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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 19, 2017 21:19:41 GMT
Hi all! The Guardian is looking for stories from people diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/19/have-you-been-diagnosed-with-adhd-as-an-adultThe Guardian, despite it generally being a balanced newspaper has reported ADHD extremely badly and insensitively in in the past and I don't know how they intend to use the information gleaned . . I like to look on the positive side and hope they'll report accurately.
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Post by goldfish on Jul 19, 2017 23:20:00 GMT
Thanks for sharing this! I've submitted my story I won't be surprised if they cherry pick things about medication and make us all look like drug addicts, but I guess we'll wait and see I mentioned how long I had to wait for an NHS diagnosis, it could be good if we could draw attention to this (if a few other people joined it) I also gave this site a mention!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 0:52:32 GMT
There's a distinct lack of ADHD success stories, unfortunately.
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Post by anopheles on Jul 25, 2017 16:23:01 GMT
I dunno. Rory Bremner, other actors, Richard Branson, the guy who invented the electronic air ticket...
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Post by whatsnext on Jul 29, 2017 21:13:02 GMT
I dunno. Rory Bremner, other actors, Richard Branson, the guy who invented the electronic air ticket... The 'problem' with those kinds of examples, though, is that they're generally outliers who might well have achieved regardless of ADHD. 'Modest success' in others may be much easier to realise and identify with.
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Hi all, just to update you I am 53 and am trying to get an answer to my condition by diagnosis
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Post by clipso55 on Jul 30, 2017 15:37:56 GMT
I am waiting for a diagnosis at the moment, I am 53 and its possible I have lived with this ADHD condition all my life, my school life was difficult and I remember showing the symptoms now but no one else did at the time I went on to self mediation and not surprisingly to me now that was Stimulant's, (Speed mostly followed by Heroin to switch off, if I have it as I am almost 100% sure I do its crazy strange that my body wanted that drug. I had a car crash in 92 leaving me with a badly damaged right leg probably due to adrenaline fueled needs again and have just had to give up a job of 15 years working as a substance misuse worker again possibly due to the last strew ADHD crash, I stopped coping completely, please feel free to give any feedback or guidance as I really will take any advice at the moment, thank you for being here.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jul 31, 2017 19:04:43 GMT
Hi clipso55 Unfortunately yours is a common story for those of us who have remained undiagnosed until later in adulthood. Have you been referred for assessment? Do you know how long the waiting time is? Most people who get this far thinking they might have ADHD, usually end up getting diagnosed, which can be a relief in itself. There's lots of advice here. . have a look around and ask some questions
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Post by jamieg on Aug 1, 2017 22:34:13 GMT
I submitted some details of my past, difficulties and current status.
I could have accomplished so much more if I didn't have the procrastination and distractability, but perhaps I would not have achieved what I did without my good problem solving, creativity and hyperfocus.
I offered what I thought was a positive response to my experiences and recent diagnosis. Hopefully they will present a more positive article on such a misunderstood condition.
Jamie
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Post by anopheles on Aug 31, 2017 13:53:11 GMT
I don't think they're doing anything with this.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Sept 5, 2017 23:30:01 GMT
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Post by goldfish on Sept 6, 2017 8:44:01 GMT
I thought this was really good! Don't know if they ended up using anyone from this forum but some of the people's stories sound familiar I'm still waiting to come across an article about ADHD that doesn't feel the need to mention the "maybe it's all made up" trope but maybe we'll get there one day
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Post by whatsnext on Sept 6, 2017 23:59:22 GMT
Reading some of the comments, I was interested in one set in particular, by this author: profile.theguardian.com/user/id/12588574?page=1 (Ron Roberts) I wasn't taking him too seriously until he mentioned that he's a psychiatrist. Sure, that's a title that can have a wide application - and, of course, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog - but nonetheless, I wasn't ready to totally discount his comments because I really don't know much about the science involved here. Is anybody familiar with the claims he's making and the validity of them?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 1:00:54 GMT
Ron appears to be very bored. Baiting people on a 'public forum' is the oldest trick in the book for getting pops and bangs out of the old reward engine. The irony. It doesn't mean he's wrong, however
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Post by vagueandrandom on Sept 7, 2017 9:54:38 GMT
whatsnext Ron's points are all inaccurate. .he's a troll . . I spent most of yesterday involved in similar 'scientific' denial debate with a psych on Twitter The comments BTL in the Guardian are usually much more in the vein of 'ADHD doesn't exist' 'it's all the fault of screens/big pharma/parents' and it was encouraging to see so many positive comments from people with ADHD. . .some from people I know from this forum and elsewhere. Until this article, The Guardian has been quite negative about ADHD which is why I'm well acquainted with the comments and have contributed on numerous occasions.
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