Adult ADHD

Polymathic said:
Does it make your weak ego feel stronger throwing around insults?

I've never said that the people here are medicated here without a professional diagnosis, though I should point out somebody here has already stated they have been misdiagnosed as ADHD by a GP.
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Is misdiagnosis the same as over diagnosed?

As for the insults, I get annoyed when people posture and pretend to know more about something than they really do, and presenting an opinion as fact without any actual backup gets under my skin.
I don't claim to be an expert in anything. I present facts when I have them and I offer my opinion as my opinion.
When people say "you have to believe me without any further info because I am an expert, or I have done x amount of hours of reaserch" then I use words to express my contempt.

I have done hours and hours of research in many, many things and it doesnt mean sht unless I can back up my statements with facts that I have learned while doing that research.

Present what you have learned or stfu.
 
Mars said:
Is misdiagnosis the same as over diagnosed?

As for the insults, I get annoyed when people posture and pretend to know more about something than they really do, and presenting an opinion as fact without any actual backup gets under my skin.
I don't claim to be an expert in anything. I present facts when I have them and I offer my opinion as my opinion.
When people say "you have to believe me without any further info because I am an expert, or I have done x amount of hours of reaserch" then I use words to express my contempt.

I have done hours and hours of research in many, many things and it doesnt mean sht unless I can back up my statements with facts that I have learned while doing that research.

Present what you have learned or stfu.
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No
 

Thanks to this thread YT is serving me ADHD related videos.

This is a nice summary of how stimulants work, side effects, why it won't work for some people, the dangers of increasing doses, crashes and a strategy to reduce the chances developing a tolerance to meds.
 
Adult ADHD? In the old days we treated that with hard work, whiskey and regular pomps. It used to miraculously sort itself out then.

These man-children nowadays are so sheltered that when they grow up they cannot cope with adult life, then call it diseases with fancy names.
 
Aghori said:
Adult ADHD? In the old days we treated that with hard work, whiskey and regular pomps. It used to miraculously sort itself out then.

These man-children nowadays are so sheltered that when they grow up they cannot cope with adult life, then call it diseases with fancy names.
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Lol, the perspective of someone who has only heard about something yet has an expert opinion. Hur dur, back in my day we used blood letting for headaches and it worked just fine.

I am a product of the old days. Spoiler alert, it never miraculously sorted itself out.
 
Polymathic said:

Thanks to this thread YT is serving me ADHD related videos.

This is a nice summary of how stimulants work, side effects, why it won't work for some people, the dangers of increasing doses, crashes and a strategy to reduce the chances developing a tolerance to meds.
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Just the facts please, I dont have the time to sit and watch every crackpot youtube video.

Aslo, you do realise that some youtube video is just someone else's opinion? Watching youtube does not count as "research". If they reference actual sources go read the sources.
 
Aghori said:
Adult ADHD? In the old days we treated that with hard work, whiskey and regular pomps. It used to miraculously sort itself out then.

These man-children nowadays are so sheltered that when they grow up they cannot cope with adult life, then call it diseases with fancy names.
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Cigarettes were the old school way of managing ADHD.
 
http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/pharmacy/paedsstg2013lr.pdf

There you go. ADHD is on page 375 if anyone is interested on the work up and management of ADHD. The psychiatrists evaluation is different and more complex

The STG is available online for free by the department of health ;) its quite comprehensive and complied by some of the best doctors in the country. Very powerful tool. Of course its tailored for the governments formulary but medically its sound.

remember this is a professional tool so its not going to explain things you supposed to know. Its written for a reader that has a medical degree.

before you go swearing your psychiatrist on the maxium dose. Ritalin has "no" maxium dose the limit is for a GP a child psychiatrist can dose very high
 
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Mars said:
Just the facts please, I dont have the time to sit and watch every crackpot youtube video.

Aslo, you do realise that some youtube video is just someone else's opinion? Watching youtube does not count as "research". If they reference actual sources go read the sources.
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These were videos served up for me by the YT algorithm , I don't have time to be searching for sources just for your sake.

If you don't want to watch video then don't but maybe don't be so ignorant to label a video crackpot without actually viewing the content
 
Polymathic said:
These were videos served up for me by the YT algorithm , I don't have time to be searching for sources just for your sake.

If you don't want to watch video then don't but maybe don't be so ignorant to label a video crackpot without actually viewing the content
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Not for my sake buddy, you're the one making the claims, the burden of proof is on you.

Don't make unfounded claims if you don't have the backing for them. I feel like a broken record asking you to provide evidence for your claims. Rather just stfu.
 
Mars said:
Not for my sake buddy, you're the one making the claims, the burden of proof is on you.

Don't make unfounded claims if you don't have the backing for them. I feel like a broken record asking you to provide evidence for your claims. Rather just stfu.
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Nah.
 
I will say the oddest thing is I am a lot more emotional then I've ever been :-(
 
Lupus said:
I will say the oddest thing is I am a lot more emotional then I've ever been :-(
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Are you taking Omega 3?
I was getting a bit short tempered recently, I've found that I started to mellow out after taking Omega 3, interesting enough I found that I can perceive colours better, I can hear all the minute details in music and getting really vivid dreams after I started taking omega 3.

I started taking 1000mg daily (500mg lunch and supper) for a couple months now I'm only taking 500mg daily.
 
Polymathic said:
Are you taking Omega 3?
I was getting a bit short tempered recently, I've found that I started to mellow out after taking Omega 3, interesting enough I found that I can perceive colours better, I can hear all the minute details in music and getting really vivid dreams after I started taking omega 3.

I started taking 1000mg daily (500mg lunch and supper) for a couple months now I'm only taking 500mg daily.
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I'm not taking it, but I could just dip into my sons, though it's not anger I'm feeling :(
 
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