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A.D.D. /A.D.H.D .. support group
I know I have ADHD well im sure the ADD is all the same....... as mentioned in this news link.....
I been tested for this and know I have this.... How many here have this??? How do you cope?? one of my best friends is always trying to get me to get on meds for it... but im afrraid of taking chemical type drugs.... isnt that what it is??? im trying to find more natural ways of dealing with some of this , if any one has suggestions /ideas would love to hear them.... How do you handle it???
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alrighty now........ i seee there has been a lot of peekers but no one posting there 2cents.... heh ... well thats ok.......
here is something id like to share....... i read 2 books by Terry Bradshaw ..... whom talks about his ADD/ADHD and how he has handled it and handles it now..... he talks about it on a serious note.. jokes about it and lets you know the good advantages of having ADD/ADHD .. lol here is a link to check it all out..... http://www.adderworld.com/blog1/2008...erry-bradshaw/ 1st time i read one of his books on this...... and read how much of the same things he went and goes thru , is the same things I have and still go thru just brought tears to my eyes...... cause here is someone whom is in the spotlight and openly talks about it ..... and ha keeps a humorus out look on himself and this crazy ADD thing.  I hear Cher has this too........ but i have not heard much from her talking about it.... anyways hope some here enjoy the Bradshaw link.... later gators here is a link to one of his books where he talks about this..
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=keeping+it+simple%2Cterry+bradshaw"]Amazon.com: keeping it simple,terry bradshaw: Books[/ame] 
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04-21-2010, 11:35 AM
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This runs in my family,I have it and both my sons have it to some degree,When I was a kid they didnt hahve meds for this so my grandfloks just kept my over active mind and hands bisy and becomeing an adult I just still manage the goofy things that happen..I gess the thing that really buggs me is when I lose my thoughts in th middle of somethig or cant keep my attention where it needs to be.One othe thing is I can type or wright things out more clearly than I often can talk about it.
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I hear ya Rock ........ i dont like the the side effects im finding with the meds for this.
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04-22-2010, 08:35 AM
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Im not on any meds and dont plan to be for the or add or adhd cause I have see ppl on this junk and they go around spaced out,I told some one who commented on the sorta confused look I get when it hits...I got the dumb look dealing with the real world who just dosent get it and prolly never wiil.In school as a kid the teachers said I was just slow and didnt comprehend whats going on,I went to summer school a lot cause it was a one on one thing so I understood more cauer I felt I could ask questions on how to understand the work with out the crap of school in real life..mom wouldnt put me in special edd cause she said I just didnt apply my self like I should have.
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... i have a nephew whom is ADHD .... docs wanted to put him on meds...
my brother and his wife...... said noo way , not doping up our kid.... soo they just keep him busy , he is in various sports which takes up a lot of his time.. and seems to help a lot.....
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How do you know if YOU have ADD or ADHD ??
here is a link for a quick test....... http://health.msn.com/health-topics/...9979>1=31001 Celebrities With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder These celebs managed to thrive despite their diagnosis. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/...ntid=100251011 ADHD Affects Women Differently: What to Look For and How to Fix It Millions of adults suffer from this so-called kid's condition that can cause memory problems, depression, and more. Are you one of them? Here's how to find out. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/...ntid=100251020
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OHHHH my have i been haveing one of those days I wish I didnt have at all,yep u got it brain fog,its sorta like watching tv ad the station loseing the link so u get this crazy static thingy.I know on the days I work out it rarely happends..to me its seems to have something to do with my oxygen intake cause I do deep breathig exersises and am doing hard physical work outs wich us more oxygen,the days like today wich it has been really bad storms I havent been able to work out at all cause all my equipment is on the paito and I have a big adverson of geting struck by lightning while rideing my exresise bike in the rain...heck it my jiust be what I need a huge jolt to rewire it all.Any ways I didnt sleep will either cause of my allergys stuffing up my nose so I didnt get to sleep till 4am.I do know sleeping well as well as exersiseing then keeping my diet as healthy as I can helps a lot.Another thig..I take a fue meds for asthma,arthritis and acid reflux...I make shure to get the doc to make shure it dosent have anything that can make me sleepy or have any nero type side effects so I can stay as clear minded as possable.I do have some pain meds and muscel relaxers for my back when I need them but I gotta be dieing before I take any.
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Bumping this thread, as after nearly 50 years on the planet, I now know what is going on with me. I'm not "stupid", "unmotivated", "not applying myself", "ditzy", or especially "special education". I have ADD.
What happened was that my son can not remember the nose on his face to save his life, I haven't seen the floor of his room for a year, and he's brilliant but does his homework in a way only he understands. So, on a hunch, I took him to a child psychologist for evaluation. As she asked him questions, I found myself thinking "That was me" or "Yeah, me too". So I got myself evaluated. Now I know why I do the things I do, and why I make my life so hard. I'm not crazy or some kind of failure. The counselor pointed out that I'd finished college and a masters' degree, and raised my kids in the best way I knew. I'd coped around ADD without knowing it. The good news for both my son and I is that the problems can be addressed, and how fortunate for my son that schools know something about this and won't lump him as "slow", "stupid", "slob". Back when I was his age, ADD was unheard of, and it was a moral failing that my desk was a mess, I forgot slips and homework, and I'd lose mittens, my jacket, library books. Now we both have a lot of work to do, but at least I can work with myself and not fight it. A great book: The ADD-Friendly Way to Organize Your Life, by Kolberg and Nadeau. I found it today at B&N.
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Thanks for bumping. I have severe (diagnosed at age 31) ADHD and only made it through my undergraduate degree by literally rewriting my textbooks. Needless to say I went through several hundred notebooks (rewriting helped slow my reading and improved my retention) but I knew I couldn't continue on to a graduate level with this way of learning. I shut the notebooks and stopped studying (which never worked anyway) and graduated with a 3.9gpa. I applied the same practice in graduate work and also achieved a 3.9gpa. I not so proudly tell people that i've honestly never read a book, because I can't. I can read just fine and oddly enough, i'm a writer. I can't read however and "see" the picture that I understand other people form when they read a good book. Movies are my godsend and without them, i'd never have anything visual to go with a story. I can read an entire novel and never see the picture, never follow the story and couldn't tell you what it's about. Oh, I also lose my car regularly in parking lots,lol.
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People with ADHD are different thinker, not stupid. I took the WAIS and scored like 149 on the perceptual reasoning index (top 1 percentile). I scored below average ( 98) on the processing speed index (timed test that demands high concentration). This is why I lose stuff or forget what I was doing and get sidetracked. I always have like 5 or 6 projects going on at the same time. I've gotten better at finishing projects. I still have many that get abandoned. I don't take meds but I exercise and I take ginseng. I have different gadgets and people(daily planner, smart phone, friends and family) to keep me on track. ADHD can be difficult but manageable.
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wow good morning planet dwellers
ha...... ty for bumping ..... i forgot all about this thread.. lol and wow ..... very interesting stories. ty all for sharing 
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