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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 13, 2007 8:09:24 GMT -1
Just read this article on the BBC, talking about ADHD in adults: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6896333.stmand one quote really stood out for me. At first sight, Amanda Christie seems an unlikely ADHD patient.
She is a confident professional woman, fresh out of university and looking forward to a career in legal research.
But much of her life has been blighted by the condition, which made her chaotic, impulsive and reckless.
As a child she ended up in care, and her unsettled life carried on into adulthood.
"You drive fast, you listen to loud music, you move job constantly all the time, you think nothing of moving house to house, you can't settle and have stable relationships, your relationships with your family are on tenterhooks all the time because of how you are."Uhm... is it just me, or does that describe most people aged 16-21 ish, possibly even up to 25?
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 8:18:46 GMT -1
More than 25... Well I mean come on, "kidulthood" as they call it stretches well into your 30s for a lot of people now...!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 13, 2007 8:26:42 GMT -1
But apparently it's actually ADHD The article reckons 8% of kids have it too - that's nearly 1 in 10. Personally I think that, while there are some genuine cases, it's usually just that they're badly behaved little shitheads!
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 8:30:10 GMT -1
The article reckons 8% of kids have it too - that's nearly 1 in 10. Personally I think that, while there are some genuine cases, it's usually just that they're badly behaved little shitheads! Actually that is an hilarious break-up line! "Sorry honey, it's not you, it's the ADHD! I just get easily distracted....!" Indeed Neko... we should lock up these small children and throw away the key! ;D
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 13, 2007 8:33:20 GMT -1
The article reckons 8% of kids have it too - that's nearly 1 in 10. Personally I think that, while there are some genuine cases, it's usually just that they're badly behaved little shitheads! Actually that is an hilarious break-up line! "Sorry honey, it's not you, it's the ADHD! I just get easily distracted....!" Indeed Neko... we should lock up these small children and throw away the key! ;D Very good ;D Nah, no need to lock them up - remote controlled shock collars will suffice ;D
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Post by fcredblue on Jul 13, 2007 8:35:50 GMT -1
excuses for anything now...
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 8:36:47 GMT -1
Very good ;D Nah, no need to lock them up - remote controlled shock collars will suffice ;D *bows* Hmmm... or they could be explosive collars... and we could put them all on a small island... and get them to kill each other off, thus using up their excess energy... hang on! there was some film a bit like that?! ;D
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 13, 2007 8:37:47 GMT -1
But apparently it's actually ADHD The article reckons 8% of kids have it too - that's nearly 1 in 10. Personally I think that, while there are some genuine cases, it's usually just that they're badly behaved little shitheads! It's just the new ME. In so much that it becomes a 'sink' condition, where a load of conditions that don't exist or they can't diagnose properly get lumped under that banner!!
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jul 13, 2007 8:39:44 GMT -1
I'M DISEASED!!!
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 8:41:59 GMT -1
I'M DISEASED!!! It's okay man... we all are!
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jul 13, 2007 8:45:01 GMT -1
Wooooooo
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 8:48:14 GMT -1
Wooooooo LET'S EAT SOME SUGAR AND RUN UP THAT HILL!!!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 13, 2007 8:55:03 GMT -1
Wooooooo LET'S EAT SOME SUGAR AND RUN UP THAT HILL!!! *waves from the top, fizzing quietly with wide eyes*
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jul 13, 2007 8:56:00 GMT -1
So we all going to die today then or what?
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Post by addicted2venos on Jul 13, 2007 8:56:47 GMT -1
So we all going to die today then or what? ........ if it's not today, it'll certainly be at some point after that!!
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 13, 2007 8:57:20 GMT -1
But apparently it's actually ADHD The article reckons 8% of kids have it too - that's nearly 1 in 10. Personally I think that, while there are some genuine cases, it's usually just that they're badly behaved little shitheads! It's just the new ME. In so much that it becomes a 'sink' condition, where a load of conditions that don't exist or they can't diagnose properly get lumped under that banner!! It does strike me as strange that, by my experience at least, a lot of kids who "have ADHD" are also the kids whose parents feed them tons of crap with a snillion additives (including five different sugars and all manner of colours - see Skittles ), while a lot of the calmer children tend to eat properly. I wonder how many of these parents whose kids have ADHD have actually had it properly diagnosed?
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Post by Dr LuKas on Jul 13, 2007 8:59:17 GMT -1
Beacuse it's Friday the 13th oh well best get saying my goodbyes.
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 9:00:06 GMT -1
LET'S EAT SOME SUGAR AND RUN UP THAT HILL!!! *waves from the top, fizzing quietly with wide eyes* "Look it's Neko!" -->
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Post by C@V on Jul 13, 2007 9:00:25 GMT -1
I'M DISEASED!!! It's okay man... we all are! Not me!
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 13, 2007 9:03:36 GMT -1
Beacuse it's Friday the 13th oh well best get saying my goodbyes. Yeah that had occurred to me. Pay special attention to the movement of buses today and you'll be fine fella!
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