I need help for add

my problem is, im sure I have ADD I've been researching it and takin quizes and every thing points to yess I have it. but my mother wont do any thing about it she wont take me to get treated. I cant take it any more im sick of not being able to pay...

attention in school its too hard for me because I cant stay focused. and its hard for me to drive because I start day dreaming and loose focuse, and that really scares me I have almost had many accidents beause of that. is there any way I cant get help by my self I really dont want to have to deal with this any more!

Maybe if you put down the pot, you'd be fine.

An excerpt from Weed: New Facts, Old Fiction http://www.doitnow.org/pages/129.html
Since THC accumulates in the brain for such long periods of time, and since the brain is so near and dear to all of us, research into its actions there has been the most closely-watched area of marijuana research in recent years. And from what we know today, those effects are something to think about.

the most striking set of effects involve memory. Recent studies show that pot can disrupt short-term memory -- the process in which recent events are encoded and stored in the brain.

This effect can be a disaster if you care about your grades and your future -- and a serious drag, even if you don't.

Other potential problems aren't much fun, either.

Calculation skills, reading comprehension, and other abilities can also be dulled by the drug, with effects lasting several hours after the high disappears. And the more you smoke, the longer they seem to last.

The same thing happens to reaction time and visual tracking ability, which could be a problem in certain circumstances, like driving a car. That's why it's as bad an idea to drive after smoking as it is to drink and drive.

im 14 and have add when ur in class i way to stay focuz is take lotsof notes and or draw pics of what ur doin in class or just keep busy when ur drivin read street name and look around at everythin
ik it hard but this will help

masterbate until you climax before you go to school and then take a shower. All the daydreaming will seem secondary

Dear whered_the__hippies_go,
Your mother won't take you but you drive...please drive yourself to the doctor. If you do have ADD they can put you through the proper tests to confirm this. They can advise you on the proper medications used to help with ADD. If you do take any drugs you must stop, these contribute to making one feel unmotivated to get help for themselves. A lot of people with ADD do self-medicate trying to get their thoughts to settle but they just make is worse so stop all self-medications and see a doctor. Thousands of people have a form of ADD and are doing very well in school and hold down wonderful jobs. It isn't your fault you have it but it is up to you to do something about it...you asked so you want help, now go get it.
Sue....good luck

weed helps ADD
I don't know what the f*ck these people are talkin about you didnt even say anything bout weed

lol dont listen to what people tell u, its all misleading information
you need to do your own research and see for urself

These are some of the comments I have copied from a forum

-pharmaceuticals are known to kill more people than illegal drugs

-marijuana is the number 1 cash crop in the world
it serves as a natural medicine and has many other uses
thats why they prohibited it so big companies can make more profit
thanks to bad journalism

-can also help aids patients, aids diminishes appetite
have them smoke a joint and they regain their appetite counteracting the illness

-no one can die from smoking cannabis and has been no known deaths compared to everything else including alcohol, tobacco, etc..

I myself have asthma and smoking opens up my airways making it easier to breathe with no side effects
when medically legalized in my state I look foward to becoming a patient for prescription marijuana. 12 states have already legalized it along with other countries in the world and more following
my job is to educate people that are not aware of the plants uses

re-legalize!

-I did most of my research through websites, books, magazines, and the news
norml.org
high times magazine
etc..

- theres more to it than just getting high
and I believe legalizing it would make this a better world to live in

-God bless the whole crop!

- and for people that dont smoke, you dont need to smoke it to support it

-all the better reason for the government to legalize..
couple reasons why it should be legalized:
-will be removed from black market and stop empowering gang members
-medical reasons
-would be sold like alcohol, remember alcohol was once prohibited too (in stores away from children, have to be 21+)
-would be a law that you cant drive while intoxicated on weed
-prison population would lower (prisons are overcrowding with nonviolent offenders)
-keep patients from being convicted
-would provide millions of jobs for people
-would make us an independent country (fuel, etc.., debt free america)

people with an addiction (including hard drugs) shouldnt be thrown in jail, they need help
theres more people in jail with mental illnesses than there are in mental institutions

the list goes on

- the War on Drugs is a failure, its a war on its own people. policies need to be changed
we pay billions in taxpayers money to keep the war going and neither side is winning
thats just a waste of our tax money
I wonder what they do with all that money..
those greedy bastards just sell drugs back onto the street, you can even check urself on that
there was a time when there was a cia operation transporting drugs overseas into america
the government also provided Rick Ross with plenty of heroin to go around, course making money from it

the truth must be exposed, theyre dirty work must stop!

-Of course we can do something about it, we all just need to unite
screw the federal government
remember slavery?
if no one stood up im pretty sure it would still be going on
people were tortured, beaten, killed and thrown in jail but that didnt stop them standing up for their rights
eventually slavery was abolished
same with alcohol prohibition
eventually became re-legalized

- its like theres some kind of conspiracy going on
I sense the government is up to no good and trying to control us.
credit cards, money, and now they have chips that can be implanted in skin for uselful reasons but if in the wrong hands well were pretty much fuct
they hiding the truth from us
its dangerous to be right when the government is wrong
they got theyre privacy but we dont. they want to know everything were doing on our leisure time

get up stand up!

- marijuanas not anti-establishment because its illegal, its illegal because its anti-establishment

all facts stated have been double-checked and confirmed
want to learn more?
norml.org
americandrugwar.org
hightimes.com
lets all make this a better place to live in!