Comments on: Does Lindsay Lohan have ADHD? 90 days Jail time prescribed for her.

By: Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:09:54 +0000

I think we could all blame all our problems on something or someone else. So the reason I got in trouble whenb i was younger her age is because I was ADD. Perhaps she is going to Ucla to address her issues with ADD and to find a new alternative to just taking medication because it is obviously interferring with her life. She needs to feel scared to want to change. It may work and it may not simply due to the notion that it is all up to herself. I was scared and believe it or not I wanted to change. Its really funny to me that people also blame behaviors on being an only child that I was. People would insist that I want attention, can be lonely, and not to mention be very spoiled. I guess because I was an only child I was a mess up like Lindsey. I would love to talk with her and make it clear I am just like her in a similar way. I didnt need the twelve steps I didnt believe they worked and I am far beyond the behaviors I once had. I now accept responsibility for my behaviors, realized I loved my family, but sometimes you have to dig for issues. Not that you want to blame others but there is always an explanation for you recycling your actions and behaviors. Therefore, to me it seems her father is not the best role model ever and it isn’t the fact that he is a bad father. His actions as she grew up affected her behavior and she will learn that eventually if she likes it or not. It is hard to have a stable head after going to jail she will not realize it yet. I dont expect her to get it in three months It might be on her own terms and when she is ready. It is sad but true. I myself shaped up because I knew it was the right time to change and turn my life around. But for her career it is not necessary to behave and act accordingly all the time it is officially a part of her job to react in different manners to different films. So with all that in mind it is clear she has no need to change her curriculum unless the film inustry made it a requirement to not have rehab on her record, not have felonies/misdemeanors, and to be clean and remain clean. Think about it! The judge should take my advice I am a living breathing horror story that just left from the beverly hills court system myself. I know what she is going through to the T. And I am very proud to say I am a winner.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:45:34 +0000

Let’s not forget that Lindsay L. FATHER has been in jail many times and is a known con artist etc. It’s all been in the papers over the years.
And her MOTHER has questionable behavior as well… ADHD can be inherited. I do believe LL indeed has ADHD.

By: Bryan Hutchinson

Bryan Hutchinson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:42:31 +0000

Deb,

You wrote: “To see the good and the bad helps us to know where we need help and support and where we can have the confidence to shine. And there is a gift inside us all that needs to be shared.”

Indeed! Thank you for you comment you pointed out some excellent facts. Also, if you would like to watch a movie of hers, check out “Mean Girls”, but my fav goes even further back to “The Parent Trap”. It’s fun to watch with kids around.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:35:56 +0000

It so often comes back to gifts and curses.

Everyone has demons to fight – its called the human condition – ADHD or not. LiLo is no different, whatever her diagnosis. What makes it hard for people to feel sympathy is that she has resources at her disposal that should make life easier for her. But with success at such a young age and enough money to get into trouble with – some things are a lot tougher for her. It is hard to show a lot of sympathy for someone who looks like they can have everything they want. There’s the curse of jealousy!

What I don’t understand is why people choose not to look at the gift/positive side of people with ADHD. They even want to make that look bad. Why does everything have to have a bleak outlook for us always? It does us more harm to make us us look like a lot of incompetent imbeciles and damaged goods. It is as close minded as saying we should just pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and get over it or grow up!

I believe it is only with celebrating our successes and appreciating our gifts and working in our areas of strength that we can build the self esteem that will make us strong enough to put our struggles in perspective and work on them for what they are-real difficulties that need to be identified and addressed so that they don’t bleed into destroying everything good about us. It would be such a shame if this took her down so that she couldn’t work again.

To see the good and the bad helps us to know where we need help and support and where we can have the confidence to shine. And there is a gift inside us all that needs to be shared.

I have never seen one of her movies, but as people say she is a great actress they have seen her gift publicly, so now we get to see her struggle with her demons publicly – as we so love to do in America.

I hope she will stay sober long enough to get help to identify her problems and deal with them so that she can once again shine. We are all a work in progress!

By: tere

tere — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:36:30 +0000

I have always appreciated and enjoyed Lindsey Lohan as an actress, but when I saw her performance in “Freaky Friday”, I was hooked. The girl is one of the gifted actresses of our generation, able to access and convey nuances of emotion that even many more seasoned and experienced actresses could not. However, as a practicing mental health professional, it is also my opinion that Lindsey has Borderline Personality Disorder as a primary diagnosis. She may have some ADD and/or Bipolar Disorder too, but I think the fluid sexuality (bisexual), the neediness, the clinginess, the rages triggered by abandonment concerns (fights with girlfriend), the drinking/drugs, the dramatic emotional presentations all point to Borderline Personality Disorder to me as clearly as though she were wearing a sign. Interestingly, it is often borderline personalities who make the most gifted actresses due to the lifelong intensity of their emotions. I hope she gets help no matter what her problem is, because she is just simply glorious.

By: Bryan Hutchinson

Bryan Hutchinson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:48:11 +0000

That’s very sad from the police officer’s perspective, although it is easy to understand where he is coming from since he’s the one dealing with the crime etc… however, I tend to think we have gotten extremely strict with punishing people who have disorders that cannot or do not conform. That said, I think untreated ADHD is not good for the person or the people around them per se, but for the crimes that put people behind bars for extended stays I tend to think there is more than untreated ADHD at play, as with Lindsay and others. – interestingly, my book has made it’s way into the prison system. A while back I actually had someone write and ask for my permission to pass it around. Since they could do that anyway I think they wanted me to know it was helping people ‘behind the fence’ but to me, what would be even better, is if it got passed around to the officials (guards, judges, lawyers, DA etc).

Thanks for coming by Donna, I understand where you are coming from and I hope things eventually work out for your relative.

Bryan

By: Donna Anderson

Donna Anderson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:53:38 +0000

Talk about speaking first/thinking second. I wanted to get back here to see what everybody wrote: and as usual, at second glace, my post didn’t read like I wanted it to.
I wrote “My feeling is this. I think maybe ADDers might remain silent because it’s not the proper time to bring it up.” I didn’t mean they should but that it might be “why they were” doing so. My family member is in jail as we speak for the exact same thing. He’ll be sentenced to prison. He certainly didn’t do it for recreation. He’s been suffering. And, with his permission, I talk about it(his being in jail) freely. Somebody has to bring attention to the millions of inmates who, unknowingly have ADHD, and self-medicated. I will say it anyplace. It turns heads when you openly admit a family member is in jail; then if you can do some good from there (it’s a start.) I’m always looking for an opportunity. But, I HAVE LEARNED where NOT to start the conversation. I started making use of bulletin boards and waiting rooms (whenever I have some good, eye grabbing info.

I just didn’t want to leave the feeling that I was against talking about it. Having said that: when I brought (untreated) ADHD up to a police officer a few years ago, he replied: “That’s all the more reason they should be locked up.” If the Lindsay conversation started around him; it would be about the importance of putting them away before they do something worse. That’s where I would keep the conversation from going forward.

By: Bryan Hutchinson

Bryan Hutchinson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:56:57 +0000

Thanks Dan – please don’t be ashamed, that’s not the point I am trying to make. Let’s just try to be aware of how we feel regarding such behavoirs by someone in the public eye when these behavoirs many of us have experienced ourselves at some time or another.

Bests,

Bryan

By: Bryan Hutchinson

Bryan Hutchinson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:48:01 +0000

Hi Katy,

Well put:

“It doesn’t seem that she really grasps her own need to take responsibility for her actions…again, that may be due to impairment of some kind…I just hope that she eventually figures out what “it” is that is impairing her. She’s a talented and beautiful young woman and we all lose out when someone is not able to fully claim the positive parts of themselves and share them with the world.”

It’s interesting though, that too many of us with ADHD start out in denial, but that’s kind of hard to speculate with Lindsay only because she must be diagnosed with something in order to be prescribed the medications she has. One wonders what kind of treatment she has received beyond medication. Medication in of itself is not the answer to all that ails us. Learning about the diagnosis and all it involves, along with some kind of therapy – the question is: what are her beliefs and thoughts about treatment and her diagnosis? We don’t know if she fully understands what is involved or not. That would be a good starting point for her, to learn about her diagnosis and how it could be affecting her behaviors…

Thanks Katy,

Bryan

By: Bryan Hutchinson

Bryan Hutchinson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:38:46 +0000

Hi Katie, well said. Not being a doctor I don’t like commenting for or against meds, especially the type etc, but with that said her list of meds does seem to be rather strong and many. If we look at Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Britney Murphy it is worrisome and sheds a very obscure light on those taking the right meds which do help. Thanks for commenting. Near the end of the article I did link to another article where they are discussing her medication.

Bryan