barb dwyer

Copied from another thread for example -

Done-with-it wrote: then Done-With- It wrote: This is SOOO common with ADHD ... I thought maybe were we to share some of the more ENTERTAINING aspects of this disorder... it'd lose some of it's stigma.

I mean, after almost fifty years with it - I've accumulated a few.

Laughter .. is a curative as any drug in my opinion.

barb dwyer

When I was diagnosed with ADHD ...
I was just so happy there was an EXPLANATION to the long heard and seldom explained:

"You have a magnificent mind - you just don't USE it" ...

Which I heard ALLLL through school and never ever understood what the hell the 'teacher' meant ... I didn't care about anything for a while.

Turns out- I had a 'disorder' that hadn't been 'discovered' yet !

As first started, though -

Done with it -
I'm so GLAD to hear others understand about that not 'getting all the conversation ... heehee. Ever find you've agreed to do something , then have to take a few hours to discreetly find out what you've agreed to?

"They catch you 'going blank' and then get you to agree to volunteer to do something...

LOL

barb dwyer

How many times do YOU have to watch a movie - to 'get it all'?

People ask you 'what did you think about that scene where ... bla bla bla"

...and you just stare at them as if we didn't go to the same movie?

*- scene? what scene?*

for me it's three times to get it all.

I have a terrible time getting the names of characters.

barb dwyer

Where's my keys?
have you seen my keys?
Don't close the door - until I've got the keys ... IN my hand.

HI.
My name is *barb* .. and I've got a key problem.

tkdan

I can remember during school not having a clue about what was going on. Thank God back in those days they passed you out of fear of having you back in their class again. LOL I like being in the middle of a project and going out to the garage or a tool and something catches my eye and I start tinkering with it. An hour later I think what in the hell did I come out here for in the first place. No wonder I get so many things done on the weekend. I don't plan to but I end up jumping to so many projects that if I only finish half of them I get a lot done.

appleblaster

Can I ever relate to that.......
laughter and jokes were always my coverup. being "diagnosed" at 36, my family couldn't believe it b/c I didn't dare tell my parents I was having this problem b/c being codependent, I did not want them to think I was 'defective' for any reason.

But yeah, I can relate to the whole "if you just applied yourself" notion. I thought I was applying myself! And I really was trying.....struggling to stay with it. I could write my name on a test then complete the first two questions/problems then struggle the rest of the time to pull my head out of the clouds.

I would imagine how difficult college would be...and being the youngest of 5 children I was sheltered so going out into the "real" world was more of a challenge than I could handle. Although I know I did the best I could at the time, I often wonder what my life would be like if I had been diagnosed as a teen and put on meds in high school. But I couldn't imagine my family understanding ADD. It wasn't very common in small towns in the 80's so my family most likely would not have understood the gravity of the situation. That's such a shame b/c just knowing its a disorder helps one's self-esteem and takes that "loser" feeling away.

I don't particularly like the fact that I need meds but they really do bring me closer to achieving what i'm capable of, clear the fogginess and make me more optimistic that I can contribute something of value to the world.

barb dwyer

tkdan -
remember this one?

YUou're loking at the teacher - watching their mouth move ... but no sound. Then they look RIGHT AT YOU and say "and that's going to be on the test."

FOTFLOL

AppleB-
I've decided I'd just better keep laughing ...
(about misdiagnosis or a nonexistant 'disorder' in the past)
thinking stuff like
'how many other like me ... now live in boxes under freeways?'
because they bought into what they were told ...

because I found a long time ago -
I'd BETTER learn to laugh at anything ...
or I'm gonna get really pis$ed off.




Humor ... is the most powerful tool of the Warrior.