ad dyslexia and ADHD. I know for sure I am dysletic... quite heavily, I believe. Learned to work around it, even if school caused me minor trauma and I get oversensitve when people comment on the way I read out loud or write...

but I think it is quite minor holdback. Imho today the "disability" attitude goes too far and I honestly get annoyed at people who don't bother with their spelling using the "I am a dysletic card". Guess what, I am too and I cannot read your mess of writting!

ADHD... have traits, probably have it, but does not matter now. Annoyed the hell out of teacher back in middle school... (I wonder what annoyed them more. My supposed "not paying attention" or that I still got the answers right on tests, so they could not powertrip all over me).

Again.... ADHD is not such a big issue once you learn to adapt and live with it.


Ad cure... well, I chose to avoid the consumer role for obvious reason... informed choice and all. And for me, it is not an option at the moment. I am not saying nobody can profit from the "system". But... informed choice should be the key. It annoys me when people spout "trust your doctor". (but it could be because my grandmother trusted her GP and she is dead by his fault... (and she is not the only person who is dead due to his negligience). But if the said doctor has office full of pharma clocks and pens... then healthy distrust is... healthy. If they tell you "you are depressed, here's your prescription" the minute you walk in the door, then run for your dear life.

For me recovery is getting to the point where my problems are not a problem. I am so much better off than I was few years ago. I still need to learn a lot... but I doubt i can learn that within the mainstream (why would they want to teach people how to learn them to cope when they can hook them up with promise of cure and "normal"?).