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Post by claudhopper on Mar 2, 2013 11:32:52 GMT
For claudhopper, it is understandable that you at least sit on the fence and wait before you jump to judge someone. There's nothing to suggest that I was waiting to 'jump in' (into what I wonder) to judge anyone... TYVM I am sitting on the fence because I haven't formed a firm opinion on the issue raised, just like anyone else who's sitting on the fence. That'll be me out of the 'discussion' for now. I'm here because I have ADHD (just diagnosed) and this is a lovely light-hearted and supportive forum for people who share similar experiences. I look forward to your contribution in that respect.
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Post by claudhopper on Mar 2, 2013 9:12:41 GMT
I'm just sitting on the fence really....
I wonder if you could clarify why you are here... do you have ADHD?
You started off saying you wanted to find out more then within a post or so you're taking issue with people about the effects of meds. wassatalabout?
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Post by claudhopper on Mar 2, 2013 0:49:40 GMT
got any specific examples?
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Moves?
Mar 1, 2013 19:47:18 GMT
Post by claudhopper on Mar 1, 2013 19:47:18 GMT
I've been in this flat 4 years and it's the longest I've lived anywhere since I left home 31 years ago. It's a kind of restlessness I suppose.
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Post by claudhopper on Mar 1, 2013 19:02:09 GMT
Did you tritage or jump straight to a high dose?
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 28, 2013 18:42:32 GMT
That link didn't work.
Another case which shows ADHD is a disability and protects school children, it also protects employees so feel free to tell your employer that you have it, if you don't you won't be protected.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 25, 2013 18:41:06 GMT
And what do points make?
Prizes!
And what do you do when you've got 27 prizes?
Chuck 'em out and collect 1 point...
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 19, 2013 16:14:10 GMT
I love cycling and I'm on my second Dawes Kalahari which is a hybrid bike. I used to cycle 11 every day for work and at weekends too. I don't drive any more (too many accidents) but at the moment my back wheel is buckled and needs straightening. When that's done I'll be off all spring and summer. It's the exercise and time to look around that do it, I reckon.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 15, 2013 19:41:36 GMT
I find small talk impossible so I avoid people who do it. The conversation has to go into orbit or be on something new for me to maintain interest. I think people then think I'm uninterested or aloof but I just can't maintain interest if it isn't moving apace or interesting.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 15, 2013 16:31:18 GMT
Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, All my base belongs to you. [/poem]
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 14, 2013 17:07:35 GMT
I only have my primary school reports from the 1970s and they're all about how easily distracted I was. If you were at high school that recently I would have thought you could contact them directly and ask, I expect a lot of the teachers would remember you (especially if you were disruptive). and would be able to write something in support.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 11, 2013 18:32:43 GMT
I'm a bit of a compulsive truth-teller. I can tell lies but feel guilty about it. By and large if someone asks me a question I tell the truth without hesitation. I know loads of people who lie as a matter of routine and I usually spot them very quickly.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 8, 2013 23:12:47 GMT
Is the group still meeting. I got a FB message to say it was but nothing more and the website hasn't mentioned a meeting since June last year!
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 5, 2013 16:01:59 GMT
I'm not worried, won't change the fact I'm always right. I will just be more gracious about it and try and feel pity rather than resentment to the poor being that doesn't understand it is a blue moon job when I'm wrong :-) My kid brother and I used to have friendly 'discussions' and he always said he wasn't wrong and I always said I was right... but we could never agree One other thing I've noticed about having a good discussion is that I can hyperfocus to an incredible degree and speak about a thousand words a minute in perfect clarity but then get easily knocked out of my rhythm and forget what I was on about.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 4, 2013 13:56:06 GMT
Everyday I'm haunted by the stupid rude remarks typically made by an individual I haven't seen for five years. I go through the same rebukes, endless stupid questions, confrontational behaviour etc. I have to deal with it in my imagination.
I think it's an expression of an underlying anger I have. Hopefully medication will dampen it down a lot.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 3, 2013 16:18:30 GMT
Also I think CAT scans show up low dopamine levels.
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Post by claudhopper on Feb 3, 2013 14:26:25 GMT
says we should have a proper upbringing and schooling and says it isn't a proper disease with no objective test
fast forward to 24:50
what a knob
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 25, 2013 17:03:38 GMT
It never occurred to me that it might be an ADHD thing. I've pee'd a whole GALLON before. I had been to the pub but when I got nearly home I couldn't hold off for much longer. So I dived into an ally which was on a slight incline and let go. I remember watching in horror as it trickled down the slope of the ally out across the pavement where the street was and onto the road.. and I still couldn't stop.
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 24, 2013 16:44:46 GMT
I guess your mum doesn't believe that ADHD is a real condition?
It bugs me that I saw a few psychotherapists about the difficulties I was having and they all thought they could help me and couldn't. They didn't know I had ADHD and neither did I. Does your mum think she can 'cure' ADHD?
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 23, 2013 22:18:11 GMT
I get what you mean. It isn't entirely my experience but I think it's more due to different stages of development compared with your peers than 'getting it wrong'.
So was your dad aware of what your perception was? Your relationship is you and his understanding each other. So if you think your dad was distant maybe he didn't give you assurance that he wasn't. In other words I don't think it's worth dwelling about. You were no more responsible for your relationship with your dad and your perception of it than he was, surely.
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 15, 2013 23:57:28 GMT
its only now that I'm back safe at home that i remember the reasons i am putting myself through all of this. And the reason for that is .... because you've got ADHD! Blinkin stupid questionnaires forget that don't they! We've got crap memories that work at a chaotic level not in some apple pie tidiness like the psychiatrist's. Yeah. I'm taking a complete dosier to my appointment next month which i'm going to do tomorrow... if I remember of course.
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 11, 2013 20:36:12 GMT
Funny, I did the same and it's just above my computer screen. I should put it in a frame I guess... maybe tomorrow
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 2, 2013 23:10:17 GMT
I don't know if this is helpful but I think (connected with ADHD) I have tended to choose / attract the wrong people for me. Many of them have been very critical. Ed Hallowell mentions this sort of thing in 'driven from distraction'
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 2, 2013 16:55:11 GMT
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 2, 2013 16:27:51 GMT
I don't know how relevant my experience is because i'm not yet medicated.
I sort of get social anxiety because I find 'small talk' difficult. I get very distracted and can't think of anything inane enough to say. I'm fine mucking about and having a laugh or having a discussion but when the conversation gets casual I clam up. Can't do it. So if I bump into someone I know or pass them on the street I've taken to saying little more than 'hi' because all the 'how are you' or 'what have you been up to' questions would do my head in.
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Post by claudhopper on Dec 29, 2012 15:33:19 GMT
I do have a primary school report: ages 7 to 11 which is full of phrases like 'lacks concentration' and 'easily distracted'. In fact all the teachers plus the headmaster say 'easily distracted. No older siblings, just a half brother younger by 11 years. His dad lives in his shell and had very little to do with me as a kid and less now i'm (supposedly) an adult.
Thanks though, it's reassuring that it isn't an excluder.
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Post by claudhopper on Dec 28, 2012 22:04:15 GMT
I've got my consultation with a specialist psych in feb. In advance, I've been sent 3 questionnaires. One to be completed by me - fine. One to be completed by someone who's observed me over the last 6 months - fine-ish (I live a bit hermit like but I do know people) and one to be completed by someone who knew me from 5 to 12 yrs - oh dear!
My mother died 12 years ago, my parents separated by the time I was 4 and I didn't see my dad for decades (fine now) so he can't help. I have one uncle who is a barking mad alcoholic. I don't know what to do about the third questionnaire. If I don't complete I might lose out on diagnosis? Does this mean i'm f***ed?
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Yay!
Nov 28, 2012 20:30:40 GMT
Post by claudhopper on Nov 28, 2012 20:30:40 GMT
It looks like the PCT are paying for my meeting with Sally Cubbin at the Priory. I've got a date now: 20 Feb.. which is ages. At least there's light at the end of the tunnel now and hopefully a more fruitful life beyond.
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Yay!
Nov 25, 2012 13:17:45 GMT
Post by claudhopper on Nov 25, 2012 13:17:45 GMT
After hearing the Medical Matters programme on adult ADHD way back in late March / early April I went straight to my GP and registered with this site. Then I got a referral to a psych who knew less about ADHD than me. He said I couldn't have ADHD because I would have been referred to a psychologist when I was at school. Shame on him because he is older than me and should know that they didn't do that in state schools in the 70s (unless he went to a public school). So I wrote an 8 page complaint. Now, this weekend I've finally got a referral by my GP to Sally Cubbin! If there's a lesson here it is to complain and make it serious and never give up.
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Post by claudhopper on Nov 22, 2012 22:16:50 GMT
Last week. I walked to the cashpoint in Sainsbury's, checked my account clicked on 'withdraw cash' entered the amount that I wanted to withdraw, put my card back in my wallet and then walked off..
yep .. with the cash still sticking out of the machine.
fortunately the machine sucked it back in and put the money back in my account but not until monday.
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