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Name: Pearl
Country: India
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My doll is 11 yrs. and is ADHD in highest level. Cannot go to Sp. School too. looking for help in Pune for a Sp. tutor. Can anyone help.

Name: melody
Country: U.S.A.
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i feel that this is one of the best articles I have read on this subject.I have found that the minute a child gives any resistanst they are labeled and that follows them threwout their school years which is not fair to the child or to the parent.It gives the parents a tremendous sense of guilt and the child gets the feeling that noone likes them which makes them act worse because the do not understand or like the rejection they get and of course they don't like being rejected, who does? My mom always told me that if someone does not like you or treats badly stay away from them,I could not handle that so I would go out of my way to make them like me and if that didn't work,I would get mad and beat them up which of course made things much worse and then I would get escorted to the principal being poked in the temple all the way there. That was certainly not the way to handle things either but thats the way it was.I thank God that there are laws in place to prevent that now. Although if you go to what they call a behavioral school in this country you can be papoosed or put into a rubber room until you decide to snap out of it.I feel that these things cause a worse reaction as even at 52 years old I cannot be bound in any way shape or form, I really cannot even stand to have a seatbelt on me in the car,I wear it so loose that it would not even help if I were in a crash.My son and myself were talking one day about how I went into a sleeping bag backward and she held the open end shut for just a second I freeked out. When I told him of this he looked at me and smiled and told me that she did the same to him and the reaction was the same.She did not intend to scare or hurt us ,she was just playing with us which of course she never did again as she realized that she had scared the hell out both of us. As an adult I still have fits on occasion but I don't hurt other people, but I do yell and break my own things, as if I break other peoples things I have to replace them and say I'm sorry My son had to go to a head start screening at 4.5 years old before kindergarden and they told he was deaf and retarded,I was hrrified and took him to a specialist who then told me that he was not retarted and that the 2% hearing loss was from small ear canals and nothing to worry about but he did tell me at that time that he did have to tell him that he would be in hot water if he did not do what was required of him.He had the impression that listening to women was not high on list of requirments.My grandson I didn't notice too much wrong until he started grade school accept for the fact that he did not ever want to be in the house just as myself and my son which I now connect to being bound, if I could live in a glass house I would. they both also hated riding in the car. neither of them would stay in a car seat either,it seems that my son and grndson don't seem to mind a seatbelt now but I still have a very bad time with it and if I can get away with not wearing it I won't. My son would scream his head off when they wrapped him in the hospital as an enfant but as soon as I loosened the blanket he stopped crying.My son and grandson had trouble in school right from the beginning but I did not start having trouble until the 4th or 5th grade,from then on school life as hell for me but I am very inquizitive so even now if I don't know about something I do the research to find out.I am and always have been very curious.My son is the same way,my grandson on the other doesn't really give a darn,My son and I are both very intelligent I believe from all the reading we do and my hope is that my grandson will become the same way once he realizes that the more you read ,the more you know. Thanx for listening,,sincerly melody Carpenter

Name: Rena1965
Country: Denmark
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ops a spelling mistake my son gets angry when we accidently frighten him with a loud noise... for example I dropped a dinner plate. It feels like a fight to calm him down again, we can't he has to go off on his own and think about it.. talking to him only makes his frustrations more agressive than calming him..

Name: Rena1965
Country: Denmark
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Great Article, would love contact with other parents to more than one child with the same diagnosis.. I have one son with AdHd + asperges and another son with Attention deficit and Behaviour deficit so he can't be medicated + slight tracks of autism. It is total hell to find a happy medium to parent both boys, so have given my youngest and most extremely aggressive child to a foster family to correct him with special behaviour training.. He knows why he is with a foster family, because since I became a widow his brother and I can't cope with his extreme way of being.. He forgets he is hard on us now his dad has pasted away and longs to live with me.. My oldest boy will be receiving medication and still lives with me.. He is a very quiet boy and never causes any large problems out over his darn teachers have no idea how hard he has it emotionally on him being in a normal class. The mental hospital is going to help me on this one, I just have to turn up to the next meeting and he will explain how the land lays.. I am so relieved someone finally believes me and doesn't think I am a totally bad mom.. My youngest son also has some autism tracks and is the oppersite in school he can english, danish, german and is really smart to maths. No help required to homework thanks, just a firm reminder to do it.. Otherwise out on the farm to burn he huge amount of energy off.. He sleeps well when he uses his body and only has had problems with his body developing in that he stopped growing around 5 years(needed hormone treatments and will have to have special teeth screwed into his jaws as his baby teeth fall out as never developed all his adult teeth, he also owns a extreme fine hearing and hates loud noises, this can really start a huge aggressive out burst fightening him. Yeah sometimes I get lost in the middle of having such special children.. Would be nice to hear from others sitting hard in it and feeling they have lacking parenting skills, these babies don't exactly come with a user manuel do they.. renarosenquist@live.dk

Name: Jackie
Country: Georgia
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My son is going to be tested the end of March. What I have read so far, I think he has ADD. Thanks for the info.

Name: KANIKA
Country: India
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MY 6 YR OLD SON HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ADD.YOUR ARTICELS HAVE BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE AND A GREAT HELP TO LOOK AT ADD IN A DIFFERENT VIEW POINT THAN A DISORDER.IT REALLY BOOSTED MY MORALE.

Name: Winie
Country: middleeast
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I always know it

Name: Deitel
Country: middleeast
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good work

Name: Domino
Country: middleeast
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Site informative and useful, very much has liked it, shall come back very often.

Name: Jeniffer
Country: middleeast
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A great site where one can enjoy the thought of a great mind long departed. Cheers for the good work!

Name: SUZY
Country: england
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i am a young girl of the age of 13 with the disorder ADHD can i just say that having ADHD doesn't mean your thick , stupid or useless your just as bright as anyone else dont let the disorder hold you back many great leaders and inventors had ADHD/ADD winston churchill , walt disney , albert einstein and thomas edison. Believe in yourself and you wil go far.

Name: Doreen
Country: southafrica
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My grandchild has just been diagnosed with ADD. This makes me feel lost because I do not know how to help her. How do I explain to a little one that she is just as clever as her cousins? How do I teach her with the correct methods and not get frustrated when her mind wanders and it seems as if she is not concentrating on her homework, which seems to eat up the whole afternoon because I am not equipped to explain it to her in the way she needs explaining?

Name: David
Country: usa
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i have ADD and ADHD over the years i have gotten a little better but i have gotten in to more trouble in school but use to never do i also have depression on top or that which makes it even harder but i also went to a boot camp which i really liked they scorded me the highest but im still trying.

Name: Matt
Country: usa
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I have, and have grown up with ADD. It really helped haveing a teacher as a mom who more than likly has it her self. I dont really think Attention "Deficit" Disorder is an accurate term personally. Attention Direction Disorder, or even Attenion Disorder Disorder. The point is there really isnt a Deficit in our attention at all. There is alot going on conciously for us and subconciously. We spend alot of time on the "hows and whys" rather than the "whats". Blazay material doesnt work for us. We tend to focus on differnt things and process information in a nontraditional fasion, which to some seems like disorder. Granted those are just the aspects of learning, the everyday effects can be rather madning, i can be as absent minded as they get. As more research, fresh research is done, maybe alot of misconceptions can be lifted, and even better learning programs to help take advantage of unorthodox thinking. Granted my personal experience with ADD comes from my self, and my peers. Just about all them have ADD or ADHD as well and we are all gifted, top 5%. Maybe im taking too narrow of a scope on things, but i really think its a point of view that teachers might want to look at when dealing with ADD/ADHD students.

Name: james
Country: usa
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get a life it is a real disorder and if anyone doesn't think so they are ignorent idiots who blame others for their misfortunes. People with ADHd are truely affected by this and with 35% of high school dropout having ADHD and with many other going undiagnoised it is a real issue

Name: Merari
Country: usa
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Hi, I have been reading all of your comments about ADHD. Mike is right. I grew up with this 'disorder'. First of all, I don't consider it a disorder, its an asset; and let me tell you, that people need to take a moment to understand those of us who have these challenges. My son as ADHD and the way that I tell him to deal with this is to see himself as gifted. People with ADHD have so many giftings that we need tools like medicines to manage everything we've been granted. Yes, I said granted. Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison all had ADHD. Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey and Robin Williams are people who have ADHD. All of the people I mention here are or were brilliant at what they did. Einstein and Edison were both kicked out of school because their 'teachers' said they couldn't learn! Did you know that? I guess they showed everyone else, huh? Anyway, for you parents looking for information, I have found the following websites to be very helpful: All children are capable of learning, it is up to us to find the best way to teach them. It is a bad reflection on us, not them, when we can't figure out how to do that. As adults, many times we take the easy way out: blame it on a child who really can't understand or explain his challenges. Our children are a gift to us...even if they have ADHD. Is it easy? NO. Do I wish it on anyone? NO. But would I change anything about my son? NO. God gave him his character for a reason. One day I will understand what that reason is. In the meantime, I am shaping someone who, like Churchill, can end up changing the world for the better. And I am also doing a little growing of my own. :)

Name: darcy
Country: australia
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I just got told by a teacher who has only been working for 8 months my child has ADD. I believe there is nothing wrong with him. He never chucks tantrums, is a well balanced happy 5 year old... I think it's now the first answer to every teachers problem.

Name: Parul
Country: india
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Mike, ( from australia), your post was most inspiring. I'd love to know more about your work. Many thanks and best wishes. Hope u will visit this forum some time again and i will get an opportunity to ask u soem questions.

Name: Mike
Country: australia
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Children and adults with ADD/ADHD don't have the problem. So we will tell you, the problem lies with teachers and others dealing with people with ADD/ADHD. ADD/ADHD people are usually very intellegent but just don't deal well with boredom or routine. Many of the geniuses of this world are likely to be ADD/ADHD. It is an advantage to be ADD/ADHD for the individual as they generally live very exciting and creative lives, not the routine mundain lives everyone else leads. The secret is to teach your child to deal with normal people as you will never succeed in getting the normal people to deal well with ADD/ADHD people. You will aslo find that birds of a feather will flock together and avoid the birds of a different feather. Hence, most teachers are not ADD/ADHD so will never understand us. I am one of the few ADD/ADHD teachers and I abore the way the normal teachers deal with ADD/ADHD students and other ADD/ADHD teachers. Most of us never go into this type of institution and if we do, we are failed by the education system or regarded as not teacher material because we do not tend to follow the routine or respond well to administrative duties. We are excellent teachers and do more good than we are ever given credit for. I have maintained contact with many of my students over a 15 year period. Many students who would have been failed by the education system, have gone on to successfully complete tertiary education or started very successful careers. I have attemted to exit the system many times but I keep finding myself back in it. I hated school as child, I still don't know why I ended up in it but I do love teaching and seeing the successes I help students both ADD/ADHD and not achieve. I still have difficulty dealing with beauracratic administrators. Luckily for me, I have had the fortune of working for some excellent Principals who see the benefits and can ward off the flack for me.

Name: my name is billy
Country: india
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i have adhd and im fine cause i go to skool and didint kill any thing well people that is

Name: DEBADARSHI
Country: india
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I need immediate help/treatment ADHD for my second son. Where do I get the treatment in West Bengal or other srates of india

Name: Eija
Country: malaysia
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actually i'm worry about my younger sister which is identified in ADD categories.she is poor student at all.i don't know how to manage her very well.

Name: Michelle
Country: usa
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I had a talk with my son's teacher and now I know what's wrong. Thank you for this article. It is going to help me a great deal.

Name: judy
Country: usa
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I need to find a place where I can find out what to do or not do with my son. Your article helped that I am not alone.

Name: Andrea
Country: usa
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This article reminded me that the child is not in control of his actions.

Name: donata
Country: other
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I've been worried about my first son, I hope he have not AHDH but for his actions I think so. Unfortunately here in Italy it is very very difficut to have a diagnosis.

Name: lost parent
Country: usa
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My new son, now 14, has AHDH. He is hyper or blows his fuse. I need to learn all I can to be able to comprehend his actions.

Name: heather
Country: usa
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Excellent article-very informative!

Name: deedee
Country: usa
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I have been worried about my great nephew. He fits into some of the catagories of add and now will show my neice this article thank you for the information

Name: Radha
Country: india
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This is a very informative article!

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