ADHD
In 1994, when my son was born, I considered myself the luckiest person alive. After years of going thru In Vitro Fertilization, told my many doctor's that "we've done all we can do", "I'm sorry, but you can't get pregnant". I finally had my son. When my son was a baby, he cried all the time-the 9 months worth of colic cry. Not only the colic cry but the unstoppable hour after hour cry. This cry was inconsolable and seemed to be triggered by an event or outgoing. He would be happy as can be and then something triggered and WHAM-that cry. I tried to figure out what I done wrong when I was pregnant to get a baby that was so miserable. I can remember times when I couldn't hold him close enough, couldn't calm his spirit, couldn't sit and listen to him any longer, crying myself and asking God why he gave me this little boy that was going to be so unhappy.At the age of 3, my husband and I knew our son was not like other kids-he seemed to have special needs-needs we weren't' sure how to meet. For instance, we realized that our son couldn't follow directions-not wouldn't-couldn't. We learned to take him by the shoulders, look into his eyes, and say, "Focus." But we knew that someth
ing in his brain didn't allow him to do so easily. Not only do I have a child with ADHD but I have a child that has 213 different allergies, asthma, sleep apnea, sleeping disorder (meaning he don't sleep). He finally received the help that he deserves. Not only are we dealing with a child that has medical disabilities but a child that also has learning disabilities. You see, in 1994, I didn't believe in ADHD. In addition, as our son has grown, the medications have had to be adjusted-there is no "one-time" this-is-all-you-need" fix for ADHD his school years, since kindergarten, have been traumatic due to his own behaviors and the misunderstandings that come when a teacher or administrator does not understand ADHD beyond the "attention problems". He lased out aggressively toward other kids, towards us, towards himself. Months and months of testing, evaluation after evaluation, them realizing that he's only 4ft tall and 48 pounds and don't sleep. We have researched and reassess my environmental factors related to ADHD. During that time, we also learned that any foods or drinks with red dye increased his out-of-control behaviors; while a bit of coffee helps calm our son. A lot of people never tried to understand the repercussions were dealing with an ADHD child. His preschool teacher who had a gift of loving difficult children-children like our son! She willingly answered his questions, she willing met with us as we faced his challenging behavior in class, and she patiently and prayerfully worked with him as he went through the ADHD diagnosis process. This was not a quick and easy process.
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