4/15/2010 5:10:08 AM

I think you mean ADHD.

4/15/2010 5:47:01 AM

whoa, a webcomic about video games? this looks promising.

4/15/2010 6:24:50 AM

the usage of "alot" annoys the hell out of me.

4/15/2010 6:34:38 AM

the usage of "alot" annoys the hell out of me.

4/15/2010 7:06:07 AM

the usage of "alot" and the usage of "ADD" do not annoy the hell out of me but I acknowledge their incorrectness.

4/15/2010 7:16:02 AM

Why is 'ADD' incorrect?

4/15/2010 7:19:33 AM

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"The previously used term ADD expired with the most recent revision of the DSM. Consequently, ADHD is the current nomenclature used to describe the disorder as one distinct disorder which can manifest itself as being a primary deficit resulting in hyperactivity/impulsivity (ADHD, predominately hyperactive-impulsive type) or inattention (ADHD predominately inattentive type) or both (ADHD combined type)."

4/15/2010 7:23:47 AM

I didn't know that.

However, if someone just has attention deficit and not hyperactivity, I would still rather use 'ADD' than "ADHD predominately inattentive type".

4/15/2010 7:29:26 AM

^ Agreed.

4/15/2010 9:38:08 AM

I have the same thing as that comic guy...

4/15/2010 9:45:14 AM

Selective ADD?

4/15/2010 9:45:54 AM

as someone who legitimately had that shit, It does make it hard to concentrate on anything, the drugs do help but left me feeling hollow inside, I was able to keep it in check with caffeine and mental training and I see no reason that anyone couldn't do this

4/15/2010 10:54:30 AM

Because most people running around proclaiming they have ADD when not getting their work done don't actually have ADD.

4/15/2010 7:08:49 PM

ADD is when you're focused on something and somebody can be talking to you and you are so into what you're doing you don't notice them. ADHD is when you're constantly moving, figity etc...

4/15/2010 11:43:53 PM

I, too have OH LOOK A THING

4/15/2010 11:49:01 PM

figity

4/15/2010 11:49:04 PM

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"as someone who legitimately had that shit, It does make it hard to concentrate on anything, the drugs do help but left me feeling hollow inside, I was able to keep it in check with caffeine and mental training and I see no reason that anyone couldn't do this"

Maybe you were on the wrong kind of meds...i've been on several and I'm finally on the correct meds and it doesn't make me feel hollow inside.

4/15/2010 11:56:45 PM

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"ADD is when you're focused on something and somebody can be talking to you and you are so into what you're doing you don't notice them"

That sounds like autism to me.

4/15/2010 11:58:07 PM

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"That sounds like autism to me."

Autism is completely different. To be correctly diagnosed with either ADD or ADHD or you can have a little of both. It's hell to be tested and get diagnosed!!

4/16/2010 12:02:20 AM

I can think of many more medical tests that are hell than ADD testing

4/16/2010 1:26:54 AM

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""ADD is when you're focused on something and somebody can be talking to you and you are so into what you're doing you don't notice them""

Sorry, that's silly.

It could be that, or more likely, it could be the other way around, i.e., that you are unable to focus on your task because an object/person is making noise or talking in the background (whether to you or someone else).

In fact, you don't need background noise or conversation. ATTENTION DEFICIT, i.e., you can't pay attention for a reasonable amount of time, regardless of external disturbing stimuli.


[Edited on April 16, 2010 at 2:37 PM. Reason : ]

4/16/2010 2:34:36 PM

ADHD causes me to lose track of a conversation 5 seconds after a person begins talking to me.

4/16/2010 2:36:14 PM

i too suffer from a compulsive need to endlessly combine numbers...

4/16/2010 2:44:38 PM

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"Autism is completely different. To be correctly diagnosed with either ADD or ADHD or you can have a little of both. It's hell to be tested and get diagnosed!!"

uh he had me take a test thing on a piece of paper, looked at it, and wrote me a script for adderall......

I went from a B student to an A student

either way, not that hard of a test tbh

4/16/2010 2:50:37 PM