MW> Thank you. I will check out this site...I have never been diagnosed
 MW>as   having AD(H)D, but in learning about the symptoms my
 MW>grandchildren have,  I realize I have, or did have, some of them...as
 MW>do a few of my children.  
 MP> That is so common these days. The recent paper by Safer from Johns 
 MP> Hopkins shows that there has been a doubling of the use of 
 MP> methylphenidate in the past five years. During those years there was a
 MP> realization that ADHD pursues one into adulthood and that there are 
 MP> treatments for it. 
 MP> If you want to browse the article by Blum, look for American
 MP> Scientist,  March/April 1996. That should allow you to home in on it.
 
 Thank you. I have copied this to my h/d so I will be able to find the 
 information when I have the time to check things out...One of the symptoms
 that has followed me into adult life is having medication work backwards.
 When I was given a anti-depressant after I broke my back [and there was
 talk of surgery], I became so depressed I wanted to just die...my doctor
 realized it was the medication acting in reverse on me...any uppers make
 me down, any downers pep me up. I have to be very careful with medicine.
 
 MW> MP> Holiday dinners at your place must make the local news. My
 MW> MP> family is so  small that for my son's Bat Mitzvah in September,
 MW> MP> we rented the coat  room at a local restaurant. Had room to
 MW> MP> spare.  
 
 MW> LOL.....I am sure the pride in your son could have filled any ball
 MW>stadium.  That is the most important part of a Bar Mitzvah...your son
 MW> is now a man. The family is proud no matter what....And I don't
 MW>always have everyone over  at the same time anymore. Some live other
 MW>places...but we talk on the phone.   Wish your son a late Mazel Tov
 MW>from me.... 
 MP> He does many things that make us proud. And he is a superior big 
 MP> brother. His little bother (I have two) has cerebral palsy and Josh 
 MP> helps us with him so much. Josh read to him (it is the only time Josh 
 MP> ever picked up a book, other than to hide it) when he was little, and 
 MP> Noah is now an avid reader. Josh hates it.
 I am sure you are very proud of both of them...Strange thinking about it
 now, out of my three children with AD(H)D, only one of them likes to read.
 The other two can't "get into books", even though the rest of the family,
 including me, loves to read. They just can't sit still long enough, most
 of the time.. One, who's name is Rocco, rocks continualy, even in his sleep.
 I chose the right name for him...:)but none of them are on any medications.
 Keep posting, we are learning a lot from you...
 Marie
... Go drink some chamomile tea if someone gets on your nerves.
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