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Mar 15, 2010 2:51:28 GMT -5
Post by sapphi on Mar 15, 2010 2:51:28 GMT -5
Hah - I accidentally emailed my dad the following rant:
If people can admit that psychosis exists why can't they admit ADD exists? The inability to pay attention - is that really so hard to believe? Not saying that it's not over-diagnosed - it certainly is. But people who write off an entire issue as laziness... just seems ignorant to me.
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Anyway - ADD. I do believe it exists, but I believe this disorder can be overcome by a majority of people afflicted by it (even if the people actually afflicted by it are only a small fraction of those diagnosed) with sheer will. Your thoughts?
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Mar 15, 2010 13:09:45 GMT -5
Post by motaku96 on Mar 15, 2010 13:09:45 GMT -5
I didn't even know there was any doubt that ADD(or ADHD) exists. I was nearly diagnosed with it when I was in 2nd grade, but it turns out I was just a lazy bum(still is). Anyway, I've known a few mentally handicapped persons in my life. So the thought of it not existing is kinda perplexing...
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Mar 15, 2010 15:46:48 GMT -5
Post by chzrm3 on Mar 15, 2010 15:46:48 GMT -5
It depends on what you mean by "does it exist". Are there people who innately have a much more difficult time concentrating then others? Absolutely, there's no question about that. Is it something that's tied to a genetic defect? I really don't think so.
I'm not a psychologist, so running my mouth about this is probably just me being ignorant, but whatever - I've always figured that disabilities like ADD were the results of a child's environment, not a genetic flaw in his mind. What that actually entails is beyond me - maybe the kid was raised in such a way that he was never punished for not paying attention, so his mind became conditioned to wander freely. Maybe the kid was constantly bored before he went to school, and his mind trained itself to revert to a "daydream" state whenever boredom arose.
That said, I do think things like pills and whatnot can be effective methods of treatment. I mean, look - drugs alter our state of mind, there's no doubt about that. If I rip a fat blunt, I'm gonna be spacing out, and it's not because the marijuana seeps into the recesses of my mind and cures the problems of my genes, but just because it alters what my brain's currently doing. I think the same applies with conditions like ADD. However, if ADD is something that we're conditioned into having, rather than simply being predisposed into having, that means people could be taught to develop a stronger concentration on their own. I think.
To sum it up:
I think ADD's real, I think it's a result of conditioning/environment and not something anyone's "born" with, and while I'm okay with prescribing drugs to adults who really have it bad, I feel like kids are still young enough where the effects of ADD can be reversed if they just condition themselves properly.
I'm kind of a reverse case - when I was young, I was fine. Got fantastic grades in school, never had a problem with a teacher.... then my parents bought me an SNES, and I started hiding my homework under my bed so I could play the vidya, and day-dreaming about video games in class, and in a year I was taking ADD meds. I guess that's why I harbor this theory that ADD = conditioned, but it could just be that my doctor was crap and didn't realize my love for the vidya was so distracting.
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Mar 15, 2010 15:52:04 GMT -5
Post by ShadownetZero on Mar 15, 2010 15:52:04 GMT -5
Hah - I accidentally emailed my dad the following rant: If people can admit that psychosis exists why can't they admit ADD exists? The inability to pay attention - is that really so hard to believe? Not saying that it's not over-diagnosed - it certainly is. But people who write off an entire issue as laziness... just seems ignorant to me. ------------- Anyway - ADD. I do believe it exists, but I believe this disorder can be overcome by a majority of people afflicted by it (even if the people actually afflicted by it are only a small fraction of those diagnosed) with sheer will. Your thoughts? You can't have it both ways, you have to pick. Either it is a neurological disorder, in which case people can't just 'will' themselves better, or it's not. I think it is, but yea, it's over diagnosed.
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Mar 15, 2010 18:14:41 GMT -5
Post by dominus on Mar 15, 2010 18:14:41 GMT -5
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