Ferd, I suffer from rather extreme dyslexia myself which is the main reason my posts tend to be rather short here. It takes a ridicules amount of effort to type several paragraphs and spend at least 5x as long proof reading and correct my flip-flopped words. This makes it all the more painful when I DO spend any amount of time thinking up a post only to have the main point(s) completely ignored by whoever I may be directing it at. It really REALLY forces me to carefully "pick my battles" as they tend to require a ton of effort and time on my part.
agreed! On the other hand one of the things I love about forums is that it requires my repeated practice of writing!
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Ferd, I suffer from rather extreme dyslexia myself which is the main reason my posts tend to be rather short here. It takes a ridicules amount of effort to type several paragraphs and spend at least 5x as long proof reading and correct my flip-flopped words. This makes it all the more painful when I DO spend any amount of time thinking up a post only to have the main point(s) completely ignored by whoever I may be directing it at. It really REALLY forces me to carefully "pick my battles" as they tend to require a ton of effort and time on my part.
Proofreading?! Which forum are you on, anyway?
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One of the things that the psychiatrist who tested Keith initially said to us was that studies have shown that a great number of people who are drug addicts also suffer from ADHD and the theory is that many of those people realize that there is "something different" about themselves, so in order to fix things, they are self-medicating. I don't know how much truth there is to this, but it really does make alot of sense.
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When my son was in grade school they wanted to medicate him ,starting with ritalin, we said no, that aint happening, he was a constant whirl, non stop talker, couldnt leave other kids alone in school etc .(we eventually put hm in a christian school,smaller classes more attention from teachers) His sisters would beg him to shut up, he would keep right on talking while they did it. Well he is 27 now, has been to iraq where his fellow soldiers treated him like the company mascot ,everyone loved him, including the ladies from all the pics i saw and back and now works for me in construction, Still loves to talk, His girlfriend loves that ,is the kindest, most generous,easy to get along with,unending patience, person you will ever meet.So i wouldnt be so eager to do that,Maybe as one of my co workers said when he was growing up "hey he is just high on life"
One of the things that the psychiatrist who tested Keith initially said to us was that studies have shown that a great number of people who are drug addicts also suffer from ADHD and the theory is that many of those people realize that there is "something different" about themselves, so in order to fix things, they are self-medicating. I don't know how much truth there is to this, but it really does make alot of sense.
When my son was in grade school they wanted to medicate him ,starting with ritalin, we said no, that aint happening, he was a constant whirl, non stop talker, couldnt leave other kids alone in school etc .(we eventually put hm in a christian school,smaller classes more attention from teachers) His sisters would beg him to shut up, he would keep right on talking while they did it. Well he is 27 now, has been to iraq where his fellow soldiers treated him like the company mascot ,everyone loved him, including the ladies from all the pics i saw and back and now works for me in construction, Still loves to talk, His girlfriend loves that ,is the kindest, most generous,easy to get along with,unending patience, person you will ever meet.So i wouldnt be so eager to do that,Maybe as one of my co workers said when he was growing up "hey he is just high on life"
Once again, just because your son "likes to talk" doesn't mean he's ADHD.
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Once again, just because your son "likes to talk" doesn't mean he's ADHD.
I am ADHD (but dyslexia is my main stumbling block) and hate talking.
Anyone who hangs around me will see that I always have a stress ball in my hand squeezing it and tossing it back and forth. In fact, any stress ball that lasts more than 30 days with me is better than 90% of the rest. I give each one I try a "Randy scale" rating.
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