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Friends,
I don't know exactly if you are a friend are not but at least you aren't here in my home only in the verbal sense of the word. My friends are most likely not sitting around some office working me over just to see what my state of mind is but that is the way it goes here in my World.
I'm suppossed to be bi-polar by some people's best guess and ADHD by the one's that have tested me or from the test's I've taken not to mention this book I'm reading which really isn't that bad.
I'm one thing and that is sitting here discussing issues that if I had any sense I wouldn't even bring up in a blog because I've had a lot less used to make life miserable for the last six years but I'm just so damn stubborn!
When I go to lay down in the bed I don't want somebody talking to me unless they are my significant other which under these circumstances that would be pretty weird! I really don't feel much like writing this blog but I have been told what to do so much by some people that are supposedly men but don't have the guts to face me I guess because it is just so much fun to play me like a video game.
I bring up video games and it's a touchy subject with me because I'm pretty patriotic and have tried to resist the temptation to check out any video on wikileaks or whatever but you know the one they have front and center will make you think long and hard as you sit and listen, watch and try your best to have an open mind and not make to much of a quick judgement.
You ought too watch it just as an American left or right and let your own mind decide your opinion of the scene as it is played out. Being a democrat and oppossed to a second invasion of Iraq I find it hard not to comment and I will not do that because I would love to hear some other people's comments. My mind is set to some degree one way or another but I did have some unwelcome guest interrupting my viewing of the video so maybe I'll get back to it one day.
Lord School starts soon here and I hope you have taken care of your children by having them tested properly for even the slightest sign of ADD/ADHD or other important issues as their eye sight and hearing if it has been considered by you or anyone in your family that may be a concern.
I'm tired and these unwelcome guest have turned off their equipment so I'm running out of adrenaline to stir my thoughts but consider your children's education from an early age in the areas I mentioned, please?
I don't personally feel medicating for a learning difficulty or a visual or hearing issue even should be addressed to young, maybe the hearing but the eye's can be a issue that progressively give problems and your child may not notice it until later as I did in third grade. Being a "W" made it pretty miserable as well considering my place as close to the back of the class as I could be most cases and if you have any attention issues that compounds itself.
I would have the testing done independantly in your local area and don't get too upset early on if you can get your child a little closer to the front and with a teacher that uses positive reinforcement over corporal punishment or you know what I mean you don't want them to be ridiculed by class mates or even the teacher for not getting the basic foundation or more as they progress through the years.
I couldn't see, my oldest son (just don't mention I said so and my youngest son same deal) have problems with near sightedness as do I and add the fact at least the oldest and I both had some attention issues or distraction issues not to mention my refusal to do anything I didn't catch on to quickly- I can't say for my oldest cause he didn't live with me and when he was young I was so negative toward ADD or ADHD that I asked my second wife to flush his Ritalin on week-ends with us and thought it odd when he seemed focused on the T.V.! LOL! yeah I have given that plenty of thought through the years especially as I passed through the living room or house doing my thing and not paying nearly enough attention to his ADHD or anything else to suit my feeling on the subject now!
It is strange when you don't pay attention and gain that ability how your whole idea of what it means and how important it is changes.
It is just a change ion your perception of the whole issue that some just as well would sweep under their own rug and shrug off because they can't understand it themselves because they can't pay attention. Sorry to be judgemental but if you can't sit down and read a book over a several day period consistantly nor can you stand the idea of tearing into a project because you may forget the way it goes together before you get a chance to finish it you have an issue.
The first time I changed a set of breaks on my 79 monte Carlo, The rear break drums I never will forget tearing both sides down and having to go buy a book to get it back together so I could go to work the next day! You feel like an idiot in the parking lot of an apartment complex with it torn down and getting frustrated not being able to remember where those springs go and it can get pretty colorful as to language for a 19 year-old.
Now I take a picture or I but the book! As for the children wait til it is absolutely neccessary to me it should be anyway and start them on a low dose medicine okay?
Well discipline isn't the only issue now is it and that is handled- well I'm just not such an expert on that. I used to say whip their butts but that only solves part of a problem and may one day leave you feeling like you covered one issue but didn't solve the main issue and that is to get your child the best grades possible and if you read the prescribing info on this stuff you find that size and age in some cases especialy with activity may preclude an increased dose not the other way around so play it the way you see it best but the main thing is not to put them into a drugged out haze it is to get an even level of medication that works late enough that if a second dose is needed you give it and it does not keep them up past your comfortable bedtime which varies and this is my opinion and I'm sticking to it!
You don't want a non-sysmptom controled child at home that can't do their homework or even maybe learn something from you! You are the parent and you do want your child to learn from you even if your freinds and neighbors think your nuts which brings me to a point- Medicate yourself if need be so you can have a good quality of life too! Your husband is going to feel great at work but as with all things he's gonna want to do the same at home so don't be surprised if a doctor says he needs an evening dose or you yourself! It wears off and that is all there is too it- period!
I'm up right now cause I'm determined to run my house even if it is only me and my dog and you know what who gives a crap anyway! Your schedule is your schedule anyway and your doctor knows it! It's the less informed that cause all the problems with ADD and ADHD treatment anyway.
I'm tired and i've been ripped off this month as I have now for about twelve straight months so I doubt I'll blog tommorrow and that my friends is another issue. Keep your family and friends out of your life on medication- tell the coach to kiss off and have some fun! There is quality of life here you know.
I'm being raked across the coals because no one in my domain likes the fact I used that Ephedrine shown in that last post from the 20's and 30's and those companies that sold it over the counter at service stations screwed it up anyway so my life was going to change for the worse I just didn't know it right off!
I'll win my little stuggle and gt these jerks in their place and make it again one day back to making a living when they back off and realize that I wasn't so wrong anyway but til then it will be hell as it has been and I know it cause once they get in you can't get them out easily cause they think you are just a drug addict so do it for yourself and your children.
Don't wait til they miss the foundation and are scating by on thin ice at school. if you can't tutor them and I don't mean have someone do their work for them I mean have them gain interest. If they don't gain interest well I'm not sure what you can do and the other drugs?
I will bet you money if your child is successful in school, can hit a basket or a ball pithced to him then he or she will be less likely to do much else. That I know because from my own experience I didn't have any problems or even concern over anything else once I found some success in life! I bet my life on it every day I do battle with the rehab nuts or anger nuts or any other nut I come in contact with that thinks they know more about a subject than I do after 18 years medicating and 44 years of life!
If you get depresssed or frustrated yourself or your child and are left uneducated the possibility for set-backs is endless!
Who knows that time in church may be more rewarding as well. I was reading about the life of Dr. John R. Shumate and his family and one of their three children now adults I'm sure's: motto is "If ADD were easy everyone would have it. So Thank God- you must be special!
Too many people are diagnosed as ADHD/ADD and are not which makes us all look bad!
Sincerely,
Love, Peace and knowledge,
Floyd C. Wooley
P.s.- Focal point's link can lead you to Barry & his lovely wife for testing in our area. I posted the brain imaging colorized scans based on their letting me have Dr. Amen's site info I'll list his Url next time I can but DrAmen.com may get you there.
visit: www.focalpointps.com for testing and assessment locally! Barry like I said is easy going and ADD!
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