will do
It’ll be a long time before anyone is going to want from me a professional opinion about giving pigs brain injuries.
Heh. “Quippy.” I see why people find you so very funny.
If you had a point, I think you lost it long before this thread arose.
I know, it baffles me too. 
Maybe it is my own form of OCD. 
you sir are rude!
Speaking of rude, lobstermobster, I have no problems with the content of your posts, but for fuck’s sake, can you at least try to use proper goddamn punctuation? This isn’t a chat room (or a text message). Thanks.
nope. I have to edit and proofread every body’s work that comes through here. I’m over it.
OK. That pushes you over the line from abrasive but occasionally amusing twerp to common (or garden variety) asshole.
WTF does that have to do with the price of oranges in Des Moines? I have to proofread and edit other people’s shit all day, too, and I still manage to find the extra few milliseconds to capitalize and use commas when I write.
Ah, thanks. I think I’m beginning to see it now too. I thought she actually had a point in there somewhere.
To lobstermobster:
QG, is that you? You seemed to have gone from the ridiculous stance that all people who are late have ADHD to the ridiculous swing in the other direction that no person has ADHD even if it’s diagnosed by a doctor.
How hilarious! :rolleyes:
But I must say that if you are QG, you’re not up to your old game. Out of practice?
As to the claim by Sapo about your “cute” picture and claims of popularity, sorry, I must have missed it.
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Aww, how come I’m always just a little too slow with the submit to beat you!
Is being an asshole better than, worse than, or the same as being a jerk?
You edit and proofread?
Whoa. 1) what is QD 2) was that another moderator warning? 3) I think people have ADHD. I’m confused. I was just saying how I tease my friend about it because she really doesnt have it (no doctor diagnosis and she’s mostly kidding)
Is my not proofreading my writing for puncuation errors really the last straw in deciding I’m an asshole? If everyone wants to hate me I’d rather it not be for grammar and spelling.
doesn’t
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She didn’t say she was good at it.
What a witty and clever comeback. Moron.
And so, no one can have the reaction of :dubious: , we just have to accept it, not question it, not ask questions, not offer an opinion about something that doesn’t make sense to us? Fuck that shit. Fight ignorance if we aren’t getting something, since that’s the board’s mission. How many times does THAT have to be drilled into your thick fucking skull? You don’t just get a free pass to whinge and get sympathy. People can question what’s going on with your illness if you bring it up. If you don’t want to be questioned, write in your diary or on your friends-only blog. Got that? Don’t start a lame-ass bitchy little Pit thread which you don’t even have the courage to pursue, trying to punish a poster for daring to criticize someone who you think should be beyond reproach because of his illness.
Dammit! I’m dumb as hell.
I think you should talk to your neighbor’s dog about your own attention issues. And while only a doctor can prescribe Ritalin, your neighbor’s dog can order you to murder prostitutes.
I have to look into the LeFever article they cite as evidence of overprescription of medication (which they are using to index overdiagnosis), but the author of the piece you linked to cites another study that does not replicate LeFever’s findings.
I’m familiar with the Angold study also cited by the author, and I don’t find it compelling evidence for overprescription. Basically that study suggests that 3/4 of those who would meet criteria for ADHD actually recieved medication (a “possible” example of underdiagnosis, since 25% of those with ADHD did not recieve medication). They point to the number of kids without impairing symptoms of ADHD by parent report as evidence of the prescription of medication when criteria aren’t met. For diagnostic criteria to be met, a person has to show a certain number of behaviors of that diagnosis, AND has to show some type of impairment (e.g. problems in school, among peers, at home or at work).
The thing is, they didn’t have full teacher diagnostic report, only teacher report on the CBCL, so they couldn’t know if those kids showed impairment in school. Most of those kids DID show criterion levels of behaviors, just not impairment due to ADHD by parent report. Furthermore, 86% of those kids did in fact show impairment due to another diagnosis. Basically, that means that those parents did report that the child was experiencing some difficulty in school, at home, or among peers, but attributed that difficulty to other symptoms. That’s a pretty tough distinction to make, in my opinion.
So, the bottom line is: only 8% not meeting impairment criteria for ADHD in that study were prescribed a medication, and most of those kids did demonstrate ADHD behaviors and impairment, albeit associated by the parent with some other symptoms. I wouldn’t hang my overprescription hat on the hook of the Angold study.
No, it was a personal opionion. My moderatorial comments have a title stating that.
It makes a difference to me. Rather, I should say, it’s your lack of interest in presenting your message in a clear style that makes a difference to me. shrug Don’t worry about it; your groupies won’t care.
and I AM going to take it…
disregard the above I was just riffing off the movie line " I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore"
yeah I’m an idiot…