I'm not sure if my little brother has ADD, I think that he might, but I don't know. My parents don't want to have him tested, they think that it would be detrimental to him and his self-esteem if he had, and they've already dilluted themselves to the point of totally believing that he doesn't have it. But I think it would he would benefit from knowing, so if he doesn't have it then great, but if he does have it we could at least treat it. So are there any common ways that I could tell if he has it or not, I've heard a lot of different things but am not sure what's true and what isn't, so any sound advice would be a great help, thanks
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How can I tell if my 10 year old brother has ADD?
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christ ur acting like he has 1 month left to live, he still u bro and u parents child, do whats best for him NOT for u or them socially.
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Well it does sound like he/she is thinking about the best interests of the brother.
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I have a couple relatives who suffer from it and from what I've seen, they have trouble paying atention for long periods of time, they often "faze" out. They have trouble absorbing new material and taking it in. They're also easily distracted and forgetful. Hope your parents redecide and get him checked. The earlier discovered, the better. If he does have it, seeing he's 10, it wouldn't have affected him much already in school.
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I hate that, how so many people refuse to accept things the way they are. I have ADD. I don't see what there is not to accept, there's far worse things. I don't even need medication anymore, I control it now to the point where I can concentrate as well as most other people (excluding when i'm tired in a really dull class, then I start to slip away worse than most people it seems). It just takes lots of focus to what you need to be doing - I hate the excuse that people don't have the will to do that, since everyone has the potential in front of them, but they get blinded by thoughts of incompetence where they feel they need medication or just can't concentrate.I hate the look on things like that as being "mental illnesses" or impairities. Every single person has their share of flaws and problems, but as soon as something is given a name, people get worked up about it.
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Sorry, if that was too much of a rant, lol. I noticed I sort of went negative on that, but I think my point still came across.
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You should go and talk to your parents about your brother. See if you can get them to understand that having ADD/ADHD doesn't mean the end of the world for your little brother. There is nothing wrong with having ADD/ADHD (because I've got ADHD and I'm okay with it) and I think that your brother should go and see a doctor as soon as possible and find out ways that he can over come the problems that come with ADD. It doesn't mean he has to be on medication. You can try and help him to learn to focus on things. For example, when I first started high school I couldn't understand the stuff in our text books becasue I couldn't focus on it and I'd end up getting bad grades. My parents figured out that if I would read out loud to them I could focus better on what I was doing and that I would actually understand what I was reading better than I would when I read silently to myself. By my senior year, I was a strait A student because my parents had helped me learn to control my ADHD in diffrent areas. There are all types of ways you can help your brother, and I suggest that you try t get your parents to help him now because if he has ADD it'll only get worse for him when he gets older.