So things are better in some areas and worse in others. ADHD sucks. i finally have an appointment for my son with a child psychologist to be evaluated to start medicine. We have done everything we can to help our son besides try medicine. He's in behavior therapy, I've made a lot of changes in his diet, his teacher is working really well with us. She is great. She gives him as much one on one time as she can. So I'm hoping that the medicine will help him. He tells me everyday that he hates school. Which I think is because its an all day struggle, he tries but he just can't focus and do what's expected of him. I'm nervous about trying the medicine because I've read about the anger and stuff when they are coming off it in the evening. But he needs something to help him focus or hes never gonna make it through school. I wasn't diagnosed until just a couple years ago, I struggled through school and I didn't like school either. Ive considered homeschooling him and doing that k-12 public school online but running my own daycare that doesn't allow me a lot of time to work with him and I don't want him to fall further behind or loose the social interaction with other kids. I'm glad that I know he has it and can do something now so that he can do better in school and hopefully he will like school next year. Ive been considering talking to my doctor about me starting medication as well to help me because the stress of everything with my son and having two other children and I run a daycare out of my home my ADHD symptoms have gotten worse. It's effecting my relationship with my husband and making me want to just stay at home . I will be thinking something and totally just butt in and completely interrupt someone when they are talking. I drive myself nuts. I'm late almost always. I'm so not organized and its completely overwhelming to even try to get organized. I have a surface cluttering problem, my counter tops are always cluttered with unnecessary stuff. I constantly forget conversations my husband and i have which also annoys him. I drive my husband nuts with that. I'm just not sure how I will do on medicine. It doesn't help that my husband and his family all but his mom don't like doctors and are against medicine. They think if I go vegan and completely change the way I eat that will be good enough. Well they don't live with this Dailey. Not only am I raising a son with ADHD but I live with it as well which makes it twice as hard. Any advice is welcome thanks
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