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- twitchr, on 02/07/2009, -5/+82When did Phelps become the poster boy for drug abuse? If anything he might prove that bong hits lead to super powers! or at the least turns us into dolphin-people.
- ARTLUKM, on 02/07/2009, -7/+64Let's create acronyms for every possible personality trait and then call each one a disorder!
- yocouchdigga, on 02/07/2009, -10/+67This should take some of the burden off my parents, I can blame ADHD for my alcoholism now!?
This reminds me of the time that--OH LOOK A SQUIRREL, IMA CATCH IT! :DDD - doshindude, on 02/07/2009, -0/+31My friend has ADOS: Attention Deficit Oh Shiny.
- jggube, on 02/07/2009, -4/+29Dugg for thumbnail of Phelps.
- Ne007, on 02/07/2009, -1/+25now here....take this pill and you will be less annoying to me.
- darknecross, on 02/07/2009, -0/+22The way he's staring at the link is hilarious.
- positron, on 02/07/2009, -4/+25That's what happens when you teach kids that popping pills will solve all their problems.
- aclockwork3, on 02/07/2009, -6/+23Thank you. Someone said it.
I'm tired of doctors telling everyone they have a problem and need to take all these pills yadda yadda yadda.
Just relax, take a bong rip, and do what your brain wants you to do. It's called ADHD because kids don't like paying attention to boring ass *****, they like paying attention to fun, attention grabbing stuff. It's simple. - strangewill, on 02/07/2009, -2/+18I "had" ADHD in school until I got pushed into more challenging and interesting subjects. Sigh to think of how many people are drugged up because some subject was boring as all hell.
- Jeffler, on 02/07/2009, -2/+16BREAKING: Kids who pop pills likely to continue doing so
- DrDiggles, on 02/07/2009, -6/+20Ok ok so I had to post this because I too agree that people with adhd or whatever its called...anyway... I agree that they will use more drugs and drink more alchol as adults. This a.d.h. whatever it is is an epidemic. Kids can't focus now a days because of it. You ever get into a conversation with one. They just talk and talk and change the story. I remember this one kid that had adhd and he once was telling me about this thing he went on..I dont remember exactly what he was talking about but he just kept jumping. Sort of like those people on dirtbikes. I just watched this video called Thrill Billies and it was pretty good. They were jumping like crazy. Anyhow.. I got to get back to work.. Not sure what I was doing before I commented on whatever the subject was. After this... Going to the bar :)
Just ***** around!! haha - STARTSOMETHING, on 02/07/2009, -4/+17I agree, It's not my problem it's--OH LOOK BEER, IMA DRINK IT!
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -4/+15Flawed conclusion. I guarantee there's a ton more people with ADHD who are utterly worthless in life. It has nothing to do with the condition, just a simple fact of life.
- linuxpenguin, on 02/07/2009, -0/+10Even though this is true. . . this is very old news. Kids with ADHD are more likely to take risks in general - drugs or otherwise.
- DevSingh1359, on 02/07/2009, -2/+12The ***** is up with the picture and caption of Phelps on that article?
"Phelps lost a lucrative sponsorship after being photographed smoking pot. He was diagnosed with ADHD as a child."
It seems like a desperate attempt to use a guy who was recently caught smoking pot in order to link ADHD and drugs. Seriously it pisses me off...so the guy smoked some pot. So what? He's still in better shape than the douche who wrote this article. - sychodelix, on 02/07/2009, -1/+10People with any soft of mental disorder, whether it be ADHD, depression, or schizophrenia often find ways to self-medicate. It's a natural reaction for the brain to realize there's something wrong and try to fix it.
- 3nder99, on 02/07/2009, -3/+11Nothing like feeding kids speed, i mean ritalin, to turn them into druggies.
Seriously, they give some of the most addictive drugs in the world to ten year olds, then wonder why they have addiction problems.
Bravo doctor, bravo. - inactive, on 02/07/2009, -0/+8It's true. ADHD doesn't help someone at all; ADHD and high intelligence does.
- linuxpenguin, on 02/07/2009, -1/+9No, nothing cures ADHD.
- Fuckmypooplease, on 02/07/2009, -7/+15You dick heads need to have a little more sympathy, ADHD isn't a joke, there are hundreds of thousands of sufferers around the globe and to think that you two would--OH LOOK A RABBIT, IMA CATCH IT!
- PanicAK, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7Most people don't understand ADD and ADHD.
- kawaiirobo, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7Not true, I still have to fight to keep focus on things as a adult and my parents spanked the hell out of me as a child, sure a lack of discipline can account for some of the cases out there, but it's foolish to assume that just because a kid is diagnosed add means he comes from bad parents.
- crgnetworks, on 02/07/2009, -4/+11***** you.
- linuxpenguin, on 02/07/2009, -0/+7ADHD is different for everyone. Some can learn to control it without drugs - some need the drugs before they can figure out how to control it without.
Often times kids with ADHD don't get treatment because they don't get bad grades - and then they go to college and oh *****, now there's alcohol, drugs, females, and all sorts of other distractions - and no parents to make sure you're getting stuff done. - norbiu, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6That's called bad parenting.
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6Correlation != causation.
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -10/+16And more likely to succeed in life
* Andrew Carnegie
* Malcolm Forbes
* Henry Ford
* Bill Gates
* David Neeleman
* Paul Orfalea
* Ted Turner
- pintocat, on 02/07/2009, -1/+7IS THIS REAL LIFE?!
- ThunderGodNick, on 02/07/2009, -1/+6Pardon me for sounding a little irritated at this article but:
I have ADHD. I find it hard to believe that the disorder that I currently have has ANYTHING to do with what I drink or how much I drink. Hell I hardly drink much (....something like 3 or 4 times a year. Occasionally).
I USED to get drunk like crazy when I was a bit younger. But learning self control plays big in adults with ADHD. Takes a childhood and being a teenager to learn completely, but it can be done.
I don't take meds for ADHD anymore even. Mind over matter in that regard. Depression though, that ***** sucks. Clinical depression even more so (which I have). :\ - Doctoxicated, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5that's because as teenagers you can trade your kickass meds to adults for booze.
- lecturethis, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5although ADD or ADHD is most cases is legit, there is a growing trend by doctors to slap this label on any kid. Sure there are legit cases but there needs to be greater regulation and tighter guidelines in place on who is classified as ADHD and who can be prescribed retalin.
- regression, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5R-T-FA:
it states that people with untreated (read didn't pop pills) adhd were MORE LIKELY to have substance abuse problems as an adult. - Pedobear, on 02/07/2009, -2/+7It's funny that you should say that, when it's said in the 4th page of the article that ADHD patients medicated on stimulants are far less likely to develop substance abuse problems than those whose ADHD is left untreated. Reading FTW!
- Jareth86, on 02/07/2009, -0/+5There is actually a good reason for this. ADHD often produces aspergers-like symptoms that make social interaction akward. Alcohol eliminates those symptoms, making normal interaction possible.
- Ajajadude, on 02/07/2009, -1/+6No, it cures anorexia.
- ChrisNowak, on 02/07/2009, -1/+5I have Adult ADHD and was just diagnosed a couple months ago actually. For me it went undiagnosed for so long since i always was fairly gifted in school. Once I hit the real world though, I couldn't handle working 40 hours a week at all - my attention span just was not there. At first I blamed it on the fact that I hadn't ever had to work REALLY hard in my life, but eventually I realized there was something else going on. I'm also not one of the hyperactive types so it wasn't readily apparent at a young age that something was going on.
There are a lot of people out there who say people with ADHD are "just different", and I buy into that a little - in our evolutionary past perhaps it was an advantage in some respects. However, in the context of our current society there aren't many areas where it doesn't hurt you. Finding a job with a lot of variety is a good strategy - routines were the death of me when I wasn't on Concerta.
I take concerta, the time release form of Ritalin which lasts all day, and it seriously has changed my life for the better...just a complete turnaround from being mentally exhausted all the time because concentrating for even the short amount of time I was able to at work would tire me out. I haven't experienced any negative side effects either, although i've heard of people disliking the medication.
As far as alcohol use is concerned - I drank a fair amount before I was medicated, although it rarely got out of control - I think ADHD was partially to blame for this, just because I was constantly stressed because I felt I was slacking in so many aspects of my life. Being social is a lot more difficult when you're mentally exhausted all the time, and alcohol helped with that a little as well. But really I don't see it being that significant of a factor for me personally. - Saitekc, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4What about ADD? I have it and I seem to have turned out quite alright.
- scenefiend, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4um wat
- danthepiercer, on 02/07/2009, -1/+5insisting that parents take SOME ***** RESPONSIBILITY when raising their kids rather than just drugging them...yeah, that cures ADHD too!
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -1/+5You are an idiot. You're just using ADHD as a generic "disorder" label without having any idea what the ***** you're talking about. Come back later once you've distinguished between high-functioning autism, Asperger's disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, non-verbal learning disorder, savant syndrome, and ADHD. Among "disorders," these are the golden ones, and there's a huge difference between each.
- THEchemisTREE, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4Maybe she just likes getting wasted...
- CleoQKazoo, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3I completely I agree, I dont believe in ADHD, I believe some people are more hyper than others, but if they wanna focus they will, the medicine just makes i easier. I have a friend now who doesnt even try to ocus anymore, he just pops pills when its time for homework
- Pete7872, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3haha...and you probably will anyway
and its way more likely if your unmedicated too - wolferz, on 02/07/2009, -3/+6@gotacalc
It could be argued that ADHD leads to high inteligence... when your brain doesn't work right you have to learn ways to compensate. I myself have learned to use mnemonics and other techniques to remember important details... and I usually remember them better than others.
As for intelligence... when you can't easily memorize details you develop the ability to quickly reason or logic the details out... which lets you "remember" things even when you didn't know about them to begin with. This is why those with ADHD also tend to have slightly a higher IQ on average and why they tend to be better at math/science... so long as they don't have to remember multiplication tables/atomic numbers.
Granted there are those who learn to cope well with the ADHD (likely every one in the above list qualifies) and those who don't. Those who don't wont get any where in life... won't even be able to hold down a regular job. - benguild, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3Armorfist, please report to the Fail Department. It's embarrassing seeing people like you on Digg sometimes. =D
- Ne007, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3Here, take this pill...you are annoying the ***** out of me.
- zbor, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3Fun fact: sugar hyperactivity is a myth. Perhaps it arose due to the fact that things with caffeine in them often also have sugar (soda, chocolate, etc.). Or maybe because kids are most likely to eat sugary things during events that are inherently exciting (e.g., birthday parties). Nevertheless, sugar isn't going to make you any more hyperactive than bread, pasta, or any other carbohydrate.
- NaziHatinChimp, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3I can't argue with that.
- kawaiirobo, on 02/07/2009, -0/+3Oh, except that on page 4 of the article they state that studies have show that children treated with meds at a young age are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol later in life than those that go untreated. For Future reference, it's a good idea to read the article instead of just shooting your mouth off about the title and your assumptions.
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