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You CAN Raise Your self-Esteem
I have adhd and I dropped out of high school 3 years ago, got into drugs and drinking and haven’t really had a good job ever in my life. I am not good looking and I am fat. I still live at home with my mom and dad. I am trying to stay off drugs but it is hard. I go to a group meeting with some other people twice a week. I have to go by the court. They say I have low self esteem and that is why I use drugs. I think this is true. How can I raise my self esteem? Especially when I think I have very good reasons to have low self esteem, like not being very smart or pretty or anything very good.
Read answer →ADD... Meds, or other treatments
I have ADD. I am 16. I was tested by a psychiatrist last year. I have a prescription for ritalin and I am supposed to take it before breakfast and lunch. I have been using it for almost a year. I don’t think it helps me at all. Does this mean I don’t have ADD? Does taking this medicine harm my brain if I don’t have ADD? My parents say I should take it but I am not sure.
Read answer →Treating Adult ADHD
What do you think about the Dr. Daniel Amen method for adult ADHD? I have heard some really amazing things about the progress one of my friends’ sons made and my son is 24 and really directionless and unemployed. He is a creative genius and amazing artist. If he could stay focused on completing a series of paintings he already has preapproval for a show at a major gallery. The problem is he can’t get it done and this is so frustrating to him and to all of us. We have tried every ADHD medication out there and they only help a small amount so he is not sure they are worth the side effects and since they don’t help I wonder if his ADHD diagnosis is not 100% accurate. This is why the idea of really comprehensive brain scans to find out what is going on in there sounds like exactly what we need to do.
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