AMR> One other thought that I have had a lot is, what happened back
 AMR> in the days of our parents, and grandparents, I'm sure there was ADD
 AMR> and ADHD etc...how did they deal with the children back then?  There
 AMR> was no "miracle pills" then...How did they get them to pay attention. 
 AMR> I read in a medical book that some of our greatest minds this world has
 AMR> known were ADHD.  For one example...Albert Einstein.
 AMR> I guess, that this whole thing just confuses me terrible...I
 AMR> feel so stuck...torn I guess between the school, my personal feelings
 AMR> for my child, and my child himself...I would just be greatful to be
 AMR> able to share my feelings and thoughts with people and be able to share
 AMR> in theirs as well...I am looking for some solice, some insight, just
 AMR> something more to go on and look into. I appreciate any information or
 AMR> suggestions or just thoughts you care to share...
 Hi Ann Marie...I am one of those parents that had 3 AD(H)D kids back 
 before they knew what it was...they were diagnosised as "hyper-active"..
 they were a handful, let me tell you..not only problems in school but
 at home between themselves and the rest of their brothers and sisters...
 My oldest was put into a special school for "trouble makers"..he had one
 on three classes and did very well...but when he got into High School...
 he was always getting into trouble...all kinds of work up were done but
 he finally quit when he was 17...he has since completed High School but he
 is still very hyper, not aggressive anymore, he has learned to handle that.
 the other two went to a regular grade school..they were just "hyper", not
 aggressive as the oldest but it was still a challenge. Years later, I found
 out that both my oldest daughter and myself had ADD symptoms...but we have
 both been able to handle them...My daughter has three children, two are 
 AD(H)D, the third is just 4 months old so we have to wait to find out about
 him...I have 5 other grandchildren that are AD(H)D...and a few of the girls
 are being tested now, so there may be a few more..seems to run in families.
 By the way, I have 8 children altogether.
 
 As for how I coped..it took a lot of patience and I made many mistakes..
 I would yell and scream but they didn't pay attention...I found that when
 I would seperate them and give them individual attention, as best I could,
 things were a bit better...we lived in the country so they had chores and
 that helped some, also...they were given responsibilities..I also found out
 that the "hyper" kids required more food than the others...they burned up
 so much energy each day just by being themselves...It was not easy and I
 probably would have put them on medicine if I had known about it years ago.
 But we all survived..my kids are still hyper today, but they have all found
 ways of handling it within themselves...
 I can only tell you, hang in there..this echo helps a great deal in learning
 that others have the same problems as you and have learned to cope...it is
 not easy but it can be done...:)
 Marie
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