Comments on: ADHD Report: Michael Phelps Takes Responsibility For His Actions http://thetruthbehindadhd.com/adhd-report-michael-phelps-takes-responsibility-for-his-actions/ Tips, Tools, and Strategies, to Support Children With ADHD Sun, 30 May 2010 11:51:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bryan http://thetruthbehindadhd.com/adhd-report-michael-phelps-takes-responsibility-for-his-actions/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Bryan Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:14:45 +0000 http://thetruthbehindadhd.com/?p=311#comment-1158 Well put Rory! However, and I say this with great admiration for your article and your opinion, the whole focus of your article is Mike and ADHD. Oiy?! For the ADHD community ADHD and Mike go hand in hand. The reason is quite simple, we consider ADHD from a completely different perspective than the rest of society, we consider ADHD as people who live with it day in and day out and we know firsthand how ADHD affects our decisions and what we do or do not do. - Having said that, your article is right on the money, especially when you talk about the fact that many who do not have ADHD have also tried drugs of one sort or another, for one reason or another. The fact of the matter is that Mike is not ADHD, he is an individual made up of many, many characteristics which go beyond any label or condition. Still, ADHD does play a role in his decisions and the way he lives his life, because, ADHD isn't a cold, or a sore foot, if a person has it, it involves everything in their life in one way or another, because, ADHD encompasses the mentality of the individual who has it and everything and anything we do invariably revolves around the 'symptoms'.... that’s just the way I see it and live it. He made a mistake, he lived up to it, he will pay the price and life will go on with some hard lessons learned. ADHD or not, that's life. Great article! Bryan Well put Rory! However, and I say this with great admiration for your article and your opinion, the whole focus of your article is Mike and ADHD. Oiy?! For the ADHD community ADHD and Mike go hand in hand. The reason is quite simple, we consider ADHD from a completely different perspective than the rest of society, we consider ADHD as people who live with it day in and day out and we know firsthand how ADHD affects our decisions and what we do or do not do. – Having said that, your article is right on the money, especially when you talk about the fact that many who do not have ADHD have also tried drugs of one sort or another, for one reason or another. The fact of the matter is that Mike is not ADHD, he is an individual made up of many, many characteristics which go beyond any label or condition. Still, ADHD does play a role in his decisions and the way he lives his life, because, ADHD isn’t a cold, or a sore foot, if a person has it, it involves everything in their life in one way or another, because, ADHD encompasses the mentality of the individual who has it and everything and anything we do invariably revolves around the ’symptoms’…. that’s just the way I see it and live it.

He made a mistake, he lived up to it, he will pay the price and life will go on with some hard lessons learned. ADHD or not, that’s life.

Great article!

Bryan

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