absolutely wrecking ball as a kid and teenager. I have the utmost
respect for my folks that they were able to deal with all of it! I was
very "disconnected"...into trouble 24/7...It's like a constant flow of
energy that comes out one way or another...and that can be towards some
good...or more often through childhood, something bad.
I would get bored and start all kinds of weird projects (which my
parents encouraged most of the time)...chemical experiments in the
basement, building a rocket launcher out of paper mache and balsa wood.
Guess my point is that if I didn't have these outlets I would have
gotten into MORE trouble. As a teen in late highschool...I had gotten
into some pretty serious hot water for...something....and once I had
gotten cauught...only then did I realized the possible repercussions of
my actions! So I chose to focus on the school science fair project (and
won!)...was my way of re-channeling that energy into something more
positive.
During my evaluation I was asked to try and describe how I felt in a
single sentence. I replied with, "Most often it feels I'm always just
living in the moment". May sound like fun but as you get older there are
responsibilities you need to take care of...and "living in the moment"
tends to have the adverse effect of adding inconsistency in everything
you do. "Oh crap forgot to pay phone bill"...then multiply that times
10.
Ok I've kind of lost my train of thought on this email so I'll cut it
off here ;-)
Stace
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From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: September 27, 2003 3:26 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Dyslexia, learning, drugs and the Brain (was genetics)
Interesting. The difficulty I have with my son is that like his father
he
is not terribly verbal and if he can't articulate why reading isn't fun,
and doesn't see it as a problem, I can't intuit the solution. Perhaps it
is
something akin to this. I know a lot of times he asks me things like
"What
is DARPA?" when we are engaged in some completely unrelated task, like
cleaning out the stove. So maybe he does have a similar "stewing"
process.
Personally, I find I misspell words when I am tired, although spelling
is
not normally a problem for me, and the mispellings are not, erm
misspellings... for example I will type 'there' for 'their' although I
know
the difference quite well. But I think that is probably not dyslexia,
just
the way that fatigue toxins affect me.
Dana
Stacy Young writes:
> Interesting you brought up Dyslexia. I've always had great difficulty
> reading for any subst! antial amount of time....but it's not that I
can't
> read the words...it's the amount of tangent thoughts that are sparked
by
> the topic being presented. Often I read only 1-3 pages and I have
enough
> to think about and stew on for an entire day. It's kinda cool but can
be
> frustrating at times when I need to narrow my focus on a specific
topic.
>
>
>
> Another odd side effect is in board meetings...If I'm presenting and
> drawing a diagram on a white board (for example)...I often spell words
> wrong. (which I normally would not)...and I mean easy words too. It's
as
> if my brain is hyper focused on other topics and other basic brain
> operations are compromised. lol !!
>
>
>
> Stace
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Septemb! er 27, 2003 2:50 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Dysl exia, learning, drugs and the Brain (was genetics)
>
>
>
> Eric, interesting post. Don't know enough about dyslexia to comment
but
> I
> find your thoughts interesting and will spend some time with your
links.
>
>
> A few things inline:
>
> >> Dana says:
> > >Ritalin is proven effective...at least in masking the problem...but
> it
> > >can't be a great solution long term. It has the same effects on the
> >
> > >>However, strategies that work around the issue are better still...
> for
> > >>instance, when teaching the kids I keep actual time when I am
> talking and
> > >>they are expected to listen to a minimum. I encourage personal
> research.
> > >>Etc. Nobody ever said eduaction
> > >>to happen in 50 minute increments, or if they did they did they
wer! e
>
> > >>wrong.
> > >>Dana
>
> quick quibble. Dana says only the second part of this, in answer to
> Stacy,
> who says the first part. I mention this only because if I am gonna!
get
> flamed, I prefer it be for my actual opinion :)
>
> > Where does ritalin fit in? Is it "Brain Juice" or pharmaceutical
> bandaid?
>
> That's really the $64,000 question. But let's not forget that bandaids
> too
> have their uses. As long as they as seen for what they are, and not as
> substitutes for surgery, for example.
>
> > Question regarding kids and ADD/ADHD/Dyslexia
> > Q: How do diet, exercise, organization, routine and sleep impact on
> their
> > behavior?
>
> This is my answer, based on my experience. The mileage of others may
> vary.
>
> I suspect the thirteen year old may have a ! form of mild dyslexia.
The
> schools however say, shoot the kid is reading years above his grade
> level,
> where is the problem? His father however told me once that while he
> COULD
> read, there was no question that it was work. I see a similar attitude
> in
> the son. He reads well, but not for pleasure, which I, as someone who
> strongly bel! ieves that a lot is richness is lost when you don't
read,
> find
> some what sad, and do not know how to fix.
>
> As for diet, I see little effect at all. My daughter loves fruit and
> salad,
> and has a diet any nutritionist would approve of, yet she is
> unquestionably
> the more scattered and disorganized of the two. She routinely forgets
> what
> she is doing while she is doing it, and has been known to leave the
cell
> phone in the refrigerator and trash in the silverware drawer. Let's
not
> even talk about game pieces and homework papers.
>
> My son, who has got! ten the perverse idea that good nutrition is for
> sissies, is reasonably responsible and can usually be counted on to
> complete an assigned task, unlike his sister. You cannot give him a
list
> of
> things to do though, or if you do you have to write it down. Even
> something
> as simple as "take your shoes outside and while you are out there
bring
> me
> back the broom" is simply too much information.
>
> So the child who eats better has more symptoms.
>
> O! rganization -- of course helps. And is necessary to everyone's
> sanity. The
> kids no more enjoy being unable to find the cellphone than I do. So
> having
> a definite place where things are supposed to be helps them, as do
> definite
> rules. Of course.
>
> But while these sort of routines prevent symptoms from causing
insanity,
> they have no effect on the symptoms themselve! s.
>
> my .02
> Dana
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
>
>
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