13 year old girl commits suicide from myspace hoax

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Originally Posted by fido123

I'm referring to my 4 closest friends. My other friends I see only on occasion. All of them were diagnosed with ADD. Yes they were hyper pricks when they were young but now they are calm and a lot more mellow. Doctors give medications to stop 6 year olds from acting like 6 year olds and it drives me nuts.

ADD has almost nothing to do with being hyper, whatsoever. Believe me, I've been diagnosed with it and read up on it. I've always been calm and mellow.
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder. You should know this already, but from reading your posts, it's not very obvious you understand. It includes symptoms such as difficulty concentrating and inattentiveness, but has very little to do with hyperactivity. You are probably talking about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which includes symptoms of hyperactivity, but is not limited to them. Even then, what you infer about ADHD and what stereotypes infer about ADHD is not true. People are not diagnosed with ADHD because they are acting like a 6 year old. They are diagnosed with it based on a list of symptoms. Of all the people I know with ADD/ADHD, only one of them has been diagnosed before the age of 13, and that was at 10 years of age. Not 6. At 16 I still fit the symptoms for ADD (also known as ADHD-I), and I act nothing like a 6 year old. People usually go to get diagnosed with it because of problems/impairment at school and work, not because they act like 6-year-olds.

I understand that there is controversy about the diagnosis of children with ADHD, and that children without it are being diagnosed with it. But contrary to many people's opinions, the vast majority of ADHD-diagnosed people actually have ADHD.

Seriously, please get your facts straight. Even if you didn't know, there are plenty of places online and offline to use for reference.

I apologize for ranting, but it really annoys me when people act like or presume that they know what they're talking about when they talk about ADD or ADHD, but all they're doing is following the stereotype.

A side note: ADD is no longer officially recognized as a mental disorder, but is known as ADHD-I or ADHD-PI. As if anyone in this thread really cared anyways...