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Hi Tasha, Let me suggest some places to find coaching at low to no fees. Most of the coaching schools encourage their students to get coaching clients while...
Alan R Graham
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Apr 1, 2005
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... mixing up ADD and Alzheimer's? Like maybe his own? LOL. Anyone have ideas on how to handle a practioner who obviously doesn't have a clue? Nick (still...
Nick Rieser
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Tasha - I've had good luck with a free support group, which meets every other week (I've also got access to a therapist, though, so I'm not sure my experience...
Eric Swanson
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Apr 1, 2005
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Hi, and welcome to our group. First of all I'd like to say find another psychiatrist. I am 24 and have very very severe ADHD. I was expelled from 9 schools,...
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Apr 1, 2005
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Well I have to say I disagree with you here. I dont take medicatio because I am trying to live with out it and I dont attend situations where I need to sit...
kriddul80
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Hi a.j. "a.j." <aj_adamjohn@...> wrote: that if I had ADHD I would have a hard time remembering where his office was because my thoughts would be so...
Ben
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I guess I didn't explain myself properly. Nick Rieser <nrieser@...> wrote: (My opinion here) - If you don't need medication for your job and you don't...
Ben
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Keara Conness <keara786@...> wrote: Something you may want to consider is a time released type of medication like Adderall or Concerta. I wish you the...
Ben
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Sheesh, you sound EXACTLY like me! I'm at Benedictine studying psychology and I frequently try to do way too much. My friends think I'm crazy and it drives my...
Keara Conness
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Apr 1, 2005
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RE: Evaluation when you're good at school. The first assumption doctors I saw always made is that, because I have a couple of degrees, I must not have ADD....
Eric Swanson
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Apr 1, 2005
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try generic riaitilin ... I ... -- erics@... "I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate." Yahoo! Groups...
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this doc should stop seeing patients. ... From: a.j. <aj_adamjohn@...> To: Chicago-ADHD-Adults@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:25:46 -0000 ...
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I think you missed the point. The gentleman who wrote stated that he DIDN'T WANT to take medication and was struggling with it because he (I'm paraphrasing...
Nick Rieser
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Apr 1, 2005
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I like that. You got some space to CHOOSE rather than REACT. You've thought through it, you've taken some advice, you've developed some insight, and you are...
Nick Rieser
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Apr 1, 2005
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I'm just about to see a psychiatrist about the possibility of going on stimulants for my ADD. For me, ADD is a mischievous little condition. I've found that I...
Eric Swanson
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Apr 2, 2005
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I didn't misinterpret the message so much as. a) See a big page full of words due to Attention defficianct get overwhelmed B) just read one sentence instead of...
kriddul80
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Apr 2, 2005
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Of course this is a place to be understood. I am so sorry I said something critical. I felt bad about saying that all afternoon. Thanks for giving me a...
Nick Rieser
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Oh no please don't feel bad. I wasn't upset I just realised I did something impulsive and it felt really good to be able to explain to a group that actually...
kriddul80
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Apr 2, 2005
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My doctor will not give me Ritalin because he doesn't think I have ADD in the first place. I had to wring his neck to get the Strattera, Tasha ... ...
Tasha Avon
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Apr 2, 2005
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Well, as far as ADD as a child, what I remember most in Kindergarten was my inability to sit still. I don't remember how my grades were. Then in second grade,...
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Apr 2, 2005
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Hey ubroc, Good points you make here, and good questions for all to consider. Everyone makes a choice to medicate or not to medicate based on what they feel...
david -.-.-.-.-.
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Apr 3, 2005
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And I might add to my last post, that I think the best use for meds, if they are needed at all, might be to simply stabilize yourself so you are then in a...
david -.-.-.-.-.
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Apr 3, 2005
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Heya Eric ... Amen brother! In my Friday's appointment I was trying to explain to the psy why I was not taking my meds on a regular basis...I said it's...
Ben
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I think you should tell your future employers that you have ADD. When I tell someone that I have ADD their response is usually "ohh thats explains a lot"....
kriddul80
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Apr 3, 2005
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How are you doing? ...getting through the program? I imagine your major is probably one of the hardest to get through for someone with a short attention span....
Ben
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Apr 3, 2005
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That is pretty funny. I do enjoy these traits and try to surround myself with people like you. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
Ben
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... My resistance is always due to my belief that this thing, ADD, is not a problem at all. I actually used to look down at linear people...they are too slow...
Ben
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It's incredibly challenging. I really work extremely hard on scheduling my class and when I take them. I try to choose classes and professors that require the...
Keara Conness
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Apr 3, 2005
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EXACTLY! That's what I have done and continue to do so! Keara "david -.-.-.-.-." <discodave1974@...> wrote: And I might add to my last post, that I think...
Keara Conness
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Apr 3, 2005
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Re: the post where the Vertrans Adm doc confused ADD with Alzheimers/Dementia. This is not a strange as it sounds. The only strange thing is that there has ...
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