"add or adhd isnt a real disorder tho. i think it comes from new technology. young kids have short attention spans. ive never met a person over 20 that has had add but almost 1 out of ten kids say they have it"
Most people over 20 that have ADD/ADHD are taking pills to control it. I've got a cousin that has a bad form of it (currently 22) and needs pills for it. Most people can grow out of the disability as they progress and learn how to focus themselves. Some people may never grow out of it and are forced to have to take pills for it.
ADD/ADHD is similar to Autism - if it is diagnosed at an early age and treated (not through medicine), then the extent of the disability can be significantly lessened or even "cured". ADD/ADHD is over diagnosed. If you look at the amount of kids that are being diagnosed right now to ten years ago, it would appear to be an epidemic when the rate has not changed at all. The only thing that has changed is that doctors are becoming to liberal with labeling the children and are pushed to prescribe
drugs to kids because then the kids have to come back for refills on their prescriptions and therefore they make money.
The new technology (and especially when it is introduced way to soon to kids) will decrease their attention span because they are constantly doing something and don't know how to deal with having to focus.
"and I've been perscribed pills for ADD, those pills don't help at all.
without pills: you're loud and annoying in class, and not working/paying attention...
on pills: you're staring at the wall dead like a zombie, still not working/paying attention..."
Dosage is probably too high then or you need to be taken off that pill and put on another. Have you ever tried taking a 1/2 dose?