Tothink I should just leave MN?

[Peachy]

When I wake up to threads like this I satrt the day feeling abd about myself and in a state of distress

What is the point?

Kerry- adhd is all council house mothers who dont care and get a fortune from the state, extra rooms built for their kids etc- not a first on MN

But in a particualrly nasty, offensive attitude that seems fairly new here.

Psycho- missed your troll thread, hope you're OK

i always wonder if one day people like Sha will find themselves in a position like ours, and remember their horrible cruelty. I know it's said here a lot, but disability can happen at any time. If you don't yet have children, Sha, yours could be like mine (if you're very lucky!). If you do, sadly they could be only an accident away from being disabled too.
Wise words, Peachy. I'm so glad you are on mn.

NO IF YOU LEAVE PEACHY I WILL CRY

oh I'm fine. she was mean, and had the audacity to call me an attention seeker, and get upset when I agreed and was laughing at her

she then started a whole new thread dissing me, altho I missed that one.........just came back to people talking about me and hoping I was ok. I was FINE, didn;t bother me at all..........was just like dealing with a 15yr old having a hissy fit, which of course I am not at all practised in.

didn't see the thread..but i wont be a hypocrite...i have said i think ADHD is exaggerated...think i might have been on a thread with you peachy??....but that was when i used to think out loud...

From one peach to another- a big
Don't let them get you down- you're part of the bedrock of mn, and there will always be friends on here, somewhere.

DP I don't have an problem with that opinion, tbh- I don't agree either but we don't have to.

It was the tone, the offensiveness and misinformation that really hurt I think.

I ahven't chosen to get ds2 a dx yet despite LEA tests flagging up lots of copncerns, becuase he and we are coping: I ahve left it to the school, as if they wasnt to notch up the help a level we need professional backup- if they need it I willproceed, and tbh after watching him at school a few times recently I suspect they will but we will wait and hope.

DS2 is a bright kid but I don't believe he is created for anacademic life- he wants to work with the RSPCA and I think he'd be ideal. If his school issues prevented that i'd ahve neglected him i think, but that's about it

glad you arn't going. sadly there are torlls and posters who will always use sn to get attention.

peachy....i have come out with some crap on here...but it's what i genuinely feel/think...and dispite being a leftie i have some right-wing opinions (they will follow me around MN till the day i leave)...but i would never name-change, i'd rather people know who i am and what i'm about....

fwiw..i remember you as being patient and actually quite nice to me on that thread.. you are very popular on here..and it's not hard to see why.

Thanks

I wish it were so in RL but I come over a bit over earnest: the firends I do ahve I ahve for ever though, whch is a wonderful thing.

I do think I come over as a bit

like that on here (but have had a few mentions in despatches so can't be too bad) which is a shame as in RL I am secretly quite opytimistic, I rather think I like my life and my family and am grateful for them.

Peachy I agree that the tone on MN seems to be a bit scratchy lately, but I expect it's just a phase we're going through. You are one of the loveliest posters on here and it would be a shame to be put off by wankstains like the OP of that horrible thread. I have seen some fantastic threads this weekend too, with people giving wonderful support to MNers in distress - and that is the MN we should be proud to belong to. Don't let the trolls get you down!

Peachy glad you are not going

These people morons are just there to wind us up every now and again. You just have to stick to your guns and either ignore it fight it out with these people as much as they should be ignored it just can't be done. Much more fun to havea go

My cousin and brother have both been diagnosed with ADHD so I know how real it is.

Peachy

Please let the idiots 'trolls' drive you away.

I think we just have to accept we are coming into the silly season where bored children will start thread about rubbish and think they are being funny but can not see how they a upsetting people.

Normality will return come september.

sorry about poor typing feeding ds

Peachy, glad your not going!

I have restricted myself now to not read threads that I know will upset me. It has taken me a while but I suddenly twigged that if your feeling upset/angry/sad after you have switched off the computer then it is just not worth it.

Don't go Peachy, just hide threads from ignorant twunts like that. Those kind of threads are trying to shock and provoce a negative reaction fomr us.

Ignore.

PEachy I've felt a bit like you lately. I considered a flounce. I felt a bit like everything turned into a fight, a bit too nasty etc.

Maybe you and I should run away together adn start our own little forum I'm sure nobody would object!

Chin up chick, we'll look after each other

oh I have now read thread

Glad you're not going

at using same phrase as kerrymum!

which thread is OP referring to?
Link isn't working for me.

Gateau.

MNHQ have deleted the thread and all their other postings.

peachy - don't you dare!

There was the Head of Governors, heading into school for an appointment with the head teacher.
There was an AS boy, snarling and grumping in the corner, having been sent in for failing to cope in the playground and hitting someone.
The same boy as usual.
So she asked the head in a 'sensitive' voice
" Oh dear, what's his family background?'
And the head said...'You know that teacher in Year X?'
There will always be plonkers and idiots and arrogant fools making judgements about you, your family and your life. Mostly inaccurate.
Don't let the buggers grind you down. Stomp on them instead. :O

Thansk again

The thing is I think there is a valid debate here- with any disorder there is a borderline of kids who probably don't need a dx (my ds2?) but do need help- atm the only ways that school can access that may be dx, i don't know- if so then maybe there is overdiagnosis but only through the bounds of society and getting kids deserved help nonetheless.

I do also think there's a debate about our schools- when I was a kid we got 1.5 hours for luch and 20 minute breaks: now the boys get 10 minute plays and 45 minutes lunch including eating. my experience of small children is that exercise at least helps massively with concentration.

So ther are probably things ins chools that exaccerbate it, but in a full assessment of home-school support they should be picked up

Of course, as I forgot thsi morning when chatting (!) to Sha, ritalin works in an opposite fashion with kids with ADHD due to their brain chem (ie its a stimulant for most) which is sure proof to me of the existence of the disorder

Well I didn't read the thread Peachy - I saw it this morning when I was on herebriefly eating breakfast, and decided to ingore it.
I will say this though, being on MN for the past 4 years has taught me a lot - but more importantly it has taught me a lot about SN children (and adults) and it's due to reading threads from people like yourself, JimJams (is she still here?), how you cope, how your DCs get diagnosed and things like that. So don't go, you need to stay around and educate a few more people. I do tend to keep off threads now that I know will kick off, or will upset me, and I do think there is a small element of MN that sometimes don't quite get it!