Hormones..hormones..hormones

Yep...it's a fact. If it isn't bad enough dealing with teenage hormones...having ADHD on top of that can best be described as "tricky" or "embarrassing" at worst like "holding back a 10 foot wall of water with a donut".

"Overly Pre occupied with sex" they called it. Pre-occupied, hell I was always occupied with sex. Lets make something clear here a 15 year old boy lives in his washroom normally...now add ADHD and meds. There appears to be a evidence that when a person is clinically someone with ADHD (and we are not talking about the billions wrongly diagnosed - we will discuss that later) they have a higher sex drive. This could be due to the increased adrenaline or the wiring of the brain but it is/was there. I was a freaking rabbit in high school and university..if it moved..well you know the rest..then there is the meds.

Yep.. the meds. Most of the meds that people with ADHD are on are amphetamine derivatives, uppers, speed..stimulants. Guess what? they stimulate EVERYTHING!. They increase neuro tranmsitters and effect how your body uses Dopamine and Dopamine is linked to libido.

Now lets also be clear some of the newer meds like Adderall will occasionally effect the "equipment". reports of "AHHH!!" shrinkage and tight feeling in the "boys" have been reported. This However usually wears off as the body adjusts to the meds..

So what am I saying.

• If you are an adolescent with ADHD and you think you may be going insane because you can't stop thinking about sex. Don't worry it happens with ADHD
• If you are involved with someone who has ADHD and they are insatiable - learn to enjoy it or at the least understand why they are
• If you are an adult with ADHD...well you've been there and now you know you are not alone

okay that's my 3 cents worth (1.37 cents in this economy)

Attention Seeking Behavior

Why is this a bad thing??

Someone tell me.

Why is this considered bad?

All human interaction is attention seeking behaviour...I am currently engaging in attention seeking behaviour by typing this..

Whenever I hear someone say "He is just engaging in attention seeking behaviour, just ignore him" I want to scream...I want to scream "Then give him ATTENTION!!". I would much rather work with a kid that wanted my attention and therefore obviously cared about receiving mine than work with someone who doesn't give a damn about interacting with me.

Kids with ADHD are ignored so often, either due to their behaviours or their actions that some are strangely starved for real attention. If a child is acting out or being silly or causing a disturbance. FIND OUT WHY. Sure, address the behaviour (you have too) but also find out why they felt the need to do it in the first place.What are they trying to really communicate. Give them attention. Tell them privately I am willing to give you, no I want to give you my attention.

Often kids with ADHD have crappy self esteem and will do almost anything to get attention form their peers or others. If you suspect that this is the cause of their "Attention Seeking Behaviour" then do things to build up there self esteem (I will talk about things you can do to increase Self Esteem in another Blog soon) and they will not need to seek ego-boosts inappropriately and create issues...

Just my 3 cents worth..

Steve