Holy moly.......just call my place "Psychos R Us"! In 18 months, my 2nd ex was diagnosed, I was diagnosed, my son went through pre-kindergarten screening and HE was diagnosed with ADD at the age of 4 :floorlaugh: Unfortunately, my mental illnesses didn't allow for me to go insane, or go psychotic like my 2nd ex so I was lucid, sane, and pulling my hair out! I got everything that my son needed to get a handle on ADD, went the Ritalin route (grrrrrr), the doc put him on a downer at night when the Ritalin kept him up, then jacked up the R......I'm outta here! Changed Docs, NO DRUGS, changed my son's diet, made sure he was in Special Ed, had the phone #'s of all of his teachers, gave him COFFEE w/non dairy creamer and sugar at night and he was out like a light in 15 minutes!!!!
This is my son who tested 140 on the IQ test when he was 8. I got both of us through his childhood by telling myself that where one lack's in one thing, one has an over abundance of another. He grew out of his ADD in his early teens, still went to Special Ed.......and he excelled in elementary/ middle and high school. ALWAYS on either the Principal's List or Honor Roll.
ADD is just a different way that a brain learns things. Kids with ADD need more than 2 senses going at the same time and you got to get those senses on fire! 2 + 2 on a chalk board is boring, 2 apples and 2 more apples on a desk are tangible. Throw them all in a basket, one by one, and you have addition for ADD.
roflmao!
