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Post by ChaosLily on May 3, 2012 14:32:43 GMT
Today, yes I'd press that button. Yesterday I would have too.
But in a few tomorrows, if everything was direct debit; if I had a house keeper; if I didn't want for money; if I could flit off and follow my impulses; if I didn't have to fit into this society, here, I might not.
So unless I win loads on the lottery (and let's face it, lots of money could buy most of us out of the negative aspects of our symptoms) it looks like I'm pressing that button no matter how many tomorrows there are!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 21:23:21 GMT
I get the feeling that ADHD would be AWESOME with a big lottery win... Just not so fun with day to day life.
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Post by sherry on May 3, 2012 21:43:53 GMT
It would be outrageous fun!!!
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Post by ChaosLily on May 4, 2012 11:11:48 GMT
Syndicate, anyone?!
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Post by cleverliteral on Jul 8, 2012 23:00:44 GMT
Seriously? I think Neurotypicals are boring, coz having a happy life is boring. Looserdome on the other hand is always something new, every day. I'm so f-g not boring! YAY!
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Post by cleverliteral on Jul 9, 2012 15:28:53 GMT
amblyman, speaking about severe ADHD, you're wrong. It not only affects work and earning money, it affects relationships and even enjoying hobbies, and without them there's not much of happiness.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2012 20:32:40 GMT
He knows, clever. But he has a point. Money makes even the tricky bits easier. I'd have a personal assistant, for starters, to do all my remembering for me.
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Post by thethinwhiteduke on Jul 22, 2012 21:59:18 GMT
Read the headline and nothing more but yes, yes, a thousand times yes to your question - this is a mental disability for god's sake!
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Post by thethinwhiteduke on Jul 22, 2012 22:12:42 GMT
Now my ADD is making me feel sooooo depressed that said magical button is never going to be. Says it all really, there are no positives to this disability and the sooner we recognize this and communicate the suffering to others, the faster society will accept our plight alongside more visible difficulties.
It really does take the piss that ADD prevents us from shouting the issue from the rooftops and also those close to us want to pretend it doesn't exist too, so a chat and some action motivated from that area is hopeless too. I despise this situation and as others have said, would trample new born kittens to hit the button to give me the life my ADD brain cruelly lets me know I could have had too. Truly tortuous and then no one believes it - difficult to think of worse.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2012 23:51:44 GMT
Noooo!! Not the kittenz!!!
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Post by claudhopper on Jul 24, 2012 21:38:17 GMT
I'd press the button for a life. But if there was a day button or an evening button, i'd press that and the permanent button i'd leave.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2012 22:25:01 GMT
I read this thread and then cried a little bit when I remembered "the button" isn't real.
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Post by boo on Sept 9, 2012 14:16:19 GMT
hmmm......wos this button do then...... ooooo......lemme see..........oooer.......whoops...... bugger........ ummm..... is there a re-set? shit....can i unpress this...... ffs..... helloooooo, anyone wanna tell me why the stoopid doesnt-really-exist-button didnt have a re-set built in.... you know, in the unlikely event of it being pressed impulsively ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 11:52:47 GMT
At the moment yes I would press it, id do anything to just beable to function correctly and stop feeling broken . Its too Fecking much some days , things can start off ok then one little stupid thing sets off the hide behind a wall and do nothing but zone out response. But when I'm in a "normal" state i love the impulsive me the fun side... ehhh can't win .
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Post by bobjones on Sept 13, 2012 12:16:14 GMT
30 years ago - YES!
Now - I'm not sure. Having more money would be nice, allowing me to do things and go places with my son. It's difficult to know what normal would be like and how much of 'me' is formed by the ADHD. Part of my problem with the meds is that I don't know how I 'should' be thinking.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 13:05:00 GMT
Yes it is difficult to know what normal is like, but there's normal then there my "normal" and its defiantly not normal lol. I don't/haven't taken meds so i wouldn't know the effect.
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Post by bartlikefocus on Sept 13, 2012 14:40:41 GMT
Hell No!!! I would just like to have had the ability to understand my body earlier and then I may not have been left to develop a list of other health conditions because of how people perceived me,
I.e, I had a GP say she thought I was one of 'those' patients, she never explained what she meant not did she apologize for her bias against me delaying further investigation into whether I had arthritis, removing any chance for medical intervention based on the usual progression of the primary condition.
My ADHD fueled personality gave me fantastic opportunities, understanding it better so that I could have built a future and security for myself would have been the key.
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Post by boogie on Oct 3, 2012 17:08:59 GMT
No - I have adapted to my ADHD and wouldn't want to lose so much of what makes me me
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Post by dizzydumpling on Oct 25, 2012 23:28:53 GMT
Right now I'd press it - without a doubt......unless there was also a button next to it that when pressed would stop everyone else treating me like a tw*t when I make silly mistakes, and a little scroll next to that, rolled up and tied with a ribbon, that when unrolled read "this document guarantees that under no circumstances will dizzy ever cause death, injury or undue harm to her loved ones or innocent bystanders as a result of her absent-minded dizzyness", in which case I'd slam down button number two, grab the scroll and run away laughing with glee.
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Post by jan on Oct 16, 2013 13:10:00 GMT
Hi Was watching Stephen Fry's documentary on bipolar disorder and he asked sufferers the question 'If there was a button sitting in front of you that could make it all go away, would you press it?' Thought I'd echo this question.. Would you press a button that got rid of your symptoms for the rest of your life? Would have to be no for me I think. Despite all the shit I've caused for myself and others I like being different through good times and bad! a few seconds ago QuoteEditlikePost Options Post by jan on a few seconds ago imnotnutty Member's not posted much yet * imnotnutty Avatar Posts: 20 30 Apr 2012 at 10:30pm QuotelikePost Options Post by imnotnutty on 30 Apr 2012 at 10:30pm I would press the button.... If I remembered where I last put the button to find it again.......if I remembered to press the button when I was supposed to......if I didnt get sidetracked by something else on the way to pressing the button......if I didnt interupt the person telling me about the button.......if i could ensure that I didnt mess up by pressing the wrong button....if I didnt manage to break the button.....and I could press it several times in quick succession and I could do it loudly!!!!!!!!!! ......and become normal.............. ?? HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! soooooo funny - me to a t - thats if i'd even remember there was a button - what was the question ? can't work out how to resurrect this thread after half an hour am giving up - worth a read though
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Post by mogli on Oct 16, 2013 14:16:28 GMT
For me, ADHD can be fun when life is good, when life is bad, ADHD is BAD.
When I've been single and free of responsibility, the casual sex, partying, impulsive behaviour makes up for the failings ADHD has handed me. When I look back on my life, All the funny stories and good times almost certainly wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for this disorder. When I'm in a relationship, and my failings affect others and not just myself.. Impulsive behaviour isn't really going to solve anything, so in affect the so called positives of ADHD are not much use.
So YES, I would press that button. Even if I were single and carefree, for me the positives can only be good in the short term.
I'm about to start my meds tomorrow, in all honesty I was hoping that would press the off button to an extent anyway??
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Post by Lesley on Oct 16, 2013 17:40:16 GMT
Yes, I would definitely press the button.
I'd SO love to be able to get a move on with the things I want to do.
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Post by cheekybuddha on Oct 16, 2013 18:13:54 GMT
Absolutly yes I would love to just pull my boat into harbour , a bosom of calm in the wild and choppy seas. Feel....tired. have good days and bad days and the ones Inbetween . But never feel I know what's coming, so yes, I'd happily live without it And hope my visuals and fun and creativity would remain with me
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Post by JJ on Oct 18, 2013 23:37:14 GMT
I'd take it away, no brainer.....
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Post by Skybird on Oct 19, 2013 16:56:49 GMT
I've spent so long beating myself up for being different and wishing I was more normal so there's no doubt that I'd be pressing that button. Perhaps I might feel different in a year or so once the diagnosis has had a chance to sink in a little bit but right now I can't see many things that there is to like about being ADHD and AS.
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Post by jan on Oct 19, 2013 17:21:32 GMT
i'd bite your hand off to get at the bloody button if i had to - no question !!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2013 0:26:21 GMT
If I'd been asked that question 2 years ago I would have said yes without hesitation. Not now though. I'm changing and growing and learning stuff there's no way I'd have learnt if my life had just been rosy. I don't want to just get through life with a silver spoon in my mouth and for everything to just be happy and plain sailing. I want to achieve my maximum potential as a human being, and change things and make a difference to this world and other people.
Most of my family are educated and 'successful'. I used to so look up to them and wish I could be like that. But as time has gone on, and I see what those people esteem and value, what makes them tick and motivates them - no thank you.
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