Tiny Report post Posted October 19, 2005 HI, COULD ANYONE TELL ME MORE ABOUT ADD AS MY 14 YR OLD SON HAS JUST BEEN TOLD HIS VERY DEPRESSED AND HAS A VERY LOW SELF ASTEAM . HE HAS BEEN PUT ON ANTI-DEPRESSION TABLETS AND THE DOC SAID HE HAS ADD,I KNOW ALL ABOUT ADHD AS MY 11 YR OLD HAS THAT BUT AM UNSURE WHAT ADD IS XXX TINY XXXX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lil_me Report post Posted October 19, 2005 (edited) Its ADHD without the hyperactivity as far as I am aware Attention Deficit Disorder. Edited October 19, 2005 by lil_me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loulou Report post Posted October 19, 2005 Hi Tiny, Basically, ADD is the same as ADHD without the hyperactivity. Loulou x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mel_jayne Report post Posted October 19, 2005 Hi' Just a idea but i bought a ADD book off ebay,it's helping me understand it.My doctor also thinks my 9 year old has it and wait for dx for asperger syndrome.Also try abebooks.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strange girl Report post Posted October 20, 2005 ADD is a sub-grouping of ADHD. Many girls are given this dx. It basically tends toward the daydreamy end of it rather than the hyper activity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clintess Report post Posted October 30, 2005 hiya i have 2 sons with adhd and one of them as asd as well, i was told the diffrence is one has no hyperactivity and was triggered by diet wheres as adhd was a chmical inbalance in the brain and was hereditry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noetic Report post Posted October 30, 2005 hiya i have 2 sons with adhd and one of them as asd as well, i was told the diffrence is one has no hyperactivity and was triggered by diet wheres as adhd was a chmical inbalance in the brain and was hereditry. Sorry but you seem to have been told bull - ADD is inherited just the same as ADHD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brook Report post Posted October 30, 2005 Hi Tiny, Dont know if this link is of any help? http://add.about.com/cs/addthebasics/a/add.htm Brook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiny Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Hi all thankyou so very much for your help i have saved the sites in my links so i can keep going back for refs. Tiny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auriel Report post Posted November 1, 2005 HI, COULD ANYONE TELL ME MORE ABOUT ADD AS MY 14 YR OLD SON HAS JUST BEEN TOLD HIS VERY DEPRESSED AND HAS A VERY LOW SELF ASTEAM . HE HAS BEEN PUT ON ANTI-DEPRESSION TABLETS AND THE DOC SAID HE HAS ADD,I KNOW ALL ABOUT ADHD AS MY 11 YR OLD HAS THAT BUT AM UNSURE WHAT ADD IS XXX TINY XXXX please don't shout, its rude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiny Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Hi sorry Auriel but am not shouting so i don't know what you are talking about just asking for advice i thought thats what this site was for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluejean-genie Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Hi Tiny, Nat says that writing in capital letters on the computer is shouting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auriel Report post Posted November 3, 2005 Hi sorry Auriel but am not shouting so i don't know what you are talking about just asking for advice i thought thats what this site was for. not only is it the equivelent of shouting, using capital letters makes it harder to read! Grammer was invented for a reason! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted November 3, 2005 And so was spelling, Auriel! Grammar, not Grammer!! Mum Don't they teach you anything at that school?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
