So whats your take on Attention Deficit Disorder and Depression?

I think that people with ADD should undergo a self-exploration process on how to focus their energies for the benefit of mankind. Undergoing depression is common to those ADD sufferers who haven't discovered their potentials.

You are the second post regarding depression that I have responded to. I will tell you what I told the other gal. Depression IS a disease, it can kill, and so is ADD and ADHD. I have depression, my brother has ADHD. We do NOT just sit around and be "depressed". I hate people who think that's all people do who have these diseases. Dont just assume, DO SOME RESEARCH before you post a topic that you dont fully understand. We have to take medication to treat it and we are NOT pill poppers,it's a treatment for a "disease". And I'm NOT self centered, Im betting I'm just as active as you are, only difference, I know about my disease, I DID research on it. Maybe you should go reae about it and better educate yourself, then you would understand.

well my take on this is that it is a true condition. my eldest sone has adhd, epilepsy, and is bi polar, and yes he has had brain scans, eeg's and been diagnosed by a neuroligst, so my take is that it is a true condition, however, there are many doctors out there that just hand out pills to children that do not have this condition, which i think is really wrong.

My only opinion on this is you really don't know what you are talking about ADD is real over diagnosed(sp) yes but real none the less. Maybe you should reasearch more before you make such a comment. If you had a child or another family member who has this you would understand more i am sure. But please don't label ADD kids as spoiled or anything else that puts them down or the parents down.

I sometimes think that kids are wrongly put on medication for ADD and other things. If something is slightly wron, shove a pill in them to make them better. Other times they really do need help and sometimes pills or diferent kinds of teaching them is the way to go. As for the depression, it sounds to me like you have never been depressed. That's good for you, and it also means you'll never understand it. There is being depresed as in something bad happened or some little thing didn't go your way. That's the kind where you suggestions would work. There is also the chemical depression where that just does not work. That is the kind where the person really has no choice in the matter. It is a chemical imbalance in the brain. The person either needs medication or sometimes just a change in diet works. It all depends on how bad it is.

please do some research before you speak on something. being self centered has nothing to do with depression, and neither does sitting around. RESEARCH the conditions before you make offensive statements like that.

You clearly no nothing about depression. I have suffered from depression for years. I don't sit around the house being depressed. When it first happened I foudn it difficult to go out and do things. I couldn't understand why i was feeling down because everything was going well for me, and I didn't understand how to make it better because depression means that you feel bad with no reason for feeling bad. Have you ever tried fixiing something when you don't know the problem? It's not like feeling bad because you lost your job or fell out with a friend, where there is a clear solution (get another job, make up with your friend). When I found out what was wrong me I was able to make things better. Depression never goes away, there will always be bad days and good days. But when I'm having a bad day I make myself go out and do things, I go to work and i do things that I would usually enjoy, even though I probably won't enjoy them while I am feeling depressed, but it stops the feelings of depression from getting worse. Far from being selfish and self centred I am a full time charity worker who does volunteer work in her spare time. Far from being lazy I work 48 hours a week and then do volunteering on top of that.

I agree and disagree with you..lol/.I know that there are wayy to many kids on medicine for it that shouldnt be on it and i really dont think they have it..Kids are hyper by nature and i know my attentions span was crap when i was little i had a million things runnign threw my head at once..what homework do i have..do i have it? i got some munchies..wonder is margie can play..i wanno ride my bike today..all this went threw my head all the time..not that I had ADD.but i was busy..like most kids..Then i can say..I know a couple in my neighborhood that need it soo bad!! One boy in particular..hes 10 and on med..one week she couldnt afford to get his med..i dont remmeber why..but he went ape shi@!!!he needs it..as well as the others..so yes some need it..and yet theer are alot more that done in my opinion..

Um... ADD is a chemical imbalance in the brain! It's not like depression, people can't just get it, they are born with it.

i agree with firejester on this one. can't say anymore than that... :o)

I agree wtih you. Spoiled kids need to be disciplined. Giving them pills is just taking the easy way out.

crazt

i don't think its crap