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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 21:49:13 GMT
Okay - heres a couple of questions for debate...
Ive asked the "people in the know" that Ive met at the Maudsley and not got an answer yet...what are everyones views on this.....
Is ADHD considered a mental health issue or is it a learning difficulty?
What is the likelyhood of developing dementia or other brain issues in old age if the brain is already wired differently to start with?
(if im nutty now - god help me when Im old!!!) ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 8:24:11 GMT
It's a developmental disorder that is a mental health issue.
ADHD is diagnosed by studying the degree of impairment - a genetic carrier, with low levels of impairment, would not get diagnosed even though their parents, siblings or children might do.
Just looking for the gene/s would not satisfy the current diagnostic criteria so psychiatrists have to create elaborate tests to prove the point.
It gets classed as a developmental disorder since we tend to underachieve socially/scholastically QED we're underdeveloped. Or something like that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 13:11:48 GMT
sometimes i think we worry too much about dissecting adhd instead of focusing on all the good points. remembering it is not our fault we don;t fit systems (no one does, really). we have wonderful qualities which just have not been recognised yet and utilised by society. do take any help which copes wiwth us 'having' to fit in some way. difference is just that - difference. i feel we are somehow becoming 'specimins' under some microscope designed to look at flaws only and think of ways of correcting them! it would be so much easier to ignore us i if we were all nicely labelled and filed under 'underdelveloped brain. immature left hemisphere, behavioural problem. there my friends, is a slippery slope. find your qualities and enjoy!!!
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Post by Idiot on Apr 30, 2012 16:00:55 GMT
It surely is a mental health issue. How can it be considered a learning difficulty when many many people with ADHD do not have a learning disability?
I agree that many ADHDers underachieve socially BUT looking at all the ADHDers I know personally, I would not agree that all ADHDers underachieve scholastically.
Jhazzie, I like your attitude ... don't fight it, that is pointless - just find the good points and go with the flow ... I think this accepting may take a while though!!!!
ImanadiotwhichiswhyImaguest.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 16:36:29 GMT
we tend to underachieve socially/scholastically......... Who said all? I know ADHDers with PhDs - but nowhere near as many as I should do.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 20:48:16 GMT
I have an honours degree btw... but I think I would rather it was classed as a learning difficulty (that is more socially acceptable like dyslexia or similar) rather than a mental health issue as mental health still has a stigma attached to it. (maybe I havent accepted my dx yet perhaps!) I find concentration a problem, so learning from a book is very tough....thus a learning difficulty, BUT I have a tendency to fly off the handle, thus mental health.... If theres anything that Ive learnt being Adhd though - its nothing is ever simple and straightforward - so I wouldnt expect anything less than what Ive got is not easily put into a box!!!!!! Anyone got any views on the dementia element? ?
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Post by claudhopper on May 1, 2012 12:10:32 GMT
I've got a post grad qualification and a good degree so I can't describe myself as having a learning difficulty I would say that I am 'different' with some social and behavioural difficulties. Intellectually, I would have thought I was at an advantage, I pick up new subjects very quickly and get the 'big picture' before 'normal people' do.
I agree that the positives have been ignored, but that's because we take all our 'authorities' from a medical establishment that is geared towards resolving problems rather than understanding the individual IMO...
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2012 14:09:49 GMT
It is a neuropsychological impairment (hence disability) that can give rise to mental health problems and learning difficulties.
I got a degree and have to do clever stuff every day. I have a very clever dyslexic friend who does the same. Learning difficulties are measured relative to overall cognitive ability. I'd say I have significant learning difficulties to do with my attention span, processing speed, working memory and memory retrieval.
I also experience mental health problems of stress, anxiety, low mood and poor self-esteem.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 8:11:10 GMT
oooshiny reading that makes me think ' this person is me' haha !
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