Jon at "The Safe Cig" is at it again.

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mrwade01

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ADHD meds are a wild thing. They limit my wit, but keep me on task. Once they wear off. I am back to being the smarta__ed, witty, unfocused person I have been tonight with my ten browser windows open, watching 3 threads, PMing, talking on the phone and vaping.
Ok, probably none of my damn business but I have to ask. Are you serious about the ADHD meds? Cause if not(from experience:oops:) that was one wicked accurate description! Mine got lost somewhere in the middle of moving in to our new house so my brain has been mostly chasing its own tail for the last few days.lol
 

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Okay fella's, bring it in!!!
easy, easy, easy....
That's it, drop it!

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Thanks, Kate!
I was looking for a good place to relocate this thing. :thumbs:
Oh Dude..... I just don't have the words.......
 

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That is the EXACT truth about me:p, until someone else "cleans up" my clutter. After that I am truly lost to find anything :confused:and I become an angry anxious snot:mad::-x because of it. It seems everyone else's idea of "clean" really means just stash it somewhere, anywhere, as long as I don't have to look at it. My idea of clean is not attracting vermin and I know just where to find stuff, nevermind what it looks like as long as it functions.
ROFL. That describes me as well, so closely infact that when I showed this post to my wife, she jokingly refused to let me hang out with Wolf anymore.
 

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Ok, probably none of my damn business but I have to ask. Are you serious about the ADHD meds? Cause if not(from experience:oops:) that was one wicked accurate description! Mine got lost somewhere in the middle of moving in to our new house so my brain has been mostly chasing its own tail for the last few days.lol
OH, man am I serious about the ADHD meds! I sometimes think I shouldn't be on them and try to go a weekend without them (when I am off work) - I don't accomplish anything at all. I start 20 projects, never finishing any of them because I get sidetracked and never get back to it. I spend hours glued to the computer monitor, but can't spend 10 minutes putting away all the stuff on my desk where I am sitting anyway. The people around me swear I am being lazy, but really I need that time without the responsibilities to screw my brain back in straight, otherwise all I would actually do is move a few things around, then daydream for an hour, then be off on another project, forgetting about the cleaning altogehter.
I could do a whole subforum on ADHD. I swear all of my addictions are linked to my trying to fit into this strange, linear world without the right meds. Caffeine and nicotine (both stimulants and my earliest addictions) did not become urgently necessary parts of my life until the doctor decided I had "outgrown" the ADHD and took me off the meds. Later, when the anxiety was almost unbearable, I found my depressant to take the edge off - alcohol. When I found I couldn't get to sleep because my brain would not shut up no matter how tired I was, I found muscle relaxers with Codeine. When all of this self-medicating took its toll on my life, I found a 12 step program and started trying to put my life back together. After about 2 years I sought psychiatric help for my pronounced depression (another ADHD symptom). After ten years on the antidepressant merrygoround, I started thinking about the beginning of my turmoil - "growing out" of ADHD - and wondering if I really had grown out of it. A year later I told my family doctor I suspected I had adult ADD and he put off dealing with that until we had some of my physical concerns taken care of. Another year later, I reached another crisis point. I told the doc I was at my threshold for frustration with the ADHD symptoms, the only options I could see, aside from getting the right med, were suicide or homicide. He finally referred me to a neurologist specializing in both sleep apnea and adult ADHD (I was also dangerously close to divorce court over my outrageous snoring). I have now been back on the meds for almost 2 years and doing CPAP for about a year and a half. Things are improving greatly. My only real regret is that I hadn't gotten the right diagnosis back in 1994 when I originally sought psychiatric help. I might have actually been able to complete both of the college degrees I set out for, instead of running out of loans and settling for the least useful of the two because I had enough credits for it. My college transcript is a farse, I could blow those grades off the planet right now.:(
 

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Hey Nico, TYVM for that post! You just helped me out a ton! I'll pm you some detail in a few.

You are quite welcome:D. I learned a long time ago to be willing to share my experiences with others - when asked - even the stuff that I am not proud of:oops:. I can't tell you how much I have learned listening to other people's stories, the successes, their failures, the lessons they learned from them, and most especially the embarassing parts. I learned how to be a human instead of a persona - that has been invaluable in real life.

I am happy to answer ANY question. If it is too personal to share on the forum8-o, I will answer by PM, but I will answer:oops:.
 

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Yup yup. That is my 7/yo's exact diagnoses.


Wow. You have really got some strength MR. I see now why the hero avatar - you need that big square jaw. With early diagnosis and intervention - this includes some education for you the parents - this child has hope. Asburger's is considered to be a VERY high functioning type of Autism, for many this actually delays diagnosis. You are really on the right track, you and your lovely bride. The most important part is to keep your own heads screwed on tight, the child will follow your lead.
 

mrwade01

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Wow. You have really got some strength MR. I see now why the hero avatar - you need that big square jaw. With early diagnosis and intervention - this includes some education for you the parents - this child has hope. Asburger's is considered to be a VERY high functioning type of Autism, for many this actually delays diagnosis. You are really on the right track, you and your lovely bride. The most important part is to keep your own heads screwed on tight, the child will follow your lead.
Awwww gee, now youve gone and made me all misty.lol
But, truth be told, I am pretty damn amazing!
 
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