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We as a community are very aware of ADD & ADHD in children. Our education system has come a very long way in educating staff & offering the appropriate assistance for ADD/ADHD students (sometimes even a bit overzealous with diagnosis & treatment, but that is a separate topic).
With the appropriate help & guidance available today, there is great success in children with ADD/ADHD growing into highly functioning flourishing adults.
We may however overlook the many adults with ADD/ADHD that grew up before we were aware of this condition. They may have gone through all types of hardships and labeling in there youth. With the proper help there lives may have turned out much different if they and there family would understand there condition.
Please share how this condition affected you as yeshiva men, in your learning as adults, your jobs and general life. What is your coping mechanism?
Are any of you aware of support or coaching appropriate for frum yeshiva people?
ADD/ADHD is not gender exclusive and is common in both male & female. Although the treatment and coping mechanism are the same for both genders, the way that a person is affected is different in males then in females and each gender will benefit from a discussion like this far more with there own gender.
Please keep this post male oriented.
im not sure if i qualify, cuz im not in my 30s or 40s, but i was diagnosed in college, about 6 years after i graduated high school. in general, i am typically very bad at taking written tests, but will pass an oral one with flying colors. i have taught myself many coping mechanisms, so i am now able to sit still and focus on the task at hand. because of the hardships i had in (elementary and high)school, i stopped trying around grade 6, and stopped going half way through grade 10.
ha ha i thought this thread was askin who in thr CR has Virtual ADD!!! ME ME ME!!!
i wonder if virtual add transfers to regular what do you think asdfghkl
asdf- when I saw the title of this thread I automatically assumed you started it 😉
asdfghjkl, you sure we shouldn’t add in the hyperactivity component? if it were up to me i’d make that ADHD
im with moish on that one
yeah this post definitely made me think of asdfghjkl
asdf dont take this the wrong way ppl withvirtual adHd are lots of fun !!
baal kishron: ha i say yes!!!!
areivimzehlazeh: i actually couldn’y imagine who would start a thread in my honor!!!!
moish: ha yes you should have added it!!!!
an open book:ha ha ah ah a
ha ha ha ha ha aha ah aahhahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow i think we should make a case study out of asdf:)
baal kishron: i’m ROLFL!!! gee thanx buddy!!! i’m lots of fun?????????
yes asdf if you want me to spell it out for you in general ppl with add can be a lot of fun b/c they possess an abundance of energy and childish delight in the silliest things which if harnessed correctly can be used to cheer ppl up when they are in a bad mood b/c sometimes they do things that you just cant help but laugh on the other hand they sometimes take it too far and drive me up a wall!! not you asdf dont worry
goodness, i think i’m the least ADD person in the WORLD. i can’t even relate.
baal kishron: k k k buddy i got it!!!!
baal k- subtle… 😉
its my specialty beacon 🙂
Talk about a change in subject.
joseph, most people with ADD would understand the need for that
Then there must be many such sufferers here.
including us?
See your psychiatrists.
where’s squeak?? (notice the start of a new conversation…)
ames, what do you use that one for? 😉
How many ADD kids does it take to change a light bulb?
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Wanna go ride bikes?
Squeak 😉
how many ADHD kids does it take to change a light bulb?
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catch!
Love that one, squeak.
Sounds like me- is it a bad idea to self-diagnose?
hey what happened to mine? so what if it was feeding off squeak’s?? it had the “H” in there!
squeak-reminds me of this one:
How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but it has to really want to change.
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Actually, the correct answer is none – the change has to come from within the lightbulb itself.
How many Lubavitchers does it take to change a light bulb?
None- it didn’t die!
Back on topic or this topic gets closed.
Yes, I do see the irony given the title
YW Moderator-39
mod39, I’m afraid that given the topic of this thread, this is directly on topic.
~a~
We haven’t had a topic closed in a while, so why not? That is, can anyone remember the last time one was closed?
wanna ride bikes:)
and thats what i call on topic lol
I really want to get back on topic with ADD and its effects on people in – hey what’s that flashy thing?
Closed
Do NOT quote the American with Disabilities Act as justification for the nature of the discussion
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