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| 2/27/2008 9:29:54 PM |
ADHD through the eyes of a parent |
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dyezah
North Little Rock, AR
age: 36
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You can look @ the child before you, not knowing the situation & think to yourself, whew...thank God it's not MY son. You can condesend all you want & think twice before offering to help...if you even do that, yet have all the time in the world to stand by & gawk... rubbernecking while thinking...at least MY daughter is not THAT bad.
What if that child WERE yours? What if you didn't know everything you THOUGHT you knew about the child in front of you just by looking @ he or his parents?What if...what if you were on the OTHER side of it?
What if God saw fit to give you something so precious, a gift made just for you, that came with it's very obvious pitfalls & social stigmas, much like the leper, but we don't have those anymore anywhere obvious now, do we? Hidden in plain sight for the world to see?
What if the gift was one of the most wonderful, well thought-out, well spoken indigos that could ever grace the earth? How would you handle it?
Would you brag about it & let everyone know what a shining diamond you had? Would you revere each scratch & spot on & in it or would you be horrified or aghast that it was such as that & bury your head in the sand?
Even diamonds have thier rough spots. Don't they? Would you live vicariously through the shiny diamond days only later to say...you know....someone else has to take over from here. I just can't....for whatever reason?
Even plain pebbles on the ground that are stepped on & overlooked on a daily basis have thier beauty...even those with disabilities have thier beauty, moreso than others in many readily unapparent ways.
Because God & the powers that be don't make mistakes...do They?
[Edited 2/28/2008 9:17:51 AM]
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| 2/28/2008 1:55:18 PM |
ADHD through the eyes of a parent |
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taurok
Dartmouth, NS
age: 50
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God never makes "junk!"
My youngest daughter, who is 19 now, was diagnosed with ADD, when she was 9 years old. Since then, I have had her to every specialist in this province. She has been in counselling, in therapy, and in behavior modification classes for most of the time since her diagnosis.
As a parent, I have been with her, every step of the way. The psychiatrist put her on meds, but they made her a zombie. This was not acceptable! So back we went! Over the years, she has learned to control a lot of the symptoms, and live with the others. It has been a struggle for both of us. But she is my daughter, and I love her with all my heart.
It has been my journey to find ways to make things better for her. Through a lot of tears, frustrations, anger, resentment, feelings of powerlessness, we come out the other side with ideas, suggestions and solutions that help some of the problems. We have cried together, laughed together, but most importantly, we talk together. I have to keep things at a low key, keep her environment as stable as I can. I have to remind her of her part all the time
My daughter is a very beautiful young lady. She doesn't smoke or do drugs. She still has many problem areas, but she continues to work on them as best she can. She does her own research now, and is always trying to understand the things she goes through.
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| 2/28/2008 3:19:38 PM |
ADHD through the eyes of a parent |
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charmie
Glasgow, MT
age: 61
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I agree with Taurok----
My son, Dave, was dx'ed with ADD, dyslexia and put on meds, saw the shrink, etc for his grade school years. He was always behind, could not pay attention, got medium grades and generally couldn't sit still.
I stopped all meds, too and just worked with him a lot, one to one. As he grew up so did his problems.He did do college with a 4.0 at graduation.
His problems continued with some facial tics and depression added in for good measure.
We found out in 2002 his bio father was dx'ed with Huntington's Disease a few years before. He had had the same problems as Dave did as a kid, and later on throughout adulthood. We knew he had gone to John's Hopkins for his dx so I took Dave there. They said to wait 2 yrs as his symptoms were not clear on the Huntingtons. They offered to do a DNA but Dave did not want to know yet.
Then his tics got worse and they involved his whole upper torso.
Off to Rochester, Ny to University of Rochester @Strong Memorial, one of the best neuro centers in the USA.
DNA was done and Dave did NOT come back positive for it!!!!!!!!!
But he was dx'ed with Tourette's. He has the non-verbal type, lots of motot tics especially under pressure.
He does fine now, hold s a full time job out of the public eye.
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"It has been my journey to find ways to make things better for her. Through a lot of tears, frustrations, anger, resentment, feelings of powerlessness, we come out the other side with ideas, suggestions and solutions that help some of the problems. We have cried together, laughed together, but most importantly, we talk together. I have to keep things at a low key, keep her environment as stable as I can. I have to remind her of her part all the time
My daughter is a very beautiful young lady. She doesn't smoke or do drugs. She still has many problem areas, but she continues to work on them as best she can. She does her own research now, and is always trying to understand the things she goes through."
This is exactly what Dave and I do, how we live. He does his part and I am there for him....
It is an amazing journey.....
[Edited 2/28/2008 3:21:44 PM]
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