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My "stupid" ADHD

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I can remember growing up and hearing people saying, Hyperactive? ... "she should be in a special school, she is retarded, she is not like other children" ... Well I went through nursery school, then on to gr 1 through to the end of Matric and then on to college, without ever failing – with ADHD but because of Ritalin, because of a mother who believed in me and a doctor who knew what he was doing! When I started treatment for ADHD people even family stereotyped me and warned my mother about all the bad things regarding Ritalin – well thank goodness it supposedly stunted my growth.   I am a 1.85m tall blonde woman with blue eyes.   Addictive it is they would say – Really?!! then why would it only work for 3 hours at a time?   And WHY would I not bother to remember to drink my pills on my own?? ADHD shows up in real life in a vast number of ways, and it’s sometimes hard to recognise the symptoms myself because I was born this way its my “normal”  It has...
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When people think they know

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When people have a lot to say about nothing they know nothing about ... Warning this is a very personal and strongly opinionated article - I tell it how I see it and how I experienced it within the past 41 years!! How many times have I heard people voice their opinion on ADHD or the medication for it, when in reality they actually don't have a clue... Its become just as ridiculous and over marketed (incorrectly) as the so-called weight loss programmes out there! In the coming weeks I will be voicing and telling ADHD as it is - WHY because I know, I have lived, suffered and triumphed it every day for the past 41 years. Ritalin, its habit forming? - I wish it was, but then why would my mother, family members, friends, teachers and the like have had to remind me over and over again to take your pills (when my mother wasn't around to give them to me). For the past 5 years or so, I have changed to Concerta and Neucon only because you drink it once and I don...
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When the dose isn’t right

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When the dose isn’t right !! This wasn’t what I had in mind for my second blog post but this happens so often I just have to write about it – expect more on this subject in future. Recently, I was at our local state hospital ... Nightmare!! I resent having to take my children there.   But its either this or no medication at the moment, due to the financial dynamics of ADHD – Shocking and disgraceful when you read how AIDS patients – who get ill because of something they did get free medical care from experienced doctors AND the right dose of medication … The doctors are young, they have no real experience with ADHD and to make matters worse the pharmacists think they can “play boss.”   And with it being a state institution you get treated like you should be thankful they are helping you at all, it’s just horrible. I had explained my reasons for wanting my 13 year olds dosage increased from just 30mgs of Ritalin LA (long acting) to 90 mgs.   I had ...
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