Comments on: Attention Disorders and Addictions

By: marilyn pratt

marilyn pratt — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:30:58 +0000

I enjoyed reading this article. FINALLY i have found a dialog that puts it in focus.

By: thatagirl

thatagirl — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:15:54 +0000

This is an insightful dialogue, especially with the focus on the shame that comes with an ADHD diagnosis. I’ve experienced many painful, shaming experiences for being too honest (self-censor not functioning). I’ve also experienced great frustration recognizing other diagnoses/disabilities that can tag along with ADHD. It’s taken me a good 20 years to get the pieces of myself together in a shape of some kind of understanding. Only to be told, for the umpteenth time again yesterday, by a lay minister, to get over it, quit making excuses for my behaviors and stop labelling myself. The person giving such advice has no comprehension of the unmanageability I have lived with most of my life due to these “diagnoses”. Getting over it starts with understanding and doesn’t happen overnight. Fortunately, I was able to “take what I liked” and left the rest at the church without being too offended by the lack of understanding from this dear women’s advice.

By: DD BRAUGH

DD BRAUGH — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:56:59 +0000

A well advised set of topics in this interview kept me interested, if no one else. I like articles addressing specifics of my journey through life. So I fit right in as a member of hte vast internet audience (in this case). It is indeed the end of a “nightmare” to get past the misinformed “help” (devils in disguise or just misinformed), and pursue Truth for my self watching what transformations happen all along the way. To hold the treatment on one hand and sobriety on the other is a blessing for me. One can find through modern science, faith, and coonnecting to others a meaningful and purposeful lifestyle- one that works!