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MartyMoose
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 Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: Michael Phelps has ADHD |
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| they were talking about it with him on nbc |
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JerryHatake
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I actually noticed it with his interview Spitz and Bob after winning his seventh Gold Medal.
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Does Michael Phelps stim? 
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Fossy
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Yeah I heard that and i was like "YES!!!" Another point for our side. lol But that could explain why he's so fast in the pool.  He has to get rid of all that extra energy somehow. |
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velodog
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| Yes ^^^ it apparently doesn't keep him from kicking ass. |
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Orwell
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| Fossy wrote: | | Yeah I heard that and i was like "YES!!!" Another point for our side. lol But that could explain why he's so fast in the pool. He has to get rid of all that extra energy somehow. |
Our side? People are people, aren't they? I don't see the world as some type of battle between autistics and NTs. And even if it were, how is ADHD on the Aspie side? I know plenty of people with ADHD in varying severities and they seem closer to neurotypical than they do to Aspie.
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MartyMoose
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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I have ADHD and AS
Hooray for me!
I behave like a mix between Jerry Lewis and an eccentric astrophysicist. |
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Fossy
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| Orwell wrote: | | Fossy wrote: | | Yeah I heard that and i was like "YES!!!" Another point for our side. lol But that could explain why he's so fast in the pool. He has to get rid of all that extra energy somehow. |
Our side? People are people, aren't they? I don't see the world as some type of battle between autistics and NTs. And even if it were, how is ADHD on the Aspie side? I know plenty of people with ADHD in varying severities and they seem closer to neurotypical than they do to Aspie. |
You kinda took my comment a little too seriously.....  And ADD is considered a mild form of autism by many people. But yeah you took my comment too seriously. I wasn't meaning to sound as you thought I sounded. I was just meaning that this would help people not see it as a handicap. |
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Orwell
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| Fossy wrote: | | You kinda took my comment a little too seriously..... And ADD is considered a mild form of autism by many people. But yeah you took my comment too seriously. I wasn't meaning to sound as you thought I sounded. I was just meaning that this would help people not see it as a handicap. |
Oh, sorry... I can tend to take things literally sometimes. But yeah, I see your point now. But still, just having someone with a mental "disorder" succeed in athletics doesn't do much to bolster our credibility. If a dxed Aspie or ADHDer were to win a Nobel prize or something, that might be a bit better. Oh wait, Vernon Smith already did that and no one cares.
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sinsboldly
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| MartyMoose wrote: | I have ADHD and AS
Hooray for me!
I behave like a mix between Jerry Lewis and an eccentric astrophysicist. |
 and the funniest part is I can picture it so clearly in my mind!
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JerryHatake
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| MartyMoose wrote: | I have ADHD and AS
Hooray for me!
I behave like a mix between Jerry Lewis and an eccentric astrophysicist. |
I have ADHD and AS as well here.
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Fossy
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| I was actually only really diagnosed with ADD (not the hyperactivity kind though) when I was 8. I have never been diagnosed with HFA or Aspergers but I'm pretty sure I have one or the other. My brother has Aspergers so I have become more familiar with it lately. I always knew there was something more wrong with me than just ADD because I went to a school for kids with ADD and I was much more distant and withdrawn than them. I was basically like a deaf mute in high school. |
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I wonder if people think that ADHD is 'natural' instead of some genetic 'doping'?
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9CatMom
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I was diagnosed as hyperactive as a little girl. I think it was a misdiagnosis and that AS fits me much better.
ADD and ADHD seem to be commonly diagnosed in people who have become prominent athletes and Olympic gold medalists. I haven't heard of anyone with AS who became an Olympic gold medalist, but Paavo Nurmi and Roger Bannister had strong AS tendencies. |
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