My son has ADHD - Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.

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ADHD distinguish from three corn symptom like non-attation, hyperactivity and impulsive. Some people show all three of them, some show one or two symptoms. 3 to 5% of the children of schoolage are estimated to have ADHD. The children are in need of great support from different kind of sites in the local community. They need help in school to function normaly, they need medication and they need their famiy to help. My son is now 18 years old, he had his diagnosis when he was 13. That is very late but he has got all the help he have needed and it has worked out well. He might not be finished in school until about three years, that is when he is 21. But that is the time they need to cope and adjust to the demands the community are putting on them . Medication;He have had medication since the diagnosis and for him it has helped a lot. There is and has been a lot of discussions about these medications. But my son has friends who do not have the medication, and he says they should. He say´s - If I would not have it, I just would not function. It works and are needed to have them ability to focus and do what are recired of them. For example. With medication, he can sit down and do something for atleast 30 minutes, without getting disturbed by others things. Smaller groups in School;He hav had certain teachers in a small special group with other like minded children. That have made it easier for my son to coop with school and the subjects they work with. The scheduel has been ajusted for his special needs. Before he started this smaller group with well educated teachers he had hard time in school. He did not prossed very well and did not function properly and had issues with the teachers every day. He felt like he was stupid and was very bored in school and had no friends. I made the decition to move him to another smaller school with less children, and with children with simliar issues and it has worked out well for him and he is now doing great in shcool. Routins;Routins are very important to children/adult with ADHD. So every day mostly looks the same. That might be boring for me as a parent but nessecery for them or the day would just be a mess. I can not change the daily scheduel day by day. I have to think when it is time to tell him if we are going to to do something special that are not schedueled, some days before it happen. That is a bigg issue and might for others seems to be boring. Always know what to do, but for him it is important. I am my sons, mother, Supprter, voice and best friend. I am wondering, how do you cope with parenting children with AHDH? Please do share Your story.