Adhd Quotes

• ADHD is not about knowing what to do,
  but about doing what one knows.

  Russell Barkley

  Knowing, Knowing What To Do, Knows

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• ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.

  Leon Eisenberg

  Example, Disease, Prime

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  Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

  Frank Zappa

  Positive, Inspiring, Science

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• I had a ton of energy, ran around like crazy - more than a handful for my dad. I was crazy. Dad barely handled it. I was never diagnosed ADHD or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure I had it when I was younger. It's the only thing that would explain me getting into trouble all the time.

  Apolo Ohno

  Dad, Crazy, Energy

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• In the midst of all the chaos swirling through your brain, all the disorganization and impulsiveness, the condition (ADHD) also seems to trigger a certain kind of creativity.

  David Neeleman

  Creativity, Brain, Chaos

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• ADHD isn't a bad thing, and you shouldn't feel different from those without ADHD.

  Adam Levine

  Different, Feels, Bad Things

  "Maroon 5’s Adam Levine: 'ADHD Isn’t a Bad Thing'” by Adam Levine, www.additudemag.com.

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• What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades's underwear?

  Rick Riordan

  Underwear, Woven, Hades

  "The Lightning Thief". Book by Rick Riordan, July 1, 2005.

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• We believe that more than 4 percent of the children in this country suffer ADHD... We want to know how to better identify and refer children for treatment.

  David Satcher

  Country, Children, Believe

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• As the nature deficit grows, another emerging body of scientific evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and emotional health. For example, new studies suggest that exposure to nature may reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children's cognitive abilities and resistance to negative stresses and depression.

  Richard Louv

  Children, Stress, Emotional

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• Working is the best thing for me because I'm borderline ADHD, so I need some kind of focus or I go a bit extreme. I need work to keep me sensible.

  Jaime Winstone

  Focus, Needs, Kind

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• These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise.

  Temple Grandin

  Doctors, Autism, Other Half

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• I'm from the ADHD generation, to be honest - I genuinely was on Ritalin in middle school - so I'm most comfortable with a hundred things going on at once. It's deadlines that get pesky.

  Tim Federle

  School, Honest, Deadline

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• That's the other thing: Even if you're on medication, you still have to treat your body properly and take care of yourself. The idea that it [ADHD] goes away or you grow out of it isn't true.

  Ty Pennington

  Ideas, Body, Care

  "'Revolution' Host Ty Pennington Talks Lifelong Battle With ADHD". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2012.

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• All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Addiction, Overcoming, Ocd

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• One of the places where research is needed is all the sensory problems. And you get sensory problems not just with autism, but with dyslexia, learning problems, ADHD, attention deficit, you know, things like sound sensitivity, problems with fluorescent lighting.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Sound, Attention

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• You're always moving and thinking about a whole bunch of things. But those traits work well for me in studios and in meetings about creative ideas. If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and it all happens in three minutes. I figured out a way of working with it.

  will.i.am

  Song, Moving, Writing

  "The Voice judge Will.i.am tells of his battle with ADHD" by Natalie Edwards, www.mirror.co.uk. April 28, 2013.

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• I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have access to accurate information.

  Ty Pennington

  Growing Up, Parent, Important

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I probably suffered from ADHD, but they weren't so quick to diagnose it back then. For PE, they'd drop you in the woods with a compass and a pack of matches. It gave you confidence that you could rely on yourself.

  Will Arnett

  Woods, Compass, Rely On Yourself

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• Frank: "I wish I was ADHD or dyslexic. All I got is lactose intolerance." Percy: "Seriously?" Frank: "And I love ice cream too.

  Rick Riordan

  Ice Cream, Wish, Intolerance

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• Most helmsmen would’ve been satisfied with a pilot’s wheel or a tiller. Leo had also installed a keyboard, monitor, aviation controls from a Learjet, a dubstep soundboard, and motion-control sensors from a Nintendo Wii. He could turn the ship by pulling on the throttle, fire weapons by sampling an album, or raise sails by shaking his Wii controllers really fast. Even by demigod standards, Leo was seriously ADHD.

  Rick Riordan

  Fire, Wii, Nintendo

  "The Mark of Athena". Book by Rick Riordan, October 2, 2012.

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• When the link between the use of unsafe, mercury-laden vaccine and autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies and diabetes becomes undeniable, mainstream medicine will be sporting a huge, self-inflicted and well-deserved black eye. Then will come the billion-dollar awards, by enraged juries, to the children and their families. I can't wait.

  Bernard Rimland

  Children, Eye, Awards

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• I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.

  Mads Mikkelsen

  Jobs, Crazy, School

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• I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but its entertaining, and it helps you make quick connections if youre a comedian, if you have a brain that can dance around too much.

  Rory Bremner

  Spinning Plates, Comedian, Brain

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• I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

  Fergie

  Children, Kids, Actors

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• Well, if you can't then write in the press or put on television the importance of parents changing what they're doing, then the safe way out is to say, "Look, learning disabilities is probably genes. ADHD, probably genes." And that is the political alternative to not blaming the victim.

  Jerome Kagan

  Writing, Parent, Political

  Source: www.pbs.org

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