ADHD is more commomly discussed absolutley. The H being hyperactivity adds to the behavioral part of ADD. A child with ADD often goes undiagnosed especially in girls because they dont have the hyperactiviy. ADD is a struggle for the undiagnosed because they dont get the help they need. They may be shy, quiet, a loner etc. Unfortunately, when a child has ADHD, it is hard socially for the child as well as the family because it is noticed more.

yes I feel the same way
I was one of those really quiet girls who never spoke in school and was never hyper.
Still I was diagnosed with ADD not ADHD but then when I got older I was told that ADD is now called ADHD and it was like a new name for it. I never did have the hyper problems at all.
I was always very quiet and listened to my parents and did what I was told. I never had that anger problem and was never aggressive the way a lot of ADD people are these days. It makes me think that maybe I did not have ADD and maybe had autism instead. I think that now people just refer to ADD as ADHD and just group the two together.

yeah that is what happened to me. it felt horrible and in school i didn't get the help i needed. and i was let to fall through the cracks. and it effected my school life. so was this what happened to you guys too?

It has not happened to me, however, I read it years ago when I started researching ADHD because my son was diagnosed. . ADD Girls struggle and because they are quiet, they fall under the radar. Teachers have to be carefull when talking to parents about learning disabilities. Parents often get angry and dont want to hear that thier shy quiet daughter may have ADD. Teachers can only report on what the student does in class, not try and diaignose a child. Suggestions can be made to seek the help of the schools SPED team. Some times that doesnt go over well with parents. Its hard for both teachers and parents. I did not want my son labeled SPED. However the help he recieves because of the label helps him to be sucsessfull.

starynitesky05 this is exactly what happened to me.
I fell thru the cracks and no one cared.
My mom always made a big deal about how I would amount to nothing because I could not do well at school.
I feel this was not the only problem I was also lacking in all social skills and could not get any friends at all and this led to lack of confidence and no body was ever nice to me and everyone teased me so yeah I guess we are in the same boat.

My parents were told I had ADHD at four then told at six that I also Ihad Central Auditory processing disorder. I was sent to a speech and language therapist and recieved her services. Had to get up at four AM and stay up until eight using a program called fast forward. By the time I was eight they said I had performed above average on the program and no longer had Central Auditory processing disorder. I also never had an anger problem and was always very agreeable. I did get hyper a lot and wasn't invited to more than 4 birthdays in elementary. After elementary school however, I stopped being invited to birthday parties all together. Except for parties of family friends. Throughout school I was always bullied and teased. Instead of being quiet and shy I talked fast and when nervous a lot. I didn't know what to do in social situations so never knew when I did anything embarrassing. I was in resource from the time I was six until I was 17. Then I was mainstreamed , but still received speech and language services and had an IEP. At one of the IEP meetings the resource teachers said that my social skills became much better after I got mainstreamed. I still struggled with social skills and fitting in , but kids finally started to at least tolerate me. I ended up not learning as much in high school , or middle school as I wanted because I was stuck in reasource for so long. I got on honor role many times , but felt I wasn't being challenged. I am in college now , but do have to get services from the DRC or Disability Resource center. This is so I can have a note taker as some times I struggle writing notes neatly and do struggle with orgainizing them. Especially when the teacher writes and goes through them fast. Also I have to get twice as much time as everyone else on tests and take them in a seperate room. This way I can concentrate and still succeed in school. I do agree with you though ADHD is discussed more than ADD probably because it is more obvious due to the behaivoral problem component than ADD.

Kheybor1 thanks for sharing your story.
I had a similar life except nobody ever liked me to tolerated me.
I was always teased and that has made a dent in my self esteeem that can never be repaired.
I don't think parents and teachers realize the
negative impact this behavior has on someone like me. They think oh she does not care because shes stupid and has ADD and shes not a real person anyway. Well I do care and all my life I have been trying to get accepted for who I am. Every day I just keep trying a little more. I am doing good for a person like me.