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February 26, 2013 at 2:53 am in reply to: A bullied kid grows up & creates a powerful thing of beauty #119253
So if your butt falls off. Just find a new way to sit. Is this the idea? Just sit different?
Wasn’t there some kind of chair invention for folks who had a butt, but it fell off? er… or was that on the fake news? I forget…
I think I’m talking about the fake news that was on before…
Can we get some fake news here too? please!?
hmmm
um, does anyone know some fake news? aahm sleepy now.
gnite
REPORT ABUSEI don’t get it… can you explain it to me a lil better? only kidding. You give good explanations. It’s likely you understand a lot about what I’ve been dealing with. I wonder why?… lol, only kidding about that “wonder” too. Of course you can relate…
It was a bummer that the times didn’t follow up and tell the whole darn truth about “us ADDers”. But fortunately we’ve got a huge community started here. Lot’s of the folks that have come and gone here, and are still here. It’s just that the visibility and transparency of the Internet makes it really scary for all but the most bold and daring. Or like in my case, those who are in need of a sufficient substitute for the poor health care they receive. The real truth in my case is a lil bit of both. I’m not all that satisfied with my health care. How I see the quality of my health care drastically changed when my life was in danger again only about 4 years ago. I’ll save that story for some other time. But I can tell you this. I’m still alive because of good decisions my G.P. doctor made. Along with many other doctors and the crew here too. Lot’s of Christians helped me tons. I’m sure faith made a huge difference.
There’s a way to break off into smaller support group like settings here. Later on in the future I’m sure we’ll have lot’s of opportunities to have much more private, and/or confidential forums where lot’s of us will be able to talk much more in detail without the entire Internet being able to see what’s going on inside our minds n hearts, we won’t have to worry about folks in our life reading half what we said and jumping to the wrong conclusions. For now. Heck if I cared that much I would never have even posted here the first time. Huh?.
This community did tons to now only keep me alive and hopeful. But the quality of my life has been improved very drastically. Not by any single one of you cats in this Zoo. But the collective effort of more than a hundred folks with ADD/ADHD. Even at a few other places on the net where they have good ADHD support networks.
Heck, tomorrow and wed. I’ll have a couple groups to go to where we all talk about anxiety and depression. Peer support groups of all different kinds help us because IMHO ADHD resides as part of the root cause of many of the human problems we face. Working on the ADHD has made things like depression become a fact of my past, not my future.
In my case. Behind the ADHD was a spiritual malady. What has worked best for me is simple prayer and meditation every morning. Both are good habits that I keep on practicing all throughout the day. I meditate lightly, even as I type. I’ll actually pause, take a deep breath and think a lil bit before I click on the Submit button.
I’ll be much more comfortable hitting that “submit” button when they give us back the edit feature. Guess we haven’t complained enough. I’m not all that bothered by it these days. Part of having ADHD is the ability to accept things that seem impossible. Some stuff is impossible. Other things are just not all that much worth putting that much work into. I guess that’s the case with our long lost edit feature. No bid deal… then whey do I keep talking about it?. Well a big deal will usually turn back into it’s right size when I talk about it honestly and more importantly, try to listen to other viewpoints about the prospective problem. Heck, it may not even be a solvable problem.
I might just be writing all this in hopes of just accepting the loss of our dear friend The Edit Feature.
I hope I didn’t abuse the The Edit Feature. I have a strange tendency to play with thing. I’m a clown. What’s the problem with that?. I bet lot’s of ADDers are natural born clowns. Like Jimi Hendrix. I’ve been watching him on interviews and of course on stage for years. I’m sure he’s a natural born clown. It’s probably part of the ADHD DNA.
If you get frustrated with the fact that they still don’t have an edit feature. Might I suggest listening to Jimi Hendrix in concert at the Stockholm show. 1969
Jimi has a great sense of humor. Listen to his white dude accent at the beginning of the show where he says “I hope you don’t mind”
He’s a natural clown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZ9OOAe1Ho
If you click on this link many months after the day I posted it. Just try running a search at youtube, or a site like youtube for the
Jimi Hendrix at Stockholm Sweden 1969 I’m sure you’ll find it.
REPORT ABUSEwoops, sorry gang. I wish they would bring back the ability to edit our posts. I got a “server error” message the first time I clicked on submit post.. oh well…
REPORT ABUSEGreat! I like it
REPORT ABUSEYo! Allan! gld to see ya back around old man. How’ve you been?
REPORT ABUSEFebruary 22, 2013 at 4:14 pm in reply to: “What made you get a diagnosis, and how did it affect your life?” #119166BTW you guys. I can’t count either. I blame that on ADD too. 🙂
REPORT ABUSEFebruary 22, 2013 at 4:13 pm in reply to: “What made you get a diagnosis, and how did it affect your life?” #119165I think it was about 20 months ago… give or take. I saw the video “ADD and Loving it?!” on PBS, it got my attention. Later I saw it again… I ordered one n watched almost a dozen times before I actually saw that there was a web site!. lol. No kidding, fortunately they showed it several times. Cuz that’s what it took for it to sink into my thick skull that “this ADHD thing is more than a lively topic for converwation, or something I’ve got in common with a couple of the coolest women in my life. My Neighbor and Her caregiver. Super sweet gals. My neighbor has a Son and Daughter in law who also say they have ADHD.
I’ve invited them here, mostly they just stop by n read some of our jokes n maybe watch a few videos. I would like it a lot if some of the folks in my life came here and participated. My imagination often thinks some of you guys are actually the people in my life. But disguised!. lol.
Yeah… I know who you are now…
Not! lol. I wonder some days. Just enough to feel embarrassed when one of you guys say something one of the friends in my live life would never say. Then I forget about that post, n it starts all over again.
If you’re about my Moms age, “You’re My Mom!”, if you’re my neighbors age. “YOU”RE MY NEIGHBOR!”
and on, and on… I like my imagination. It’s provided tons of entertainment when I was bored… I can rely on it.
It ain’t just my imagination that I’ve got ADHD though. I took the “Virtual Doctor” test right off the bat when I finished loggin in here. Even got a lot of help from more than just one person in the office at TotallyADD headquarters.
They helped with the login process cuz I goofed it somehow. Just plain couldn’t figure it out. But they helped me regardless of how dumb I seemed to be. (Just seemed to be stupid, lazy or crazy… SEEMED!) But folks like Jimi, and Pamela and others helped me out for Nothing!. Zero dollars you guys. So I’m feeling super grateful. Who wouldn’t?!.
I also got an official diagnosis about this time or maybe in Dec. 2011. With a fully accredited Phychiatrist. They made me take a long drawn out written exam. I ended up doing it three darn times
cuz I’m an ADDer for crying out loud and “that’s how we roll”
It was a long struggle. I’ve just spotted a wrinkled up page of the angry letter I wrote to my General practice doctor in Jan 2012, halfway under a blanket on my bed… I’m glad I never finished it, or sent it to him… I was a lil bit nutty, n sometimes stressed out… to say the least last Jan.
Of course I’m all better now… lol. We know that’s bull, huh?
I’ve got another appointment coming up on the 27th of Feb. Ack! that’s next week… Freaking finally… I’m only taking one wellbutrin each day now. Maybe I’ll try Ritalin again. We shall see what the Doctors say.
It’s a long twisted, dramatic, and discombobulated story. Mines plastered all over this web site… It took me some time to get the hang of living with this ADHD business… But we’re on to an easy enough path these days… I can’t complain. It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I can tell you that my friends.
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REPORT ABUSE@Filmbuff1984 tell us about your books, sounds like you’re doing great!. It’s encouraging to hear about some successes folks in this camp are having.
Want to share with us?
REPORT ABUSEIt’s just a figure of speech @Amy. I don’t think I could have come up with a better name for the thread, then again, I’ve got a great imagination. Guess I just liked the song. If you look at the Jimi Hendrix songs section in youtube. You still won’t have a clue what I’m talking about. That’s because I rarely do! I may not have a point to make.
🙂
At some point. Off in the future. Things I say will begin to make more sense. To you and me, and anyone else who happens to come along and make the mistake of clicking on a thread where I chose to pontificate endlessly as I sometimes do… n use long sentences when I can’t figure out what my point is going to be. And never get there. Like music. You’ll find some kind of meaning in what I write. Or you won’t. It’s up to you I guess.
Jimi took a lot of medications. It’s about that. Fortunately I have not taken much medications during my life. I was hoping to get some folks in this camp to talk more about their experience with medications. Medications to stable Ize the mood in particular. Or whatever…
Mood stabilization mostly happens as a result of living a happy and productive life. As far as I have been able to find out, that is. What Jimi Hendrix did with medication was not exactly therapy. I’ll bet you know what I mean.
nuf said.
R-
REPORT ABUSEI’m gonna call this the fungus thread… (in my imagination, it’s an active place)
“As for me, I know that the human brain has a *finite* capacity for knowledge. So, someday, I’m going to wake up and discover I’ve forgotten how to tie my shoes.”
That cracks me up. It also reminds me of when I was probably about 4 or 5. I was at some babysitters house. I know I was little because every day I had to take a dang nap after eating bologna sandwiches for lunch, yum! back then bologna tasted really good. It was torture being forced to take a nap, but I usually woke up later amazed that I was able to sleep during the day… weird memories. I know I walked in my sleep back then too. Mainly because some nights I woke up in the kitchen with a big ol coffee cup in my hands. A giant coffee cup! (I was really little compared to the cup) The cold coffee was most excellent tasting. Yum!. Good smellin coffee Momma!.
The babysitter had a son, the poor guy somehow got the job of teaching me how to tie my own shoes. He was soooo miserable with teaching a lefty how to tie his own shoes… (using my imagination again, I can’t remember every detail!) I remember the kid just went nuts and had a tantrum because I “didn’t get it” lol.
I just looked at him like he was nuts. It drove the poor kid batty trying to teach me, a left handed kid… how to tie his shoes. I don’t remember if I ever got the hang of it then. It went okay this morning. Almost fell out of bed though. I’m not all that accordianated.
My parents had a clock that said it was 5:00 all the way around. And it had a lil sign that said “no drinking until after 5:00”. So I struggled with telling time a lil bit too. I just know this one from the funny stories Mom used to tell about me, n school. And frustrated teachers!. 🙂 And my imagination of course… Of course!.
It was Dad’s fault. I got in lot’s of trouble because Dad used to be (still is) kindof a funny dude to say the least. He’s got a funny sense of humor too. I used to always want to be like my Dad. Of course!, Mom loves Dad. I like Mom loving me!! lol. Hense the “get on Dad’s good side” behavior. I was afraid of Dad!!. lol. He was usually lot’s of fun though. Accept for when he called me by my full name. Yikes!!!. Or what if mom said those 6 terrifyingly horrible fear filled words. “wait till your father gets home” Oh crap!…
@Larynxa It looks like @Amy has asked you the perfect question in her reply.
What’s the history? intriguing minds would love to know some more gal… Country gal who lives in the great big city. o 🙂
We’re a lot like curious monkees, huh? Remember saying “monkey see monkey doo”? lol. Or doing something n waiting for yer brother or sister to do it too. Then point at them and say “monkey see monkey doo!”
We were great kids huh? The life of the party n didn’t even know it… cuz we were off in our own little world probably. My imagination again. I’ve had whole lives inside that imaginary world…
REPORT ABUSEI really know how to encourage folks to talk, huh?
Don’t answer that!!!
Just tell us about your “Experience” with medication.
Have you ever been experienced? I have…
REPORT ABUSEOne of my favorite churches is called “Church in the Park” It’s just a bunch of plain old non-denominational Christians all getting together n feeding hungry people who camp outside full time. Otherwise known as homeless people.
We all gather together and feed people. Then if they want to hear it. We talk about God, and Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Mostly we just talk about anything that comes up. Sorta like an ADHD convention… Only with food and hunger as the main attraction. We all end up pretty happy though. Lot’s of folks from churches show up and help out. Mostly we all just see what we can do to help out the folks that the rest of our society wishes they could just forget about.
I always go home feeling kinda happy, kinda sad. Mostly the sad feeling is because I know there really isn’t all that much I can do besides listen to the folks that I meet there. The biggest thing I’ve noticed in the world is that most folks want to do much more talking than they do listening.
That’s the case with me usually. When I’ve got struggles in this life. It’s usually because I’ve been doing much more talking, and not enough listening.
I bet i’m not the only one either.
REPORT ABUSEI don’t get out much… 😉
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