Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 My now 38 year old son is and always has been the most ADHD person I\'ve ever met! My favorite story about short attention spans and distractibility is when Pete, aged 12, threw a hardball in the air, immediately forgot he threw it and it came down and broke his nose! We tried every drug in the book and he was allergic to them all. Ritalin made him feel as if bugs were crawling over him, others caused psychosis where piles of dirt talked to him. After years of trying, Tofranal was the only drug he was able to take to help him sleep. He has come a long way, but still has all the ADHD problems he had as a youngster. He has found his niche in the pop music business as a booker for local bands and he runs a newsletter about all the music in the Atlanta area for which he has about 1,000 subscribers. A turning point for him was the discovery of the book, Driven to Distraction. This is written mainly for teens and adults and has some of the best info and advice for ADHD. For younger children, there is a doctor at UNC whose name I am frantically trying to remember who has written excellent books for parents and special books for chilren and teens talking about ADD and ADHD. IT\'s Dr. Mel (something) Eventually I will remember his name and post it. As a special ed teacher for many, many years, I dealt with ADHD and ADD children in my classes. Parents always asked me how I could have such patience with their children. My answer was always that I had yet to meet a child as severely affected as my own, and that I didn\'t live with their child 24/7. I could be patient because they went home to their parents at 2:40 p.m. Judy/Atlanta Judy/Atlanta The Ehlers Danlos National Foundation <a href='http://www.ednf.org'>www.ednf.org</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 My now 38 year old son is and always has been the most ADHD person I\'ve ever met! My favorite story about short attention spans and distractibility is when Pete, aged 12, threw a hardball in the air, immediately forgot he threw it and it came down and broke his nose! We tried every drug in the book and he was allergic to them all. Ritalin made him feel as if bugs were crawling over him, others caused psychosis where piles of dirt talked to him. After years of trying, Tofranal was the only drug he was able to take to help him sleep. He has come a long way, but still has all the ADHD problems he had as a youngster. He has found his niche in the pop music business as a booker for local bands and he runs a newsletter about all the music in the Atlanta area for which he has about 1,000 subscribers. A turning point for him was the discovery of the book, Driven to Distraction. This is written mainly for teens and adults and has some of the best info and advice for ADHD. For younger children, there is a doctor at UNC whose name I am frantically trying to remember who has written excellent books for parents and special books for chilren and teens talking about ADD and ADHD. IT\'s Dr. Mel (something) Eventually I will remember his name and post it. As a special ed teacher for many, many years, I dealt with ADHD and ADD children in my classes. Parents always asked me how I could have such patience with their children. My answer was always that I had yet to meet a child as severely affected as my own, and that I didn\'t live with their child 24/7. I could be patient because they went home to their parents at 2:40 p.m. Judy/Atlanta Judy/Atlanta The Ehlers Danlos National Foundation <a href='http://www.ednf.org'>www.ednf.org</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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