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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 25, 2016 11:45:44 GMT
Yes, it's another ADDitudeMag article by William Dodson. . . I found it interesting because he says: "It is hard to call something a disorder when it imparts many positives. ADHD is not a damaged or defective nervous system. It is a nervous system that works well using its own set of rules." It's not perfect, and has an awful title, but it's a well-informed magazine article, and it makes some interesting points. If you find it difficult to read on the webpage, click on the print icon and it's a lot more clear and it puts both pages in one place. . top tip! Here's the link link
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 25, 2016 14:43:11 GMT
Hi gc7 I spoke to someone from ADHD Foundation on FB and they're mainly concerned with children. . They say it's due to lack of resources and greater need for children. Their conference has some interesting topics, including adults and women, but it's not open to individuals on that day, just medical professionals and organisations because it's funded by pharmacutical companies (I've checked the email to make sure my facts are correct) I was told that I could book the other days, but they're not as interesting to me.
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Post by easilydistracted on Jul 25, 2016 20:50:57 GMT
Good article
That first page, talking about how priorities are set and viewed according to mind type touches on something I tried to say at my last meeting with the HR dept at work.
You can tell me it's important, I can tell myself it's important, but if my head doesn't feel it's important then it's off looking for something it does consider important
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 25, 2016 21:21:32 GMT
gc7 UKAAN is more of a professional body, I think.
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Post by shiningbright on Jul 28, 2016 9:33:48 GMT
I think you hit the nail on the head right there vagueandrandom: but it's not open to individuals on that day, just medical professionals and organisations because it's funded by pharmacutical companiesNow as unpopular as my following view might be, I don't view ADHD as a sickness, disorder or problem that requires medical intervention. I see it as a different way of living and I'm sure that with suitable freedoms to navigate society that people with ADHD would find they don't need medications so much (I have the same view of most issues that are labels as relating to mental, and sometimes physical, health). I'm not saying that medication can't prove helpful to people, only that I feel that society shouldn't expect everyone to follow the same mental functionings, the whole concept of NT is preposterous - how can we claim to now what brain is deemable as 'normal' or not when we can't actually understand the brain yet? My point is, so long as there are those that can make money from exploiting and/or exaggerating differences 'tween 'NTs' and 'non-NTs', then there will not be fair, honest or comprehensive treatment, advice, support or care available to those as needs. All fields of medical science (heck, all fields of science in general) is guesswork. The norms and accepted practices change over time, not always based on what is medically/research proven, but often based on what sells. Just look at Listerine for a good example of that (by which I mean the creation of a disorder 'halitosis' for the sake of selling their product). I'm not saying that ADHD doesn't exist, I clearly have it and so do many others, what I'm saying is that people profit from making us more abnormal then we really are. There is nothing wrong with being different, and we have skills that lots of NTs don;t have. Society needs minds like ours and by the time I'm an old woman I can assure you that the cultural view of medicating and demoralising those with ADHD will have changed; as has the views on smoking, electric shock theapry, depression (so many times), PMS, etc. (sorry, I could go on for days but I'm aware I'm rambling now). I hope I've not upset or offended anyone with my views - that wasn't my intention.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 28, 2016 10:22:16 GMT
I agree with a lot of your points shiningbrightWhat I really want is acceptance and understanding of my differences. . from the medical profession and society at large. . I accepted that I was different years ago, just didn't know quite how . . and I'm generally quite happy with who I am and I've developed a lot of coping mechanisms and organisation systems. . I don't even like taking painkillers and have had bad experiences with antidepressants, so have refused them for years. I'm prepared to try ADHD meds, but unless they actually improve my life, I'll be quite happy to continue as I have been for nearly 50 years. My journey to dx was from looking for the root of my recurrent depression. . what I was most interested in at dx was the course of adapted therapy, which I couldn't take up, due to moving house. I've had some good experiences of therapy (and some bad) because you're asked questions that you might not have thought of before and you can work things out for yourself. I'm not ill, or broken, but sometimes I get depressed due to some of the difficulties I experience as ND in a NT world. This is why I'm continuing with my fight to go to a specialist service. . not for meds, necessarily. . but for understanding and help for me to understand myself. .to reduce my periods of depression. . to try to be kinder to myself.
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