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  1. Giulia

    Hearing loss and ADHD

    Hello all, The thread about loud tinnitus inspired me to start this thread. Anyone cumulates ADHD and hearing loss ? GP, ENT doctor and psychiatrist have never had a patient with both ADHD and hearing loss (mine is Single Sided Deafness). So it can be super frustrating when I am stuck...
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    Once upon a time.... life !

    Hello, Someone remembers this cartoon ? Yep, I watched this serial as a child. French version (karaoke version) YouTube - Il etait une fois la vie - karaoké English version : YouTube - once upon a time... life with its lyrics Anyone can tell me if there is a Greek version for...
  3. Giulia

    What is your motto to live ?

    Hello, The question is in the title ! ;) Mine is : "Never give up !" Because I hate giving up something : I like to finish what I start, and I hate when I have to give up....
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    Some tips and tricks for appetite while under Ritalin (for ADHD) ?

    Hello, On Monday, I was to my GP for the follow up between the appointments to my psychiatrist at hospital. She called me to order because I'm starting back losing weight (and as soon as I lose 2 kilos, so more or less 1lb, it's obvious : last time I lost "only" 4 kilos, the jurist I was...
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    How is your relationship with your GP ?

    Hello, I thought to ask you to describe your relationship with your GP. A man or a woman ? How old ? How do you feel with him/her ? Which style of his practice ? Here I am, trying to have a start ;) My GP is a lady, in her 50'es. I feel very confident with her, and as she told me, she...
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    Tendency to be too thin....

    Hello, Back to AD before going back in the hustle and bustle with my legal battle :-/ Contrary to many of you, I have the (bad) tendency to lose weight with stress. Last October, I was only 41kg for 1,52m (I have no idea with the American unities :shock: :roll: Too bad :( ) and my...
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    My travel until adoption

    Chapter one I was sixteen years old when I decided to adopt. My dad and his wife also decided to adopt another child, after unsuccessful IVFs. While time was moving along, I was having a hard time deciding on whether or not I could handle motherhood because of my disability, I had many painful...
  8. Giulia

    Intra-Uterine Device (IUD)

    Hello everybody Since I found no matching topic, I create this one. What is anyone's experience with IUD ? I had no chldren, but I can't bear any progestative birth control pill, and combinated ones (oestroprogestatives) are forbidden (told me the ENT doc). So what is your experience with...
  9. Giulia

    Visit to the cardiologist

    Hi everybody I have to see a cardiologist on Jan 19th and I'd like to know what kind of tests I will have, what kind of stuff I should bring, how should I prepare this visit.... Thanks for your answer
  10. Giulia

    Antipsychotics : your experience ?

    Hi everybody (by this post, I think especially to Hear Again :wave: ) What was your experience with antipsychotics ? I tried two antipsychotics : Zyprexa and Abilify. Zyprexa was a total catastroph for me : I gained 12 kilos and I was sleeping 13 to 15 hours a day !! :shock: And sleeping so...
  11. Giulia

    Administrative stuff for people in France

    :wave: everybody I started to deal with this topic here : AllDeaf.com - View Single Post - Can someone who is severely deaf talk normally? So I preferred to separate the topics because we started to go off topic. In France, you have now only one organism which cares for disabled people : MDPH...
  12. Giulia

    Being Single Sided Deaf.... so nor in the deaf not in the hearies

    :wave: I am between two seats, as we say in French. I am neither a heary, nor a deaf or a hoh, since my deafness is unilateral. So what is the word to qualify that kind of people ? Hearing impaired ? Humm....:ty:
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    How can we translate "pre-lingual" and "post-lingual" in French ?

    :wave: everybody How can we translate in French "pre-lingual" and "post-lingual" ? "Pre-verbal" and "post-verbal" sounds me adequate, but is there any better translation ? Thanks for your answers
  14. Giulia

    Baby-sitting, Single Sided deaf pre-lingual and ADHD

    :wave: everybody I suffer from Single Sided Deafness pre-lingual and from ADHD. In France where I live, SSD isn't considered as a very serious condition, however, ADHD isn't well-known and parents are often afraid (they think as a child illness). How can I tell it without afraid parents ...
  15. Giulia

    Where can I put my thread on ?

    :wave: everybody, and especially to Alex Where can I put a thread about being single sided deaf, having ADHD and trying to do baby-siting ? I'd like to have opinions from people who have a condition and do baby-sitting, but I don't know where to put on my thread. Thanks for your reply
  16. Giulia

    Antabuse effect : do we say hat in English ?

    Hi Everything is in the title : do we say "antabuse effect" in English ? Thanks for your help
  17. Giulia

    I am writing an article about adoption and disability

    :wave: Is there any deaf person who has adopted ? I am writing an article about adoption and disability for an Italian association for adoptive parents and I'd like to hear about this topic on the forum. Thanks in advance
  18. Giulia

    Medical exam for driving licence

    Hi all Did you have any medical exam for your driving licence ? I ask you in order to compare the French and American system. Thanks in advance
  19. Giulia

    I am waiting for results in genetics

    Hello there I am waiting for results in Genetics. I get mad : results are on, but the secretary doesn't want/can't give me them and the geneticist is impossible to reach. I get mad :rl::dunno2: What do you advice me ? PS for moderators : I don't know if it's the right place so excuse me if...
  20. Giulia

    Schizophrenia

    Hi My boyfriend suffers from schizophrenia. He is resistant to all the neuroleptics available on the French market. He wants to change psychiatrist because he doesn't get along any more with his own. I really love him. He gave me so much of patience, sensitivity, listen to the others...
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