children with ADHD or ADD

I have several friends with ADD and ADHD (my best friend who I have known for 10 years was diagnosed with ADD). It does affect your life in which you probably wont be able to concetrate in school or any activities that involve holding your attention for more than a few minutes. But if you get the proper medication you can't even tell that you have any type of learning disorder. My friend Joey takes Ritalin and he's more calm and focused than me (who doesnt have the disease). So yeah there really is no need to worry about your daughter because it is an easy disease to control.

Hi beutfulmama6701! I have a son who was diagnosed with ADHD many years ago, before they had a lot of the ways to cope with it like they do now. He is also profoundly deaf. So, just think about how much fun it was for me to have a child who was bouncing off the walls and not even be able to yell at him either! Well, I could still yell, but it wouldn't have made any difference. lol
The way it was explained to me is that ADHD is considered to be a type of learning disorder. They don't really know what causes it, but that the signals to the brain "misfire". This causes them to not be able to maintain attention or focus for long--and they move around a lot or make noises or both. The difference between ADHD and ADD is mainly that hyperactivity is a big component of ADHD (the "H") part, that isn't found with people who have ADD--they mainly have the problem of not being able to keep their attention focused on one thing for very long.
I was told to watch my child while he was watching TV and see how he behaved. Most children enjoy TV and will sit and watch a favorite program, or most of it. A child with ADHD will try to watch, but will fidget, bother other people or go on to other things, instead of watching the program. It's beyond their control to do anything about it, without some help, such as medication.
However, depending on the person, the ADHD or ADD symptoms may lessen or go away altogether over time. That is what happened with my son. As he matured and learned ways of coping, the ADHD came to be less and less of a problem. In fact, by the time he became a teenager, it would take a crane to get him off the couch to do anything!
As a parent, I know you must be worried about your daughter, but with medication and help and understanding from her parents and teachers, she will learn to handle it and so will you. They know a lot more about it now than when my son was young. I wish both of you well!

All I have to say is that you should read up on it as much as you can. The library has a mountain of books on the topic. Before agreeing to give her any meds, please read up on them and the side effects etc. My daughter was suspected of having it several years ago. I personally didn't think she did but I did agree to have her tested. I took her to a regular psychiatrist ....independant from the school. I also did a lot of reading up on it. Many of the stories that I read from parents convinced me that if she did in fact have it.....the meds were out. I'm sure some kids really do have it but it seems to me that they diagnos many of these kids way too quickly. Well, it turned out that she did NOT have it. In fact she scored above average on all the tests. The doctor said it was because she was bored and the school was not giving her enough creative release.

My son is now 16, he was diagnosed when he was 7. IF you have any questions at all feel free to contact me. It's a long & hard road. I was diagnosed as ADHD when my son was. Back when I was young there was NOTHING to be done about it & the teachers just thought I was either stupid or lazy. When my son was diagnosed as ADHD it clicked. There was finally a name to my trouble.

Research can be either fully one way or fully the other. Most of the time you will have people say it's lack of disipline, bad parenting ect..... DON'T listen to them. It's nothing to do with that at all. It's something we are born with, it's something we will die with. There is no 'cure' nor would you really want there to be.

It's not an easy job, sometimes it's one of those things you just think 'why me' but then you realize that they are just special.

My son goes to a special school as mainstream school was not doing him any good. He was 13 before he could write his name (even then I pulled him out of school & homeschooled for 6 months) he was only told to go on the PC at school & occupy himself. I took him out to teach him.... he learnt with 1 on 1. He loves life, but is a danger to himself. So I have to look after him fulltime whhen he is home from school. I can't remember the last holiday I had...if I ever had one.

Don't be down by my words though. They keep you busy. But boys are different to girls. Gorls are shy & reserved. Boys are the opposite. Lucky me but I thank god I have him.

Like I said, you need help..answers...anything.... send me a message.

My 9 year old has ADHD we have a lot of trouble and challenges in the beginning. With Adhd or ADD it has something to d with the singals in their brain which causes them to not be able to slow down it causes a lot of problems in school cause they have trouble follow directions and such and so was the case with my son. He is a very severe case of it and he requires medication for it I know a lot of people has problems about the medicine for adhd and add and not everyone that has it may necessarily have to take medicine that's something you need to talk with your doctor about but as for the case in my son he required medicine and I will say this he is as different as night and day when he is on his medicine of course the medicine is not to be used or thought of as a magic pill or whatever that in a sense that if the child takes it he/she wont have any problem you still have to discipline and things like that but when my son is on his medicine its much more better and easier to deal he still get's disciplined when he acts up and such but's it's more managalbe. Now I dont care for ratilin I think it's way too toxic but now there are all kinds of new medicine out there to treat this. like I said before Im not saying that every case require having to take medicine that's something that need to be discussed with the doctor but having this condition does not mean it's the end of the world they can still do things just like anyone else. Just like with my son he wants to learn to play the drums so that when he is old enough he can play in the youth group's band at church and he also said he wants to be a football player and I said go for it and I honestly and sincerely believe he can do it. It just means that with him he has to take medicine everyday and well there's a lot of people that have to for some reason or another but that doesnt mean that life stops it just means adjustments might have to be made that's all. I hope this helps and if you need to talk further Im here, ok. Good luck and God bless.

Well first of all, you have to have patience, its going to be a long road. The first thing your doctor is going to tell you is to put her on meds. Which you can do but if you have the patience I suggest starting with exercise and diet changes. These things can make a huge change with her and then she won't have the side effects and long term effects of the drugs out there. Research Dr. Monastra. He is the ADHD doc and he is amazing. My little brother goes there and has changed dramatically since. Make sure you have a doctor do blood tests and brain scans to make sure that is infact ADHD as there is other illnesses out there that will make it look like ADHD. First thing is to cut out as much high fructose corn syrup as possible, go to an all organic diet. Try to give her lots of protein and work with her teachers to have her do the most important projects early in the day. Give her 1 serving of caffeine a day, chocolate or soda or something, in the morning to get her brain working properly. The more she can run the better she will be able to concentrate. Don't let the school take recess away from her, have the teachers watch and if she gets fitgity have them let her go to the gym and run a couple laps, have them provide her peanuts also as the protein will calm her down. There is a lot to learn I have been dealing with it now with my brother for 7 years just be careful of the meds and go to a specialist that deals with ADHD for the bio feedback brain scan. It is worth the cost to make sure it is in fact ADHD as the medicines have awful long term effects to the point of her never being able to have children when she is older or violent outbursts. These meds are commonly linked to drug users.

My son has ADHD. I would be more than happy to chat with you in private. I dont know how much you want out in the open.

You can message me on Yahoo - fear_this_chica
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I look forward to helping in any way I can.