I know that i have been a regular Ego maniac to say the least over the past two days but before you damn me to ADD hell where no one talks to you let me explain. I dont want to mention the guys name but he had some issues with ADD and more specificly meds. I made so many "I am doing well" and "I love my life" stuff which is sometimes the case but thouse of you who have been around know that at heart I am insecure, needy, and love attention. But I had to play the completly straight man so that any new people to this site wouldnt imediatly run into a post by this guy telling them that meds are useless and that the government has us by the b**** if we choose to take them. Now I despite any thought to the contrary care about people, and didnt want some scared kid coming on this site and being fed the idea that he has probably heard one to many times namely that We ADDers are lazy, stupid and useless I just went to the extreem to counteract the negitive posts to the contrary. Hell we all have a long way to go but I am kind of proud that i accually pointed out some of my skills instead of hating myself like i am prone to doing. Hate me now if you need to but know that my intentions where pure and i do believe that all of you have great things to offer this world. Thanks
Pith

pith,

You are OK. Relax.

No more than a few days, I came up with a non-negotiable policy for myself. I will not engage in any form of discussion via internet or toe-to-toe about why we are "not lazy, ADHD is not a disorder, we use stimulants to get high", etc. because it is a momumental waste of my time. I swear, least I judge, advocates of said opinions have a hidden agenda, namely, to push our buttons. Screw them. I won't let it happen. I will forever-more ignore such posts.

You are ADD, I'm ADD, it is very difficult to deal with. Let's support each other. Forgot the morons that try to make things worse.

Bob

Your intentions were good. It's cool.

I'm never going to get nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and don't care.

I've apologized for being rude in dealing with similar people .

I'm confused and don't know what you're apologizing for...as is my usual policy, I will now make something up.

Shame on you, pith, for running over that nun in your halftrack and dressing the body up like a clown and submitting it to an art show as a cover up! Shame on you! Shame! But I forgive you because you apologized.

and lets all remember that when you have one thing to hold onto, the fact that i can put a story together, and it is the first thing in your life to make you feel real and that life is worth living you want to share it. I know it can be annoying, but lets face it it is my defence mechinism and if it keeps me for even just one day beliving that maybe everybody who ever called me a lazy dreamer who would never do anything in his life they might be wrong. Ya know, to this day i have never had a family member say that they are proud of me or even accknowledg me as anythng but a drifter at best. I feel things very deeply and man does this hurt. I will try and keep my posts relevent and helpfull and man i would be thrilled to **** you all off to make one newly diagnosed kid belive that your dreams can become real through hard work and time. I wish someone had told me that, hell nobody has yet but thank god i belived it enough to try...it was either that or end it. You never know how desperate someone really may be. So yeah i have an ego but i will try and keep it contained but remember that that ego is all i have to make me want to live this life and give a sh** about others. Thanks again for understanding and dont take advantage of me now that you know that i am really struggling and insecure and a terrible speller. I know you are better than that.
Pith

Hi, the guy Pith did not want to mention here. Sorry you took things personally. I have the same symptoms as all of you, in fact from what I've read here, mine are probably worse. If anything, I can see how Pith and I both have problems beating ourselves up. I don't dispute that I have what drug companies and their distributors in psychiatry offices would call ADD, or ADHD, and will call something else-D in a few years. I never said it had anything to do with laziness, in fact people have said that many times about me.

Pith, I am very sorry you took it so personally. Really. You have nothing to apologize for!

We just don't agree, doesn't mean either of us needs to beat ourselves up or start soul searching. I state things bluntly, not everyone likes that, but it's who I am. Please don't take it the wrong way. I hope we can talk about things in a helpful manner in the future, because I need help managing symptoms just like everyone else here. However I also believe that uniformity of opinion should not be a requirement for discussing something that is a personal issue for all of us who are like this, and a major societal issue for everyone else.

-79

Hate me now if you need to but know that my intentions where pure and i do believe that all of you have great things to offer this world. Thanks
Pith

Hate you??? No way ;)

Thanks for listening it means alot to me.
Pith

It takes courage to make the posts that you both ( pith30 & Shakedown 1979 ) just made.

My hats off to both of you.

take care
mctavish23(Robert)

It does show incredible courage, you two, and amazing character, for these recent posts, just like McTavish said.
Nova