Comments on: Adult ADHD http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/adult_adhd ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gareth Thomas http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/adult_adhd/comment-page-1#comment-73123 Gareth Thomas Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:49:43 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/adult_adhdhtml/#comment-73123 Hello everyone, i,m gaz and am 33 years young ,ileft school where i was lucky to get a few good grades in english and math exelled in sport and art did my art a levels when i was 16 then went on to cpllege and did sculpture and furnature design , from the age of eighteen months i was diagnosed as being "hyperactive" and was put on tranquelisers when i was 3 years old untill they got took off the market when i was 7 years old from then untill now i have been in trouble with the police more times than i can remember for fighting ,abh,affray ect it was more from the age of 15/16 untill 21/22 that i was at my worst getting involved in drug dealing getting in with the wrong crowds and all along i knew that what i was doing was wrong but the buzz was just too great as i was taking cocane and speed as well , i decided euogh was enough (it seems like a constant battle in your head between good and bad but the bad is always much more exiting)i knew i was in over my head and moved away from it all to start afresh , then met a gypsy family who took me in got clean from drugs and was out grafting every morning i would be up at 5 am (thats if i had had any sleep at all through my mind going at a thousand miles an hour as usual) and loved working outside grafting,married had 2 kids but all the time throughout my life knew that there was somthing wrong with me i remember quoting "its not my fault mum its the little boy inside me" anyway i eventually got some work fitting a playarea locally and impressed them because i seemed to work and move twice as fast as there own workers that was 12/13 years ago now and i am still working for the same company , after starting there i was a foreman 2 years later then learned how to pre fabrecate all of the different items progressed to now being installations manager (2nd in command from the M.D.)I can now build anything i have taken on contract that are 150k plus , i run all the health and safety programmes ,do tender documents and was the first in the 18 years that the company have been submitting tenders to actually win one i have tought myself to almost control myself emotionally,about 18months ago my step son (im now with my second wife ) was diagnosed with adhd and it was through my own investigations that and going through a depressive patch that i was diagnosed myself , they put me on a anti-psycotic drug wich was not right for me at all then i was back in the docs with worse depression and was crying all the time getting really emotionall over little things even crying in work in front of the lads , then they put me on a anti depressant (cant remember the name) and after about 4 weeks i was feeling myself again buy a lot more clearer my brain didnt seem to be so conjested with information then i decided to do everything possible to help me as in using a diary wrighting things down to remind me of things making flow charts so that things werent forgotten wich made my work a lot easier, i felt when i was depressed weak and all that was going thrugh my mind was remorse for all the bad things that i had done in my life all the people that i had physically or mentally hurt and i think as you get older with adhd you seem to grow a concience , a concience that i never really had when i was younger and getting into trouble with the police all the time , anyway i have missed a hell of a lot out of this and some of it may seem back to front but i would like to help others as i am now a self certified motovational speaker and i would love to help anyone out there who is struggling thanks gaz Hello everyone, i,m gaz and am 33 years young ,ileft school where i was lucky to get a few good grades in english and math exelled in sport and art did my art a levels when i was 16 then went on to cpllege and did sculpture and furnature design , from the age of eighteen months i was diagnosed as being “hyperactive” and was put on tranquelisers when i was 3 years old untill they got took off the market when i was 7 years old from then untill now i have been in trouble with the police more times than i can remember for fighting ,abh,affray ect it was more from the age of 15/16 untill 21/22 that i was at my worst getting involved in drug dealing getting in with the wrong crowds and all along i knew that what i was doing was wrong but the buzz was just too great as i was taking cocane and speed as well , i decided euogh was enough (it seems like a constant battle in your head between good and bad but the bad is always much more exiting)i knew i was in over my head and moved away from it all to start afresh , then met a gypsy family who took me in got clean from drugs and was out grafting every morning i would be up at 5 am (thats if i had had any sleep at all through my mind going at a thousand miles an hour as usual) and loved working outside grafting,married had 2 kids but all the time throughout my life knew that there was somthing wrong with me i remember quoting “its not my fault mum its the little boy inside me” anyway i eventually got some work fitting a playarea locally and impressed them because i seemed to work and move twice as fast as there own workers that was 12/13 years ago now and i am still working for the same company , after starting there i was a foreman 2 years later then learned how to pre fabrecate all of the different items progressed to now being installations manager (2nd in command from the M.D.)I can now build anything i have taken on contract that are 150k plus , i run all the health and safety programmes ,do tender documents and was the first in the 18 years that the company have been submitting tenders to actually win one i have tought myself to almost control myself emotionally,about 18months ago my step son (im now with my second wife ) was diagnosed with adhd and it was through my own investigations that and going through a depressive patch that i was diagnosed myself , they put me on a anti-psycotic drug wich was not right for me at all then i was back in the docs with worse depression and was crying all the time getting really emotionall over little things even crying in work in front of the lads , then they put me on a anti depressant (cant remember the name) and after about 4 weeks i was feeling myself again buy a lot more clearer my brain didnt seem to be so conjested with information then i decided to do everything possible to help me as in using a diary wrighting things down to remind me of things making flow charts so that things werent forgotten wich made my work a lot easier, i felt when i was depressed weak and all that was going thrugh my mind was remorse for all the bad things that i had done in my life all the people that i had physically or mentally hurt and i think as you get older with adhd you seem to grow a concience , a concience that i never really had when i was younger and getting into trouble with the police all the time , anyway i have missed a hell of a lot out of this and some of it may seem back to front but i would like to help others as i am now a self certified motovational speaker and i would love to help anyone out there who is struggling thanks gaz

]]> By: Bobbi http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/adult_adhd/comment-page-1#comment-93 Bobbi Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:28:03 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/adult_adhdhtml/#comment-93 Thank you Arlo Muttrie for your comments as I also did well in school and am surprised by the troubles I am having in adult life. Also, I have been trying meds for some time now and it just doesn't seem to help. I welcome any suggestions and help. I have never reached out through postings for my AD/HD problems but since I have gotten to a point where no one close to me really understands what I am struggling with I thought it might help. See, I feel very alone in my pain (yet according to my internet searches here I am not alone). Just reaching out for support anywhere I can get it because I am sooooo not doing well career-wise, and obviously then also financially, and socially I have lost friends due to impulsive talking and extreme hyper energy that makes others feel very uncomfortable. I read self-help books more than anyone I know, try to change, but just keep failing ...and falling. I just never seem good enough anymore. not for myself and certainly not for the 'normal' world. Thank you Arlo Muttrie for your comments as I also did well in school and am surprised by the troubles I am having in adult life. Also, I have been trying meds for some time now and it just doesn’t seem to help. I welcome any suggestions and help.

I have never reached out through postings for my AD/HD problems but since I have gotten to a point where no one close to me really understands what I am struggling with I thought it might help. See, I feel very alone in my pain (yet according to my internet searches here I am not alone). Just reaching out for support anywhere I can get it because I am sooooo not doing well career-wise, and obviously then also financially, and socially I have lost friends due to impulsive talking and extreme hyper energy that makes others feel very uncomfortable. I read self-help books more than anyone I know, try to change, but just keep failing …and falling. I just never seem good enough anymore. not for myself and certainly not for the ‘normal’ world.

]]> By: arlo muttrie http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/adult_adhd/comment-page-1#comment-92 arlo muttrie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:57:24 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/adult_adhdhtml/#comment-92 I was in my 30's when I got diagnosed with attention problems. Unfortunately (?), I was able to do well in school without concentrating, so the problem went unnoticed. I'm saying that tongue-in-cheek, of course, but a history of screwing up in school isn't always a reliable indicator. I take meds, but my mind just doesn't work in the way that helps me get through a so-called normal day. I was in my 30’s when I got diagnosed with attention problems. Unfortunately (?), I was able to do well in school without concentrating, so the problem went unnoticed. I’m saying that tongue-in-cheek, of course, but a history of screwing up in school isn’t always a reliable indicator. I take meds, but my mind just doesn’t work in the way that helps me get through a so-called normal day.

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