Hi Dr. Kenny, You have done a great service to all of us afflicted with this unusual disorder. Thanks to you (and my Doc too) I feel that I have had a terrific education on the subject and I am sharing my knowledge where ever I can. Knowledge IS powerful. Now that I have the basics, my own personal questions have changed. When I check back to the site I am reading good basic questions and comments but not new information....I will keep checking and thanks again for all of your efforts. ( validating YOU!! ) Pauline
Thanks for your feedback Frazzle, Jay and MaryA! I haven't read Delivered from Distraction...I must get that book! Sounds like we all need to meet over coffee (or whatever else you are addicted to.... another trait?) to compare notes!!
MaryA, Thanks for responding and for your kind words of support. Yes, "the incident" is still fresh on my mind ( the appt. was last Friday) and yes I was very hurt by her words. I agree with you that what she is seeing in my perso...
Hi, Pauline. I have just found your Profile and you and I seem to have lots in common. I am 55 and moved to Huntsville from Toronto 5 years ago. I was diagnosed with ADHD almost 2 years ago. After the moved life never seemed to become manageable and I knew it was more than just the change of location. So now I know and getting the diagnosis was almost a relief. Helped to make sense of so much of how I manage myself and my life. But now I have left the corporate world and have my own business. Now I realize how much that corporate structure helped me to be successful. So now I'm struggling. Would enjoy hearing from you.
We have a major snow storm going on, so I must get my act together and take in on the road.
Hello Pauline, thank you so much for your best wishes. My wife and I are settling down in Sindelfingen in Germany. I was quite tense at work for the first couple of days. I have been posted with the branch of our company which has about 20 specialists for design of light weight car bodies for Mercedes Benz. I had to work with a design software which I have worked with earlier but haven't used for some time. It should not be difficult to readjust to it but I was tooking a lot of time for it. I am new to the team and my manager here was getting serious doubts about my suitability for his team. I was tense but luckily did not panic. I remembered your words about the long down time required for organising our brain. I was hopeful that eventually I will be able to readjust. By grace of God, it happened before any damage was done. From then on my work surprised both me and my manager. Such things have happened many times before. I used to get very tense when the stakes are high but now with my medication, the anxiety is always in check and somehow I bail myself out. Hopefully I should be able to have a good time here. With best wishes, Ramakant
Thanks for asking. We were told that the dr. we started with was from sick kids/university of toronto. He stopped seeing us when adderall was taken off the market a few years back. We didn't want to do any more drugs because of side effects and was dropped like a hot potatoe. I have learnt no drugs, then nothing! Its hard as a parent to know where to go after being dumped. The only thing that makes me keep trying is the fact that we are living with adhd and are trying to cope in the dark. It would be nice to see the light! Wouldn't that be an aha moment.
Hi Pauline! I figured out that ADHD was a part of me two years ago (I am now 50) and have been successful accountant. I have always wondered why things happened or why I did something. Now knowing that ADHD is a factor helps me to understand the why's and can now start to do some self-improvement on different aspects.
My son was diagnosed 10 years ago and through the years it got me thinking more about how we compared to each other in some of the ADHD aspects. Unfortunately, he is very impulsive and hyperactive, where I am not.
I have found over the last few years that some of the suggestions and training that we have received for him has became a way I can help myself. I think this is bringing the two of us together more and more understanding of each other as we go along.
I love the "Gift" aspect of thinking about ADHD that is now surfacing thanks to Ned Hallowell, Dr Kenny and a few others. I am hoping they continue with the Unwrapping the Gift seminars.
Thanks Pauline for your wishes with the cabin trip. It was so beautiful to be out in the wilderness. I love the nature and being able to get myself grounded. I find that a few days of tranquility always gives me time to stop and just be in the moment. It makes me apprieciate how beautiful and peaceful our world can be.
Thank you so much Pauline. I am very happy to meet you too. My road to recovery is still a work in progress. It is very satisfying though, because of the inspiring people I am meeting on the way. Thanks again. With best regards, Ramakant
Funny you should ask about the timer. I found one online - a web-based one and set it for 10 minutes. I had 7 quality award submissions I had to judge and thought I would try to spend 10 minutes on each. I set the alarm and somewhere during the judging process I heard and unfamiliar noise, but I was hyperfocusing by that time and just kept going. My original goal was 70 minutes and I probably spent 90 - so all in all, it wasn't a bad experience. Maybe the act of setting the timer set me up for success even if I didn't use it the whole way. At least I got started... Thanks for asking.
The comment below is from me Pauline. Robin I can't seem to figure out how and where to put these messages.
Anonymous - 12:39 PM on Aug. 1, 2008
Pauline, I suspect my husband may have ADD but he really doesn't have any trouble with it. I know that going to college may be a little more difficult for her, but just like you, if she wants it she will achieve her goals. I just want to be setting her up properly with the classes she needs.
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