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For me too, there wasn't anything recognized as ADHD. I had a really bad time in the lower grades. In the fifth grade I made my teacher so mad, she hit me on the head with her paddle cracking it down the middle (that was in the days when they did that kind of thing). The Principal & Vice Principal called my mother in & told her to take me to a doctor, because I was uncontrollable. The sixth grade started getting better because of sports. During basketball season, we had to start practice at 5:30 AM because we had to use the high school's gym before school started. Even then I noticed I was more settled down after that. When changing schools in the ninth grade, I had to take PE first class of the morning. I could notice I felt better the rest of the day then too. I wonder if the ADD & ADHD thing is exaggerated now days. My wife says I have the classis indications of ADHD. Working and sports kept me calmer during high school - even tired lots of times.
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Marv Evans
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