MW> Good for you...You realise what most other parents find out sooner or
 MW> later...each child is different and some react to medicines, food,
 MW> treats, etc. in a different manner...Each one of my 8 children is a
 MW> bit different from the other...3 are AD(H)D, one is ADD, the others
 MW> are "normal", (what ever that means) and they are different from each
 MW> other... 
 RF> Yes a difficult road.  I'm not sure what is "normal" anymore as I
 RF> have one that is not ADHD, but yet is very impulsive with money,
 RF> imperfection and such.  Since ADHD runs rampant in our family, maybe I
 RF> will never know what "normal" is.  Or is there such a thing?
 
 Personally I think that "normal" is just a word used to describe everyone
 else but my family...:) I, myself, react to medicines different than most
 people. When I broke my back I was put on a very strong dose of Codine. I
 understand most people get very sleepy from Codine...not me..it worked the
 opposite on me..kept me very active. But this is "normal" for me...My
 doctor takes this into consideration when giving me any type of drug.
 
 MW> One or two of them can't stand mashed potatoes...does that mean that
 MW> they were neglected?...or that I was a parent that didn't want to help
 MW> my child ...I don't think so...and I didn't feed any of my kids a lot
 MW> of sugar.. they were given home baked treats and I didn't use a lot of
 MW> sugar in the preparing of these treats ... and *still* 4 of them are
 MW> AD(H)D....the other 4 receiving the same foods are not....
 RF> Yep, understand that.  Funny, you get a child with a disorder, then
 RF> you start looking at what did I do to cause this.  It seems we look at
 RF> every little thing we did.  Like I didn't eat breakfast that one
 RF> morning.  Now its my fault.  They had a candy bar today, so therefore
 RF> their behavior is related to that, even though they may have acted the
 RF> same way for a week.  I'm glad I'm through with most of that. 
 RF> Although every once in a while some guilt trip still creeps in.
 
 I don't really beat myself up..just accepted that that's the way things
 are and tried to handle it the best I could..Although when I was on birth
 control pills, for a short while, I went through depression and this did
 happen...I blamed myself for everything...It was a reaction to the pill..
 
 MW> So on the above observations of *my* family memebers, I can say that
 MW> for  *us* food played no part in helping or causing AD(H)D....
 RF> Yep, got that one.  Well that's two of us here.  Wonder if we should
 RF> take a poll on this one.  
 If you think it would help...:) One of the things that I have found that
 works best for me, is to keep a sense of humor...I laugh at myself as
 much as I can...I think this is what helped me through the rough spots
 when the kids were little....
 Marie
... You can't scare me, I have *children*!!!
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