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Robbo – of course you’re welcome here. You contribute a lot – not least opening my mind up to different music!
Tea – I have to ask this because it’s a word that has been used a lot recently, but what is a troll? Excuse my ignorance.
What you said Tea about opinions – well I think people use the site for different reasons – some to get info – others to get companionship with like minded people (afterall where else would some of the stories here be seen as funny, they wouldn’t be understood by our linear friends). Also because most of us here aren’t psychiatrists much of what we say is based on personal experience and our perceptions of that experience (opinion) which might be right or wrong. Actually from reading some peer reviewed reseach papers on ADHD written by ‘proper’ researchers, I would say that their understanding of the condition is not great and little discoveries being made will eventually answer the questions – but even those guys can just conjecture from their research.
I too miss no_dop and the banter that we had but I suppose people will come and go however sad that is.
Robbo – I sometimes think my posts are irrelevant and more often than not I seem to stop a conversation thread. Rather than get paranoid I just think folk can skip the mad butterfly if they don’t want to read it.
I know what you mean about people jumping on the bandwagon in terms of selling self-help books for us. There are a lot out there. That could be considered good in terms of getting our issues noticed. Or it could be construed as cynical because they know we will buy them. How can our impulses resist?! If you buy a length of rope and a catch it doesn’t cost much, but if you call it a dog lead it suddenly trebles in price. Same principle.
Try getting help for ADHD in the UK – not easy.
I have gained a lot from people here and I hope that at least sometimes I can give something back.
Oh yeah – one last thing. I find when taking Ritalin I don’t have a sense of humour anymore? Anyone else find that? I am not grumpy or anything, just not so scatty I suppose but that did lead to some laughs as well as frustrations.
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