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Adh ... What Was the Last Letter?

AHHHH life in our home. Never a dull moment living with boundless energy, what the professionals call ADHD. I've worked with it, diagnosed it, but living with it is a whole different being. The simplest things can become tasks.

We see Doctor(s), are on medication(s), and know this is a life mission. Learning to multitask in the future. We have found puzzles to be a wonderful concentration task with good problem solving. Puzzlemania!

ADHD can be a gift. We are treating it as a gift rather than a disability. Look at all the wonderful things they CAN do because of this. (we are still medicating it though) WINK WINK

posted on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 AM ()

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Bless your attitude about it.

comment by shesaidwhat on May 20, 2008 6:50 AM ()

They are so lucky that they have you both who are treating it as a gift. It will be as it is treated... a wonderful gift. You are all blessed.

comment by sunlight on May 6, 2008 12:03 AM ()

My oldest has ADHD and he is 17 now. He has also been on medication for it periodically throughout the years. He started a new medication about a year ago and it works very well for him. He is more focused and calm. I think treatment varies from child to child. It all depends on the individual.

comment by hopefields on May 1, 2008 1:31 AM ()

absolutely. The difference for us was that our boys were adopted and drug exposed. Their central nervous system is all out of whack. That is how the Dr.s explain it to us..."they" are studying drug addicted children and what does and doesn't work. That's the main reason we went the medication route, and are seeing great success with it.

comment by oceanspartner on Apr 29, 2008 6:47 PM ()

My younger son has it. He's been tested and definitely it's there, however he has learned for the most part to control it and we have learned to live with it. He had spinal meningitis as a baby and grew up with learning disabilities in math and was deaf in his right ear. He also was diagnosed as ADHD, but I wouldn't let him take anything. I put him in sports and let him play it out. He's done well. He'll be a junior in college next year and quite an athlete. You learn, don't you, to deal with it every single day.

comment by teacherwoman on Apr 29, 2008 3:01 PM ()

thank you

comment by oceanspartner on Apr 29, 2008 2:21 PM ()

I like your style and philosophy!

comment by angiedw on Apr 29, 2008 12:37 PM ()

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