I was misdiagnosed as an adult..convinced by a friend of ours that has dealt with ADD/ADHD that I was. about 8 years later, I was properly diagnosed as being bipolar. Years of being on stimulants is not a good thing and I'd highly advise not doing so unless there is no other choice. I'm definitely not saying ADD/ADHD isn't real...just saying that misdiagnosis is VERY common. Many manic behaviors can be misconstrued as ADD/ADHD. Also, no manic folks go to the doctor...usually they only go on the low side of the cycle during depression. Anti-depressants to a bipolar are NOT good. (been there, done that)
When I worked at Microsloth in the early 90s, I remember hearing that Bill's wife-to-be Melinda was the manager of that project. In fact, she was. See the link below:
You can't tell me that there is no originality and creativity forecast! Please... I can't see the mouse lasting another 15 years, with another technology emerging somewhere in between. There will be mice and keyboards, but they will NOT be the primary mode of entry. Anyone that thinks otherwise probably feels that 640K and a 8088 are kewl.
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I must have Unscrewed with Martin. Everything else is nice, but I know that show is going buh bye. Damn comcast.
I was misdiagnosed as an adult..convinced by a friend of ours that has dealt with ADD/ADHD that I was. about 8 years later, I was properly diagnosed as being bipolar. Years of being on stimulants is not a good thing and I'd highly advise not doing so unless there is no other choice. I'm definitely not saying ADD/ADHD isn't real...just saying that misdiagnosis is VERY common. Many manic behaviors can be misconstrued as ADD/ADHD. Also, no manic folks go to the doctor...usually they only go on the low side of the cycle during depression. Anti-depressants to a bipolar are NOT good. (been there, done that)
When I worked at Microsloth in the early 90s, I remember hearing that Bill's wife-to-be Melinda was the manager of that project. In fact, she was. See the link below:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
You can't tell me that there is no originality and creativity forecast! Please... I can't see the mouse lasting another 15 years, with another technology emerging somewhere in between. There will be mice and keyboards, but they will NOT be the primary mode of entry. Anyone that thinks otherwise probably feels that 640K and a 8088 are kewl.