AD(H)D

AD(H)D:
Touchy subject this one, there is a question out there as to weather or not it exists. As a dyslexic person I have a few symptoms but do not consider myself to have ADD however I have several friends who do, and trust me after you have a few full length conversations with people who cut themselves off mid-sentence you will no longer wonder weather or not it exists. I Know AD(H)D exists, however I think it is over diagnosed and that medication is normally not needed (perhaps it is in extreme cases) as the people I know who have not been medicated have grown up, annoying the hell out of their parents and failing a lot of theory based school work, but have learnt to control their symptoms to a point where they can manage their life. The people I know who have had medication have on average done much better at school, and that includes friendships, but have not managed to control their hyperactivity or concentration at all once their medication starts running low. I could watch them and tell when it’s wearing off. They bounce around so much that even their peers are freaked out. Oh and for the heads up for parents fizzy drink equals hyper kids even in normal kids, and fruit contains sugar the main source or energy (a healthy sores of energy but an unneeded one in kids who have enough energy.) and for anyone out there who is still asking but what happened to all the people who had it before anyone knew about it. Well they either grew out of it (as some kids still do) or more likely they failed or just scraped through school, got themselves apprentaships or became professional footballers or created their own businesses and put all that extra energy to good use.
So ADD and ADHD are real, but they are not a bad thing just a different thing.