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You're putting adhd and mental health together which is fine coming from the USA/UK because thats how WE categorise it - but it's not like that there. They don't classify it as a mental health condition, not where I went. When you describe our adhd characteristics, the person is known as a 'new soul'. That's it. No burning or scrutinising or anything like that. But of course it completely depends on enviornment. I was referring to research in Kenya tribes which showed those tribes with adhders faired better. It had nothing to do with the overall state of Africa's mental health system. Your post is very interesting at looking at Africa's overall issue on mental health. But I don't feel those issues apply to what I meant. And tbh, Somalia has sooooo many problems, pretty much the least of their problems is who has what mental health condition. |
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If, for you, ADHD is "forgetting your fishing rod", then you don't have ADHD and don't know what it is.
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That the adhder who impulsively brought a lottery ticket and wins, is going to view their adhd as a gift. The adhder whos impulses lead them to prison will call it a curse. Whether adhd is a gift or curse I think its strictly down to the individual, environment etc. The argument of is it/isnt it is irrelevant. Does it matter? Surely it only matters to the adhd individual how they view their own condition and is only a concern if it hinders their development. And im assuming people are open to the POSSIBILITY that for some it has been a gift/curse no matter what side of the fence you're on. Thus, we cannot enforce our own views on one another because we simply don't know the individuals experience. And enforcing our views in either way is imo, damaging. This is simply the point im trying make. But I get from your post that you already get anyway ![]() |
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The example I gave wasn't relevant to the overall point I was making. Which was that tribal views of schizophrenia and how they dealt with it is extremely different to adhd because they dont put adhd as a mental health condition, so no hyena feeding. I was purposely giving a trivial example |
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Hyena treatment is very expensive, used only for the most severe cases, such as schizophrenia. In the BBC article, "Dr Hab" is quoted as saying he works with people who have PTSD, Anxiety and Depression. Those last two are very often comorbid with ADHD. WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that 1 in 3 citizens of Somalia are affected by mental illness - either they have it or a family member has it. Dr Hab believes thousands of people suffering from mental illness are chained up in private homes. ADHD is not always "hidden." It's not just forgetting your fishing rod/keys. When my undiagnosed and untreated ADHD, Anxiety and Depression were at their worst, I sometimes picked up a dining room chair and threw it across the room. I screamed and yelled at my family. In short, I was crazy.
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if i get called an un-evolved hunter gatherer by anyone ever again i will literally have to brick them in the face.....that includes you hallowell....:P
like f**k do i have the skills or concentration to be a hunter gatherer...here comes the loudest most impulsive cave girl in the forrest *bang, smash....look its a mother f**king squirrel...OHYEAH* WHOOPS...broke my cover ...i'd be nice and skinny thougn from never catching anything and i do feel i could rock a coconut shell bra ![]() anywaaaaaaay completely unrelated rant...but i hate it when people tell me that and have maybe 2 articles from the newspapers worth of knowledge and 0 life experience as to what ADHD is...they can f**k off
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I'll do it for you!
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ADD me "Senior diagnosis" of ADHD at age 65 GAD thrown in for good measure, plus some clinical depression -- but then, who wouldn't be depressed, going 60+ years before being diagnosed? Medication: Short acting generic Adderall; low dose of escitalopram. |
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I have a hunter friend who agrees -- without the rant part, she isn't ADHD. Hunting requires focus, attentiveness, concentration, patience, silence -- a LOT of things we are not good at.
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http://www.childrenshospital.org/hea...-disorder-adhd From NCBI: http://www.childrenshospital.org/hea...-disorder-adhd The WebMD discussion of ADHD giftedness -- they aren't buying it, although they do agree that kids with ADHD do need support and help AND TREATMENT in using their gifts: http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childh...e-gift-in-adhd From ADHD Coach Pete Quilly, copied from his partially commercial web site: Some Topics Covered On This Blog: Examples of the strengths of people with Adult ADHD, including people who have ADHD and see it as a competitive edge, IF you manage adult ADHD properly. The challenges of living and working with Adult ADHD. Adult ADHD Coaching and other practical ways to manage ADHD. Research on Adult ADHD. My opinions on Adult ADHD
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I confess to having two experiences in life that might be a direct result of ADHD:
1. The fast brain, something noted by a few others. My strongest suit as an academic is seeing connections between A and B that are different. In college I was almost always the first one done with an exam -- so much so that sometimes I would wonder if I missed something. OTOH, I a currently doing a lot of the online cognitive function tests/ games, and my two weakest areas are concentration (no surprise there; on some of them, I am at the 4th percentile or some such) and -- wait for it -- speed. Go figure. 2. The experience of the power of a written text. It's something I would run into a lot in my work -- I'm a theologian, and in religious studies of all kinds, we talk about ancient texts, and why the narratives got written down, the role of written material in different cultures, etc. When I was experiencing the severe impairments I had after retirement, I started making to-do lists, and was amazed at how writing the stuff down could make my brain calmer, helping me resist distractions and cope with forgetfulness. Sometimes I would follow with the distraction, because I was afraid I would forget about doing whatever it was if I didn't do it right then. So, I found myself thinking of the ancients who developed writing and were awed by what writing things down helped them DO. Not that they had ADHD brains, but perhaps the ADHD parts of my brain function more like the way they did back then, only it wasn't such a mismatch with the rest of their brain. But maybe cultural patterns of memory/ forgetfulness, motivation, and organization/ disorganization provided the cultural impetus for the development of writing, which in turn was crucial for the development of complex patterns of organization and other executive functions. You didn't HAVE to remember everything, like how many bags of grain you owed someone, or the all the stories about Odyssius or Gilgamesh -- you could write them down, and it was easier to remember where the tablets were. Sorry to have rambled on so long, but we need a better evolutionary tale for these differently wired brains.
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In other words, I hope people don't get bothered by this at the end of the day and can't stop aggravating themselves w thoughts of the thread. In other words, I hope this isn't a negative thing in some way for people. If it is, didnt mean to bump the thread! Was just planning on checking up on it! But, I guess carry on? ... |
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I wouldn't sweat it.
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