Re: ADHD Meds In The News

[Robbo]

Fortunately it’s a short article. I didn’t check the source link.

Statistics might look interesting, and make it easy to convince advertising companies to encourage articles about controversial topics, and sell junk. But I’m not all that worried about this little article. Statistics are too easy to manipulate, a lot of folks realize this.

There’s a really good new blog here by Dr. Jain on the same subject. This just encourages me to follow through on learning to live a better life with ADHD. Be an example that the medications do help. And also work towards understanding this thing well enough to actually help a hard headed person to change their opinion about people with ADHD. We’re not hopeless incurable losers.

Here’s part of the address to Dr. Jain’s blog. It’s really good. totallyadd.com//journalistic-integrity just add the http. (I don’t want to post a link, it’s my new pet phobia. lol)

I spent some time with some helpful friends tonight, got my attitude adjusted some. So I’m letting this topic encourage me to work harder on my recovery from a long hard life with undiagnosed, and untreated/wrongly treated ADHD. I’m a little bit emotionally lumped up just lately, but considering myself part of a team who is working towards making the world a better place instead of a lonely wounded bitter morass of self pity is helping me stand up against all the opposition in my life. Storms come, storms go. I’ve been through a mild hurricane lately. Don’t we all just love to dramatize life?

Right now I’m feeling like it’s not a crime to be different, or even eccentric. Self centered egomanianism is a problem I’ve been infected with for more years than I want to really focus on. It’s better to focus on how much less selfish I’ve become. I’ve come a long way, I’m hoping the skeptics in my life will notice in a handful of years that it was a good decision to get diagnosed and treated for a crappy thing that nearly destroyed my life. If they never understand. That’s okay too. I’m just on the planet to try and help out as many folks as I can. We don’t all get to be famous for changing the world. There’s only so much limelight to go around.

Sometimes I feel like my posts for this place are an online journal. That’s why I end up not posting more and more of the replies I write. I hope I don’t regret posting this one.

Brevity is over-rated. JMHO

And dat’z it.

6-19-12

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