A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Are Driving Me N.U.T.Z.
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Page Anderson
The mother of two wonderful children. One who deals daily with the challenges of ADHD. This disorder has changed not only my life, but the lives of everyone I have been closely attached to. If I can help any parent that feels desperate and that no one will ever understand what they are going through, my goal has been achieved.
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A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Are Driving Me N.U.T.Z. - Page Anderson
A.D.D.
AND
A.D.H.D
ARE DRIVING ME
N.U.T.Z.
PAGE ANDERSON
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE FIRST YEAR
CRAWLING
SWINGING
TALKING
BOUNCING
CLIMBING
THE FIRST BIRTHDAY
THE EARLY YEARS
SIBLINGS
TOYS
RELATIONSHIPS
PRE-SCHOOL
LEAVING THE HOUSE
CHURCH
GROCERY STORES
MALLS
KINDERGARTEN SCREENING
RITALIN
PSYCHIATRISTS
KINDERGARTEN & FIRST GRADE
FIRST GRADE
NO MORE DRUGS
THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND NEW IDEAS
NO MIRACLES
THREE TIMES AND YOU’RE AT BATTLE
WE DID NOT LIVE ALONE
BIG BROTHER WAS WATCHING
THE DECISION
MOTHERING FROM A DISTANCE
COMING HOME
SUMMER VACATION
THE HOSPITAL
A NEW DIAGNOSIS – A NEW TREATMENT
SCHOOL
MEDICATION … AGAIN
WHAT’S IN THE FUTURE?
PROLOGUE - WHY THIS BOOK
PREFACE
For any parent having a child who has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, please read this book. You owe it to yourself. Chances are you don’t have a lot of uninterrupted time. You try to get up before your child in the morning and enjoy one blissfully quiet cup of hot coffee. Before the pot can finish brewing, or as your spoon clinks against the side of the cup the first crash, scream or pitter- patter is heard. You then begin a twelve to fourteen hour marathon day. You run from one disaster to another, preventing one and cleaning up another.
As the end of the day approaches, and bedtime, the real test begins. Who has more energy left? You or your child? Maybe you can have a quiet half- hour at the end of the day? You pick up the endless clutter, thrown food, broken parts and pieces of the day. You finally sit and think about your life. How did this happen to you? What did you do? What can you do? Quiet time becomes very depressing – luckily you are so tired it doesn’t last long. You go to bed and fall asleep! Maybe tomorrow morning, if you try hard you can drink that cup of coffee.
How do I know? I’ve been there … I’ve done that! Why do I say please read this book? I’m not a doctor. I’m not a psychologist. I’m not a teacher. I don’t have any miraculous ideas or solutions. I’m a mother with a fifteen-year-old ADHD child. I can share with you an insight these professionals cannot. How I feel! How you feel! You do still have the right to feel! You do not always have to feel hopeless and at your wits end. This is not a funny subject, but I’ve tried in this book to pick out some laughter in each day. Everyone needs to laugh … who’s got time to cry! Speaking of time, being a true ADHD survivor I know you can’t sit and read a book for an hour. A full hour of uninterrupted time comes only when your child is at the sitters (but that’s another subject). All of my chapters are short. You can put down and pick up the book when time and your child allows. See I told you been there … done that!
THE FIRST YEAR
BIRTH
I hope that you have had other children. Not that it makes it easier when you have an ADHD child. However, I’ve often wondered if I would have noticed, something was different
earlier. Maybe I wouldn’t have done so much me bashing throughout the years.
Like so many other couples, my husband and I had been married a little over two years. We wanted to have children. The usual 2.4 per family. We tried to get everything right. When my pregnancy test came back positive, we knew we had gotten the first part right. Then came the prenatal care, which I followed diligently. I even took those awful vitamins with Iron followed by a prune juice chaser.
I gained a little more weight than the doctor wanted, but I did that before my pregnancy too. Everything was going well. Then at thirty weeks … not forty, I gave birth. My son was born ten weeks premature. We faced challenges right from the start, but by my original due date we brought home a healthy (somewhat smaller) baby boy.
The first three months were what we expected. Lots of diapers, lots of formula, doctor’s visits, two AM feedings, and lots of crying, lots and lots of crying! As I think back on it now, maybe that first day coming home from the hospital, something was different
. My husband, showing he was a proud, new modern daddy changed his first diaper. He insisted. He was cooing and smiling, making all those new baby faces parents make at crying babies to get them to calm down. My son doing what all new male babies do when removing their diapers couldn’t have gotten his aim any better. Christening my husband right in the kisser.
Yes I probably should have know something was different
then. I probably didn’t because I was laughing too hard!
CRAWLING
Once it starts it never ends. Crawling should be renamed exploration of the world ten inches above the floor. Most parents I know lay a blanket on the floor with a few squeaky, soft toys, maybe some stuffed animals. They encourage their children to first start crawling. Been there … done that…! Once those knees and elbows started to work at the same time my son changed the rules. The blanket was where he didn’t want to be. Once he crossed that binding on the edge there was a new world of toys. It was filled with lint balls, shoes, low shelves, and an occasional ant. Forget that nice clean blanket with fabric softener. The race began.
All that extra weight I had gained during my pregnancy was gone quickly. My new exercise was picking up my son and placing