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Understandingtheproblemsofothersisthekeytosuccess
Ever since I was a little kid, I considered myself a space cadet. It was not until I was around IO years of age that my parents slowly started to realize that my short attention span was something that JOE ELLIOTT was not normal. Of course, I just figured that I was just being a normal IO-year-old and never thought that much about it.
Well, over time, I slowly started to realize that I was just not accomplishing the things that I needed to get done on time. My parents tried to get me on a regiment of Ritalin to help control my urges. Unfortunately, I have always been the type of person that really has never relied on using medicine to take care of my problems. So basically, Ritalin was not an option in my life. Basically, my parents made sure that I was constantly doing stuff and I really never talked about it, so I never really thought about it.
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As I have seen it, being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder was not a big deal. Sometimes it was seen as a joke, but it really never bothered me. Luckily, it has been an experience that has greatly helped me in getting my life together. It has also been a very good experience for the job that I have during the summer.
Working at a summer camp definitely has its fair share of campers that come to camp to take a Ritalin vacation. This enables them to have some time off from the drug Ritalin, which helps them cope with having ADD. On the other band, Ritalin is going to be a drug than can really form a very physical and mental addiction. During this time, we let kids just be kids and give the counselors a run for their money.
Of course, I have been able to enjoy this time with the kids, because you get to try and help them fix their problems without the use of drugs. As I see it, having ADD is not all that bad, and has definitely been given a bad rap over the years.
It seems, though, that ADD can be something that can be taken care of without the use of drugs. If you are able to keep yourself occupied, like I did during high school and college, you can be able to try and work through the problem.
I feel that a big problem is trying to understand what ADD is all about and why it happens. ADD is a neurological disorder that affects the brain. It is considered to be a hereditary problem that affects the nervous system. It is also figured that ADD is from complications that