GCSE results, that i didnt even work for...

PS Rido if your IQ is 135, then why "yet 1 simtom of ADHD is averig to above averig intelligents"

And not... "yet 1 symptom of ADHD is average to above average intelligence"

Just a thought... :p :rolleyes:

And Northern Borders... Alcohol answers everything :) (Apart from Alcohol Addiction and Liver/Kidney failure)

I have ADD (not ADHD) and I don't take medication for it.

I personally think way too many kids with AD/H/D are receiving prescriptions when what they really need is understanding.

Remember, ADD is only a disorder if you let it be one.

I personally think way too many kids with AD/H/D are receiving prescriptions when what they really need is understanding.


I totally agree. Same is true with things like depression - all people do is stick them on prozac or whatever, which sadly is what humans seem to have come to believe is the answer to everything. But like you said, i think the real answer to these problems is understanding, and unfortunately that's quite hard to come by in the right capacity.

I have ADD (not ADHD) and I don't take medication for it.

I personally think way too many kids with AD/H/D are receiving prescriptions when what they really need is understanding.

Remember, ADD is only a disorder if you let it be one.

I do think kids should know and be recognized as having ADD. I sure as hell went through shit because my brain was diferent and people expected me to be just like everyone else. What I really wish is that there were special methods and teachings to people with ADD, so that they could explore their full potential instead of trying to mimic people who were clearly made to follow some diferent patern.

no, oh wait yes

I do think kids should know and be recognized as having ADD. I sure as hell went through shit because my brain was diferent and people expected me to be just like everyone else. What I really wish is that there were special methods and teachings to people with ADD, so that they could explore their full potential instead of trying to mimic people who were clearly made to follow some diferent patern.

It'll save me from looking anorexic because of the meds...

Anyway, you've got a point. The meds interfere with my writing. :mad:

Of course not. Beyond what I suspect is mild narcissism and arrogance, I'm reasonably balanced.

Yes, ADHD is a real disorder.

No, it doesn't have a prevalence of 30% of the population. This poll is an excellent example of the frankly over-diagnosed disorder and the declining quality of psychology. Used to be you'd need a real psychologist to diagnose, and prescribe medications for, something like a mental disorder. Now, you can just go to an MD. Hell you don't even need to bring the kid. "My kid is hyperactive. Give me some methamphetamines, doc!" "OK!"

I have all the symptoms of adhd, but don't have adhd.

I have all the symptoms of adhd, but don't have adhd.

I don't have *ever* symptom of ADHD, but I have it. Feh.

I have ADHD. And I take medication for it that does cause me to lose my appetite and make me lose weight.

I think ADHD is also an easy excuse though, for the people who want "perfect" kids, and it downplays the problems of the real ADHD cases. Every parent wants their kid to have perfect grades or just behave... so they over-medicate them instead of helping them. That's retarded. If the kid does not have ADHD, and a doctor says that they don't have ADHD, don't go around thinking you know more than your doctor and try to give your kid medicine for something they don't have, but instead try to actually BE A FREAKIGN PARENT! :mad:

I also think that ADD is often diagnosed by lazy doctors and that there are kids out there with other problems that are being cheated by adults who want an easy answer. Case in point, my kid, who had trouble in public school, highly intelligent, but just wasn't fitting in, had behavior problems, etc. The school told me she had ADD and that I needed to put her on meds, they offered to get me a script from their "school doctor" for her......now, I am not stupid, so I took her to her doctor (unaffiliated with the school) who wanted to "check some stuff out first" and sent her to a psychologist who said that she was a genius....and he thought her behavior problems were not likely caused by lack of discipline at home, come to find out later, she has a food intolerance, and once I changed her diet, she is fine (although still a genius and thus prone to boredom). I spent many years of my life sick because doctors didn't want to find out what was wrong with me. Joints ache? have a pain pill. trouble concentrating? have an anti-depressant gaining weight? have a diet pill, losing weight? have some steroids.........blech. It's to the point now that I almost hate doctors. They decided when I was about 17 that I was "faking" to get out of doing stuff.......uh, no. Now, we know that I have a food intolerance, and other than the damage that has been done by eating the wrong things (when I was ignorant to the problem) I am okay too.

I have ADD and it only interferes with my life when I let it.
I let it interfere through much of high school, and I tremendously regret that.

I take no medication for it, as none seemed to really do anything but make me fidgety and nervous.


I agree with the statement someone made earlier about it only being a disorder if you let it be.

My brother has ADHD and made absolutely no attempt to curb his behavior through much of his childhood.
As a result he was put in The System for his teenage years, and he's seriously messed up as a result.
Now an adult, he's finally off all the medication they had him on for the better part of ten years.
Only now is he able to figure out who he actually is.

All the medication seems to do with ADD/ADHD patients is make them unable to cope with their disorder without pharmaceuticals, which is not the intent of medicine at all.

I also think that ADD is often diagnosed by lazy doctors and that there are kids out there with other problems that are being cheated by adults who want an easy answer. Case in point, my kid, who had trouble in public school, highly intelligent, but just wasn't fitting in, had behavior problems, etc. The school told me she had ADD and that I needed to put her on meds, they offered to get me a script from their "school doctor" for her......now, I am not stupid, so I took her to her doctor (unaffiliated with the school) who wanted to "check some stuff out first" and sent her to a psychologist who said that she was a genius....and he thought her behavior problems were not likely caused by lack of discipline at home, come to find out later, she has a food intolerance, and once I changed her diet, she is fine (although still a genius and thus prone to boredom). I spent many years of my life sick because doctors didn't want to find out what was wrong with me. Joints ache? have a pain pill. trouble concentrating? have an anti-depressant gaining weight? have a diet pill, losing weight? have some steroids.........blech. It's to the point now that I almost hate doctors. They decided when I was about 17 that I was "faking" to get out of doing stuff.......uh, no. Now, we know that I have a food intolerance, and other than the damage that has been done by eating the wrong things (when I was ignorant to the problem) I am okay too.

Agreed. I think that kids should be evaluated for everything, and if it all points to ADD, then it is ADD.

I don't have enough attention span to read this whole thread. Does that mean I can have some letters, too?

I don't have enough attention span to read this whole thread. Does that mean I can have some letters, too?
You can have PQR if yah want...

I totally agree. Same is true with things like depression - all people do is stick them on prozac or whatever, which sadly is what humans seem to have come to believe is the answer to everything. But like you said, i think the real answer to these problems is understanding, and unfortunately that's quite hard to come by in the right capacity.

Do not underestimate the power of Prozac!!

I happen to have a Prozac mug. It's my favorite mug.

:)

No, I have ADLD. Attention Deficit Lackadaisical Disorder *nod*

I can't have something that doesn't exist. ADHD is a myth. I'm not going to argue this.

I can't have something that doesn't exist. ADHD is a myth. I'm not going to argue this.

That is a very naive way to think. Alot of children and parents will think like that for many years, and then when the kids are all grown up, and dumb as shit, because they didnt get the right help - to teach them, they start using it as an excuse:mad:

I have...

Let's go ride bikes!

you don't have to be 9 years old to make false claims on an internet forum.

Eh, my brother has mild ADD. It is an actual disorder, and it is often times misdiagnosed, as it is difficult to tell real cases from simply hyperactive kids. Not everybody's make up is the same, and some people have a disorder where they just can't pay attention.

That being said, I repeat it is over diagnosed.

*snip*

I got through halfway and lost interest. :p

Seriously, though, I might have it... possibly. My sister does, so I'm likely. But I'm not in the position to worry about it because I can do so well in my studies that I don't give a shit about thinking anything of it.

Well back when I was in 3rd grade, I went to a doctor who did a bunch of tests and later told my parent that I had ADHD. But he was incorrect and wasted lots of my parents money on treatments and the like. Yes, I do like kittens, they are verry cute--but I'm in love with puppies! I mean, honestly, who doesn't love puppies? So my mother told the doctor she wanted even more testing done. This lead to me having to go to the childrens section of the Hershey hospital to play stupid "games" with the doctor. Stuff like reflexes and hand corrdination. Well then the guy at the bar asked me "Are you sure you're 21?" To which I replied "Yes." And then he gave me my rum and coke. The doctors once again told my parents that I had ADHD, and put me on medication.

A few years later it was discovered that I was just "defiant" and did not have ADHD.

Fucking waste of my life. Getting that medication, when it was not needed.

ADHD? Is that the latest in high-definition or something? I can't afford it yet.

So no, I don't have it.No... that'd be UHDV or UHD. A 7680x4320 resolution coming to shop near you soon*.

*soon being about 25 years

Of course not. Beyond what I suspect is mild narcissism and arrogance, I'm reasonably balanced.Only mild? *runs*

Bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed as ADHD in kids. They used to think I had ADD.

there is no such thing as ADHD.

There is, I have had it for 38 years.

iv had it for 10 years

why the hell did people invent meds for adhd when that itself interfears with daily rutins

How many kids with ADHD does it take to screw in a lightbulb? :confused:







Wanna go fishing?! :D

1:mad:

anyone whith ADHD rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool: ;) :)

I've got a mild case of ADD without the hyperactivity component, which is why it went undiagnosed for 38 years. Now that I know what's going on, I can develop some appropriate strategies for dealing with it. If I hadn't gotten the correct diagnosis, I'd probably still be flailing around and not understanding why my brain works the way it does.

And I have no patience with people who claim that ADD/ADHD doesn't exist. Just because you don't have something doesn't mean that other people don't have it.

(Um... how many negatives did I put in that last sentence? :confused: )

And I have no patience with people who claim that ADD/ADHD doesn't exist. Just because you don't have something doesn't mean that other people don't have it.

good point

Dude! Rido, do you ever sleep???:p

Maybe, if a large enough segment of the population has a condition, it isn't a "disorder," it's just different. 10% of the population is lefthanded. 10% of the population is gay. What are the statistics on ADD/ADHD? Or bipolar disorders? Our 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday "normal" life is invented and imposed. Maybe someone who doesn't fit that life is just different, not abnormal, or sick, or in need of medication.

Maybe, if a large enough segment of the population has a condition, it isn't a "disorder," it's just different. 10% of the population is lefthanded. 10% of the population is gay. What are the statistics on ADD/ADHD? Or bipolar disorders? Our 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday "normal" life is invented and imposed. Maybe someone who doesn't fit that life is just different, not abnormal, or sick, or in need of medication.

It's not just that life one can't function in. Someone with ADHD cannot function in any scenario you can come up with.

I totally agree. Same is true with things like depression - all people do is stick them on prozac or whatever, which sadly is what humans seem to have come to believe is the answer to everything. But like you said, i think the real answer to these problems is understanding, and unfortunately that's quite hard to come by in the right capacity.

Well, most often of all, the answer is both medication and understanding. :)

Bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed as ADHD in kids. They used to think I had ADD.

Yup, that's what happened to me, too.