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Merry mac.so true my dad told people that woulld try to tell him who thy were or what thy were . he would say don’t tell me who you are show me by the thing’s you do.

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hi, It took me till I was 47 to find out I am the youngest of nine most of my siblings have adhd to a point , I would say 7 out of nine . I am staring to think Iam lucky admiting things are not normal was the first step. looking at the rest of us and being the youngest and the first one to be working on climing this huge hill and knowing they to will have to start at the bottom just like ME . they are all very proud, and will have a hard time admitting things are not right. My dad had adhd and never knew. My mother lived with him and his ups and down,s for 54 years before she died . talk about true love.I have brother his son at the age of 8 the school wanted to put him on ridalin his parents just got angry with the school, the poor kid is his worsed problem. the sad thing is they keep telling him it is time to grow up, and he does”t get that there a problem so I will slowly try get them to this site. Sorry for getting off track . my point is it does not matter at what age you start your adventure called adhd at least you start. some of my family have not started yet and the oldest is now 60. some how I hope i can help them all. I think your well on your way to making all the changes you will learn you will want to make. hope this helps.PS when you find the right meds big start.

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what if we are all normal and the rest of the world is not? may be we are the normal ones . switch places just for a day then they would understand how it feels. sorry you are right, soneone told me normal is over rated.

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hi your story sounds like mind thanks for the post love reading it sounds like my story. I am so glad I found this site to know there are more people on this earth with the same story as mine.so Iam suprised that there are those of us with this same story and struggle and those that are so smart and foucs carrear wise . the amazing thing is we all suffer from adhd that for me suprises me. I think thats why people around us have trouble understanding what going on with us , when we know it has the same name and yet is so very diffierent. i hope it helps to have someonelse out on the earth with the same story. keep us in the loop . hope this helps it helps me . good luck and THANK YOU.

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hi trashman here I havent been tested still wating my doc is so sure I have adhd that Iam aiready on concerta. so wellcome go allover this site and take it all in with a open mind. then enjoy the trip. It will help you alot,because to know is power and the more you know gives you control. lots of luck.

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I dont know if coffee can go wrong so I will tell you where i started this what seams like a bad trip . I found myself in aplace of deep worthlesness and sad and overwhelmed. had the time so wanted to know if ihad alearning problem or was i just dumd after a lomg talk with a great person named margeret she gave me a place to get started. seeing that my adhd is not as life stoping or as bad as things could be . having said that with my reading and writing trouble i keep trying . words come easy to my head but to write them or typ or read iam very slo i always keep thinking i was just alittle dumb. knowning that there is more to this helps. sorry for getting sidetracked . back to margeret you can find her at the learning disabilities association of manitoba @617 Erin ST phone is 204 774 1821 there are lots of great people there to help you to . hope you find a new doc soon let me know how you make out.

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hi I live in winnipeg i had my doctor refer me to a psychiatrist and them got her to refer me for testing sill wating it is atleased 7months as of june my doc is so sure she is already giving me adhd meds. so go see your doc.

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I can tell you from what I was told by my doc for me that a increase in blood pressure can easly be controled by medacation. I already had high blood pressure befor I started on 72mg of concerta. If you are sill unsure or uneasy after talking to your doc then you might want to ask about this at your pharmacy. They sometimes know more about the workings of your meds then your doctor.

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thanks for your insight iam told iam much better than i was so i will be happy with that until i see my doc in two months. thanks again.

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hi ican relate my dad was like that and thinking back his dad was worse . ithink if it was with my parents mental illness was a thing of shame, having said that does not make it ok but maybe if older people from past generations could be honest with themseves they would have had a diffierent kind of a life. i have family members with adhad but if i say something then iam the one that is nuts. well i have not been tested yet still wating my doc seems to be convinced iam and has me on 72mg of concerta, it is like the different of night and day.so having said that i don,t spend time on making them better right know i am learning this to make my life better.my parents have both pasted away so in one way iam lucky i dont have to tell two old people there life might have been alot better. hope this helps.

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thanks for all the feed back istarted a new job o n friday so things are looking up i am working with the learning diabilties chaper of manitoba great people. we are all wating for my testing so we will know about whitch learnig desiabilties i have spelling might be one of them.ha ha. iwill keep you all in the loop thanks for caring. have a great day.

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isaac- we have very much the same story i am still wating for testing my doc is so sure iam allready on concerta if i spend my time looking back i could cry for all the short comings in my life But instead i look on the up side ilike to make the people around me laugh so that is what helps me thru this learning curve. my heart hurts to hear your story so know you are not alone and try to look to a more positive future with the info you now have. keep reading the many posts they are so very help full.iam not very good at this typing thing so i dont post much but reading all the diffirernt storyies help me to to keep hoping for better things to come. it sounds like the best chapters of your life are now going to be witten with alot of in sight and power geting to know the real YOU .with all the new info you will learn on what makes you work the way you do. good luck will be wating to updates and hope this helps your never alone here.

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great to know iam not alone ,reading these posts and relating is great just started meds 2 weeks ago filling alittle afect hoping for the big bang.please keep the storries comming .and i love reading them all .

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thank you zsazsa for the intell iam in mb. started wor king with our local learning disibilitys people they been a great help , but to go through them to get tested is $2400 witch i dont have that wood be great , because iam not close to living on the street yet iwill have to pay or wait for 7 months for the province to pay for the testing dont know where to from there . iam hoping it will be abig eye opener but only time will tell . my parents always told me i should feel lucy to be alive because at birth icould not move my right side and i had blood driping on my brain,they did a mri scan and found a stain on my brain from back then . my dad said i had to go to the childrens hosptial in a ambulance he told me he was not paying for that trip . so the on nurses said she would hold me and he could drive so they weant she had told him to hurry or i might not live. his awnser was if he lives he lives if not then it wasnt GODS will that i live.telling me this many times, it allways sounded to me like awish didnt come true. i always was very close with my mother untill iwas 22 i stoped in at my parents house and she comes to me crying asking me to forgive her because when she found out she was expecting with she hadnt wanted me and i was not sapose to be born.and my older sisters allways reminded me of that but now the story had to change because they where all stuck with me .so instead they said .GOD had this big plan for my life what a big fuckin joke that tured out to be. sorry for rant and maybe some offencive words.with one parent passing in 2001 and know the last one in 2009 i feel i can be honest for once.some days i wish they would have been right. ihave 2sons and itry to be very positive with them and idont want them to live with adad that took his own life.iwill stop feeling sorry for my self and get back to life. sorry once agan for rant ;it does feal good to say this in the fact that no one knows me.iwill be back later.

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hi just read all the post can i ever relate iam 47 going on dead when i let myself panick iam not officaly been diogniste please forgive the spelling i only have my grade 8 but ihave made it this far . ican tell you manny diffierent jobs some iwas reely good at and some not somuch. iloved driving a garbage truck because ever day was different and yet every week was the same. my point is nomatter what you choose to do do it with passion then when it gets boring then it time to move on. i have offen been asked to decribe my work, and i will say you will learn t apricate me and when ileave you will learn to miss me. that may sound strange but i haved that is true about me. i have learned i have adhd whitch igot from my dad he died last year @84 ;he allways said there is no shame in what you do as long as its honest and you did your best you have nothing tobe asamed of. every thing else matters not. you cant take any thing with when you r dead. my point is dont be to hard on your self be happy with the talents you have. share them with the people you meet if you are true to yourself learn to live on what you earn because the wourld will be spining at different speed then you . so i dont we will fit into the so called normal mould any way so be happy with the important life you have two you and all the people that get to know you.

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