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Post by claudhopper on Jun 11, 2012 18:36:04 GMT
Shit... I had PMT as well?
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 11, 2012 18:30:49 GMT
Years ago I was visiting a hippy type encampment in Cornwall. They were friends of a friend. Anyway they had this amphetamine called sulphate. Everyone snorted it and started jabbering away like nutters, I did a line or two and started dropping off. I haven't tried it again because it didn't work for me. I realise why now. I can't say that coke has had the same effect from the few times I've tried it though
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 11, 2012 18:21:06 GMT
I completely agree. Often I've said to friends "when I was a kid I must've had ADHD because..." not knowing that it is more likely than not to last into adulthood. Every time I've gone to the doc describing ADHD symptoms I've been prescribed SSRIs. I didn't know that how I am is ADHD and I think a large part of that is because of the fact that ADHD doesn't describe how I am and also a complete lack public and GPs' awareness. Thankfully Radio 4 helped me out.
Maybe BORMTIMB would be better?
(bunch of rabid monkeys trapped in my brain) ;D
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 9, 2012 16:35:30 GMT
to all April people? In June?
The forum header is a bit out of date isn't it?
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 8, 2012 19:16:35 GMT
Finally! I am in chat ;D but no one else is
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 6, 2012 11:27:01 GMT
ADHD is a disability within the def of the disability discrimination act (unless it is very 'mild') and your employer has to make reasonable adjustments. That doesn't mean that you can take the piss. It means they have to make adjustments to accommodate your disability within reasonable limits (based on the size of employer and resources). So making allowances for lapses in concentration, impulsiveness etc is ok. It is also unlawful to treat you unfavourably compared with a non-ADHD person.
I would let an employer know you have ADHD, and if they ask point them to this site for further info.
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Post by claudhopper on Jun 3, 2012 10:39:03 GMT
The Hulk thing is a good analogy - my temper is cataclysmic, and I know I have a huge potential for violence, although I've kept a ruthlessly tight lid on it since I was quite young. I feel like a nuclear power station heading for meltdown at times, but my upbringing was extreme (my mother was a violent, unpredictable, strict disciplinarian, and I learned a level of self-control that was probably quite extraordinary for an ADHDer. That has itself caused me problems ever since, and I've found the partial easing of that pressure that came from understanding my disorder incredibly liberating. My daughter's the same, and still hasn't acquired enough control to stop herself lashing out viciously, but we're able to talk about it now in the knowledge that we both understand how it feels, and she's gradually learning to manage the extremes a bit better. That's just like me. My mother was like that, in fact quite selfish (gone now) and I've been discussing with my dad whether it's him or her who passed the ADHD gene to me. I wonder whether ADHD people attract people like that (assuming my dad has the gene.. then again I think too much ) My temper can rise to a peak of fury involving swearing and abuse then settle back down to normal within seconds. It has confused me and friends over the years and I have lost really good friends as a result. Often it's my imagination which sets it off and i often control it with people around if I spot it coming in time.
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Doh!
Jun 2, 2012 10:33:08 GMT
Post by claudhopper on Jun 2, 2012 10:33:08 GMT
Well I've just got an appointment to see a local psychiatrist Dr Dayston for assessment. The appointment is for one hour which I gather isn't very long for an NHS diagnosis
They haven't explained what this assessment will do: will it diagnose in which case I could possibly get meds by the end of this month ;D
or... they will assess that there is a case to say I have ADHD and how badly it affects me that will provide a basis for the guys in suits to decide whether I get funding to go up to London to get properly diagnosed.
I'm obviously hoping the former.
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Doh!
May 28, 2012 18:09:42 GMT
Post by claudhopper on May 28, 2012 18:09:42 GMT
So that means the psych is going to assess whether I should / might get funding, but won't make a diagnosis?
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Doh!
May 24, 2012 17:20:49 GMT
Post by claudhopper on May 24, 2012 17:20:49 GMT
I posted in the newbie thread a while back that I'd been referred to Maudsley. Now I've just received a letter from my GP to say she'd received a letter back from Maudsley to say they need a thing called 'funding'
So now she said she 'believes' that a local assessment is necessary. So I'm being referred to a local psychiatrist for assessment to get the funding to go to Maudsley.. I assume for treatment.
So is this bad ie more delay. Or.. could the local shrink diagnose and prescribe or only diagnose. I dunno. It seems the NHS doesn't know what it is doing. There is no AADD ;unit locally so I assume they have no clear guidance in Southampton.
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Post by claudhopper on May 12, 2012 18:58:55 GMT
I'm a regular trackie bottoms and t-shirt merchant. I hate suits and collar and tie just bewilders me. Is it smart? ... or just plain mad. They say we're different but the existence of suit / collar / tie prooves that I am sane and all the 9 to 53ers need their heads examined.
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Post by claudhopper on May 11, 2012 14:16:09 GMT
I don't know why ASD is so often associated with ADHD. We're different, but that doesn't mean we can't empathise.
Anyway, surely Sherlock Holmes was an aspie?
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Post by claudhopper on May 11, 2012 14:08:52 GMT
~What sort of cost is it over all?
I'm wondering if going private works out cost effective. Waiting for the NHS to get their act together is costing me life and earning potential. Perhaps going private will be financially beneficial as well as in terms of life / happiness etc
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Post by claudhopper on May 8, 2012 15:26:33 GMT
I get strangely calm when I'm angry. Confrontation and "getting things sorted" are my specialities! Something about it seems to put my words back in order (my brain usually provides the words too quickly so I make strange mistakes when I talk) so I get all eloquent and confident. I know where my limit is, though. I've learned over the years when I should walk away before I say something I don't mean. A good old 'discussion' really clears my head too. I don't mean really aggressive stuff. But a good old discussion is sooooo much easier than 'small talk'. When things get going, I'm at home and my mind picks up ideas, comparisons and witty replies all over the place. I talk fairly coherently and fluently at a thousand miles per hour and nobody can get a word in. But full-on acrimony isn't a debate and I don't really like it.
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Post by claudhopper on May 1, 2012 12:57:40 GMT
I had that with a shrink who diagnosed me with disthymia. His report was full of factual inaccuracies, fortunately I asked to see the report first and corrected him. I don't think they take full notes and fill in the gaps in their memory with conjecture when they come to write their reports. Idiots! I mean imagine the sort of mess we'd be in if bankers and politicians did that too...
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Post by claudhopper on May 1, 2012 12:51:08 GMT
It's dead easy. You click on a link to it and sign in. Promote it a bit to recent joiners and maybe it will take off again - the Friday sessions were a complete riot when enough people showed up. Some users have links embedded in their signature area (like me) to make access easier. I'll be there 9PM this Wednesday for an hour. Is there any reason why my mozilla should crash every time I try to get the chatroom page up.... is there anyone techie here?
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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 claudhopper on Apr 27, 2012 14:16:01 GMT
For years it was nicotine til i gave up for the New Year. Now I crave snacky foods: eg peanuts and those potato sticks, which taste completely different to crisps even though they're made of the same thing.
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 24, 2012 14:01:43 GMT
My username was my nickname at school on account of my big feet
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 24, 2012 13:56:32 GMT
I have an urge when asked 'how are you' or whatever to actually answer how I am, like: "a bit shit really, I've done fuck all for about 4 weeks except listen to radio 4, think, drink tea and look at the mess around the living room.. you?" I have to either come up with an obscure thing that's happened lately, talk about what I've heard someone else has done, things like that. Just to move the conversation on to something new. I can't do small talk without a massive effort. Most of my conversation has to jump ahead to an interesting thought about a parallel or metaphore for what someone has said. People claim they don't know what I'm talking about or odd. It's difficult to slow down.
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 24, 2012 12:52:43 GMT
Hi and welcome lonelyinacrowd. I talk at 100 miles per hour and people think I'm brainy until i forget a word and get totally stuck or rush ahead and say things in the wrong order. ;D
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 22, 2012 17:07:11 GMT
.....santa pls drop a keyboard down my chimney when yor passing ;D ...only 8 months til christmas!
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 22, 2012 17:02:35 GMT
I get flumoxed by the most mundane stuff. If someone asks "what have you been up to lately" or "how are you" I can't really add much more than the most factual. I like to change the topic asap to something more interesting but I'm frightened the other person won't be interested or will be immediately lost or scared away.
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 17, 2012 11:54:57 GMT
Couldn't you go on the meds Mon - Fri only then have a crazy untidy weekend
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 16, 2012 13:05:15 GMT
I'm sure smoking forms a kind of 'self-medding' it seems to affect though processes. I gave up this year and have found life without a smoke at certain points of the day was very difficult.
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 11, 2012 15:06:05 GMT
we meet 10am-12 noon at Oasis academy Green Lane, Maybush, Southampton SO169RG visit our new website www.southamptonadhd.comIs this everyday 10am or certain days of the month?
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 9, 2012 21:54:47 GMT
I tried it, it made mozilla crash twice
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 8, 2012 15:55:03 GMT
This doesn't look promising. My GP only wrote last week. It looks like I've got quite a wait ahead.
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 4, 2012 15:45:09 GMT
I don't think it's a non condition that has been invented by society it's genetic and brain structural in its differences. But how it is seen by the medical world eg 'attention deficit' implies that we have less attention than the social norm, which is true.
I can't really cope with it and need some help, maybe meds. I have stuff to do which have been waiting for months and I just can't get round to doing them. That's me not society. I guess the things I have to do are requirements of society...
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Post by claudhopper on Apr 4, 2012 11:47:02 GMT
Thanks for the advice. Apart from the receptionist bit, I might get arrested. Maybe I'll give him or her a stern look.
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