Re: Looking for Help

[Robbo]

<<” at that point i had become fed up with the entire idea of ADD and decided that this was some form of mental control to take creative people who think differently and make them like the general population. Angry, young rebellious I flushed all my meds down the sink and told my parents it would be a cold day in hell before I ever took it again. “>>

That and the rest of your reality is heartbreaking, I’m so sorry you didn’t have more solid support, you’ll find it here, and find some near you with info from here. Support is what we have here at totallyadd. I never would have graduated high school if my English teacher, and maybe a few others hadn’t “passed” me in the same way as you in college. I felt cheated… you might be the only person to understand that cheated feeling. I graduated functionally illiterate. I’m sure lot’s of folks in this camp have felt that same awful feeling of being given up on. Handed off like a hot potato… I hope it’s not exactly like that for you. It hurts a lil to think about because in my life now. I sometimes feel like a hot potato trying to get into volunteer jobs!. ridiculous, but true. I work at forgiving a lot. I can’t let myself stay angry at our health care system for not knowing how to help me. Ignorance is not a crime. I did get injured by it. Healing me is my responsibility.

Megalomantic,

This might sound like doctors orders, but I ain’t no doctor. Just been hangen out here for a while. Great post first of all, n second. Please stick around and watch the videos here. Dr. Jain’s are great!. and read his blogs too. When you find people in the forums/topics you can relate to, click on “member” just below the name, that’ll take you to the persons profile, and a list of threads they posted on. Also click on “favorites” in a persons profile. Ya probably already see a lot of what I’m writing about. This is a short cut.

You can click on “ADD to favorites” at the top of each thread, there’s a big blue star there to catch yer attention. That makes the thread easier to find in your own profile next time ya come back. Check out the Strengths video first maybe. [these are just suggestions] And be sure to watch plenty of Ricks rants to take a break from reading. He also makes excellent points about coping with ADHD. Makes it not boring. Very not boring.

http://totallyadd.com/your-personal-strengths Watch this one a lot. I have a selective memory, It refuses to remember the stuff that makes my life better… doesn’t make sense, can’t figure out why. So I just watch ones like this multiple times.

http://totallyadd.com/forum/profile.php?id=86 Dr. Jains profile, it has a list of his posts and lot’s of blogs. Lot’s of help there.

http://totallyadd.com/label-part-2/ Great!!! Funny!! Helpful.

Good luck, you’ve come to the right place. Invest plenty of time here, n maybe get some exercise too, you might have some excess energy/anger/frustration that the exercise with offload. In fact. I’m gonna put on my shoes and go for a lap around the block myself right now.

BBL

Peace

5-5-12

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