lylajean's Journal

I haven't had time to keep up on here but now I have a moment to catch up. I did decide to follow through on my diagnosis of ADHD and get treatment as we had done for our children and I'm so glad I did and wish I had done so a long time ago! I go to therapy to learn to cope better and I'm on medication for the ADHD. I have never felt better mentally and emotionally in my entire life! Now I understand the difference in my children! I am more focused, more patient, less fidgety, more under control, and more open to take a moment and enjoy the simple things where as before I was too wound up tight to do any of the above. I also now feel better equiped to handle things like we now have to do with our 7 yr. old middle daughter who is the opposite of my ADHD children, she is gifted but the ironic part is that we are going through some of the same struggles as with my other children. We are trying to get the school to move her up a grade because she is not only very accademically advanced but she is also very mature and is having an extrememly hard time fitting in. Our family psychiatrist has seen her and says that she is very depressed and that her emotional well being is at stake very similar to having a learning disability because she too knows that she is different than those around her and is treated as such and doesn't fit in. I know our rights and I will get it done ASAP. The school doesn't stand a chance with me because I've been down this road before. Hope all is well with you all and  Happy Holidays... Hugs, lylajean