Can you outgrow ADHD?

If you no longer need medication, then why not go with the theory that you have outgrown it?

Hello Rscapricorn6. I was 6 when I was diagnosed with ADHD. I was on Ritlin for 7 and a half years. Of course the miligrams went up and down. I was 10 when my stepmom came into my life. By the time I was 14 we both decided that medication was not doing anything to me. I acted the same when I was on the medication and when I was not on the meds. I stopped taking the medication. I went down a very long and hard road of trying to cope with everything. There where a lot of fights and arguements. I am 26 years old now and every once in a while my ADHD symtoms comes out in my behavior. I used to say that I outgrew ADHD. Now I have come to the conclusion that I still have it but I learned how to control it.

Hey. im 20 and never been tested for ADHD but everyone keeps telling me that they think i have it. i cant stay on one topic for the life of me. i am also very fidgety and can never stay still. they are always like if you do have it you know you have to take meds right. and i say yea i know.

so yea if you do fine without meds then yea you probably did outgrow it.

Hello,
Of course you can heal up. As for nothing to do i get the same way, so i tinker on stuff. I guess that is one of my hobbies, i also like to shoot but that can get expensive quick so i reload my own now.

What i guess i'm getting at is that you should find things you like, work on them when you want or for how long you want. Do it for you.

Hope i helped some

hey lilgurllove---
thanks for your post. I have been off the add meds for over 4 months now, and I am doing just fine with lots of sleep and coffee. I don't jump from topic to topic as i used to,and i am gettting better at sitting still. I can concentrate on something for awhile, like an hour or two. But then i need to take a break usually...But thats the normal i think. People with add, can't focus for 10 minutes, let alone an hour, or is that just rumors?

yea ill be in a therapy session that lasts about 45 minutes and im constantly changing the subject. i cant help it. it just kinda happens.

im always moving my feet and hands.

ive drank so much coffee that it doesnt even affect me anymore. :( still love it though.

I love your whoop whoop comment down below.

you sound like a really great girl

thanks for your posts :-),

sound like you have Adhd
I might just have add, but i can pay attention as long as i have some coffee.

Thanks. And your welcome.

Im 21 years old I think i still have ADHD Im not the overactive person that I was when i was younger I actually think i have less energy now (I wish i had that energy lol) but all of high school I slacked cause of my ADHD didn't think ill really do anything in life cause of it basically , but I put my self through college got good grades now a senior I look at the past and i think people can control anything if you just sit down and do it. Yes i do have my skits of ADD in class and other things but that happens with anyone in life.