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Post by Olivia on Dec 3, 2018 15:49:41 GMT
As a journalist with a close friend who has been diagnosed with ADHD, I'm interested in writing a longform article about the experiences of people who didn't realise they had ADHD until becoming an adult, and if and how the diagnosis has changed their daily lives. I'm particularly interested if anyone has found that their ADHD has been linked to either mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, or aggression which has been difficult to manage. I'm a freelance journalist, so will be sending the finished article to several different publications, and can be contacted at oliviaka@btinternet.com. Thank you in advance for any help and if you have any questions please let me know!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2018 21:29:25 GMT
This might be a daft question, Olivia! What are you hoping to achieve? I think it's great you're doing something to raise the profile but I've been wondering if we need more strong ADHD ambassadors? This led me to realise that the ADHD narrative is one of sheer strife. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could get some success stories pumping through the media? The problem, I suppose, is no one successful dares associate themselves with the label... because of all the negativity and misinformation, I guess? Who knows. Best of luck either way
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Post by Olivia on Dec 9, 2018 10:52:45 GMT
Hello, it’s me Olivia again. I’m still waiting for testimonies to help complete my long form article. Unfortunately the email response to my request to date has been minimal. I’m particularly interested in combined type ADHD experiences. In the the long term I hope my article will reduce adult ADHD discrimination and increase social equality. I’m trying to help here guys but need your input! Thank you in advance, you can contact me Oliviaka@btinternet.com.
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Post by sonb on Dec 10, 2018 12:08:53 GMT
It's better to speak face-to-face with a person having ADHD.
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Post by jp on Dec 10, 2018 23:21:17 GMT
Hi Olivia,
Forgive me but somehow what you are asking for and suggesting doesn’t sit right. I’m struggling to know why exactly it is that I feel like this though!
Maybe you have the best intentions - but it’s a huge and complex subject. And everyone’s experience will be different. There are loads of ‘testimonies’ on this site and others. You may need to do some work to extract and piece them together though. I hope you realise that you are expecting a lot from an adhd community to be together enough to put together meaningful and probably lengthy ‘testimonies’, with so little to go on! Not To mention needing to trust a complete stranger whose motives aren’t exactly clear, except that you presumably want to sell this article as well as change the world?
Perhaps you could start by sharing your own testimony or by explaining what you already know, what research you’ve done, why the various things about ADHD that you’ve mentioned interest you in particular and how you hope to change things with your writing about it.
What is your second name? Have you published anything before?
Sorry if any of that sounded rude!
And I agree that one to one meetings would be better. Not all of us write confidently. Try your nearest support group?
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Post by blach98 on Dec 14, 2018 17:17:36 GMT
I'd be happy to contribute but you're just a guest and I have no idea who I'm sending my personal information with
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Post by addamaja on Jan 16, 2019 20:46:57 GMT
Hi Olivia, aside from the aforementioned questions as to who you may be etc., I'm not sure if you are aware, but asking a bunch of ADHD people to follow up with you via email is a bit like asking the proverbial fish to climb a tree. Even if numerous adhd people here may think "okay, I don't mind doing that..." we are the very people for whom the problems of procrastination, forgetting and inability to finish tasks are endemic! We have many many times more the good intentions and aims than the actual followed-through results. So, if you're not getting many volunteers via email, you may want to rethink your canvassing method.
I myself think this kind of thing - more public stories in media etc - can only work in favour of those of us for whom this disorder is, or has been, a living nightmare. Trying to get assessment and treatment in the UK seems to be like some kind of joke! Countries like Canada make it seem like mental health care in the UK is still stuck in the '50s!
I am happy to contribute via whatever way - WhatsApp suits me best - and am making a mental note to email you forthwith... (totally going to keep it short though, otherwise I'm almost certain I won't do/send it)... 🤪
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