MC> Hi folks..  I'll take a while to read thru all the messages sometime
 MC> to catch up on everything in here, but for now...
 MC> I'm a single mom of 2, an 11 year old girl and a 13 year old boy. 
 MC> Been raising them alone for over 10 years.  My boy is ADHD and also
 MC> recently diagnosed bipolar.  I'm going absolutely nuts on a regular
 MC> basis, usually from his antics, and adding to that having to raise him
 MC> alone.  I haven't had any significant support in this specific
 MC> issue...I'd heard of CHADD, but I don't have a car, and the local
 MC> meetings are quite inaccessible to me even by bus.  So I hope you folks
 MC> will bear with me, this is the first place I've found where I'll be
 MC> able to dump some of what I deal with and talk to people who will be
 MC> able to relate and understand.  I'll be happy to go into more detail
 MC> about some of my challenges of late shortly, but first of all just
 MC> wanted to stop in and introduce myself.  Now that I've found a safe
 MC> place to share my experience, excuse me while I just have a seat over
 MC> here in the corner and finally breathe a little.   I'm sure glad
 MC> this forum is here... 
 MC> I'm rambling...feeling stressed, excited, apprehensive...just at the
 MC> anticipation of finally being able to connect with a sort of peers in
 MC> this... shows huh? 
  Hi, you have come to the right place...welcome...I am a grandmother with
  7 AD(H)D grandchildren and with 3 adult children that have all the systoms.
  They were *just* hyperactive as children....:) You will find a lot of other
  parents here that have problems just as you do. We all try to help one
  another with suggestions, news and just plain *I understand how you feel*.
  You are not alone....you can talk to any and all of us. We will listen and
  relate things back to you....
  May your New Year be less stressful....
  Marie
... One faces the future with one's past. 
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