Hi new, Have a fav to ask of ya’ll | ADHD Information

Thanks for the info guys, I'm glad I can actually finally have someone to talk about issues and things with! I wish I could of found this place before a bunch of the crap i have to deal with at home....Things have gotten really tough lately and I thought the place I used before to get info and help from was good, but it was an anime message board...SO alot of people that went on there thought i was lying about the hard things, I 've been going through. but with reading the issues and things off here I really feel like I belong and I can get things off my chest you know?As for your paper and our ADHD experiences....I can do a brief thing now, but I'm afraid I don't have the concentration for much, sorry! Well, first off, my parents don't believe in AD/HD, so I didn't get officially diagnosed until I was old enough to go to the Dr. and pay for all of the medical expenses, etc. Not to sound conceited, but I'm a pretty smart kid, so I always got pretty good grades in school.....partially because I just kind of knew things and partially because I got lucky.....also, it was expected of me. I have an older sister (2 yrs older) who is a work-aholic/over-achiever/perfectionist, so I had to follow her....my dad is also very intelligent, etc. Hard to grow up in a family like that....My parents always said I was lazy or I could do better if I just tried....As I got into later years of high school, I had a harder and harder time....I was pulling all-nighters to try to finish projects and essays and it seemed that no matter how hard I tried to get things done, I never would!! I never really knew about AD/HD until middle school when we had a speaker come talk to us and we all took a little evaluation thing...I most definitely "scored" in the severe ADHD group, but we didn't hand in the evaluation, so nothing was done of it. I seem to have gotten lucky with the social aspect....I have been pretty happy I guess, compared to a lot of the posts at least. Yeah, people would tell me I was ADHD and all that junk (even before I was diagnosed) and sure I got yelled at by the teachers for talking....but for the most part, friends weren't tooo big of a problem. My family had the biggest impact on me. I didn't have any support from them, and was even put-down for trying the best that I could. I even suggested to my parents that I get tested for ADHD, but somehow, they turned the suggestion into a completely degrading yell at our daughter session (which ended with me in tears!) I was repeatedly hurt by them, and finally got to the point where I "disregarded" them. I loved (and still do love) them and at times I like them....I just didn't let any of their words have an impact on me. All of their put-downs, etc. over the years made me feel so frustrated and stupid and I have finally come to a point where I just say, "that is their opinion, and I believe otherwise." uhhh...I think I strayed from the subject, sorry....ummm....I am pretty open about having ADHD, since it's pretty obvious, so I kinda laugh with people about me being me...I even crack jokes about myself. It's not to try to fit in either, it's because I truly do funny/stupid things! I'm not gonna go anywhere with this, sorry...I gotta stop, so much for my short post lol Good luck with your paper!AHHHH I just realized that my last post was a big lump of words! Sorry bout that yall! I don't blame you if you don't read it! hahadeang - just go in and create paragraphs EDIT - good practice

Umm... yes I have adhd, not afriad to tell people about it, even though eventually they ask. I'm doing a report for Psychology class, and the teach told us to pick our own topics and it had to be one we didn't go over... So, I decided to do mine's on ADHD and peer pressure, I want to show that it's a whole new ball game because it is compared to what 'normal' kids deal with. So my fav is...Can you tell me of a time, when you were rediqualed *misspelled* and laughed at because of having adhd??? You don't have to if it hurts, believe me I know how it feels to be hurt. but I have to have what the teach called live feedback. and that's why I am asking.

So if you can tell me about the bad times and I would also liek to hear about the great times to!! And the other reasin I chose this topic is because I'm tried of him (the teach) Making fun of ADHD. He's constantly saying 'this class should be made for Adhd kids,' And he laughs!! Oh I wish to only hurt him!!!!!  but that is just me.  There are a lot more things he says about us but I can't remember...Although I thought it was funny when I yelled at him!!!! I told him to shut up because he has some students that are Adhd and he needs to chill on the jokes but he won't stop so... I'm thinking of evil plots now.... But ya back to what i was writing... Please reply if you can but if you wish not to post it then just Email me, I'm SailorComet_1_25@sailormoon.com I would love to hear from ya and have a great day!

Growing up they didnt have a name for ADHD.I was told I was "Bad, not trying,not paying attention, selfish, destructive,uncaring,uncontrollable,gonna end up in prison you little bastard<mom said, stupid, dumb, ugly, weird, different)I guess I could go on and on but now I know that this is a proven DISORDER and if your know it all teacher doesnt buy that then he should know that the HYPERACTIVE part of my disorder will allow me to kick his ass nonstop for an hour and still have energy to help him up just to knock him down again.What a f**king mooron.Now......with all this energy I have accomplished(3 years in the U.S Army Infantry, High school diploma, Tech school Industrial Electronics, Carpenter for 15 yrs, married to a wonderful wife with my 4 beutiful children 1 of which is ADD, happy and full of energy at the end of the day to play guitar, piano, write, read, feel, care, love, own my own home, own 4 cars ect. ect. ect.

  Hope this helps:)   Shane M.   You can probably report what this person is saying and perhaps sue them!File some type of grievence with admin.

Yup I agree with Marco - lodge a complaint to the education board within your state (or however it is set up in the US)

I would threaten him first, If you say one more insult re ADHD, I will sue you for discrimination and lodge an official complaint.

Or you could just accept he is a moron and ignore him and suck his brains as a teacher, and get the hell out of there as soon as you graduate and treat him like a future unpleasant memory.

That is also a good option.  So in summary, Lodge a complaint/sue or IGNORE HIM